When I used to work as GIS Mapping Supervisor for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in California, I would be surprised when a homeowner would pay thousands of dollars to have a fire hydrant installed close to their property. What they were doing was to ensure that their home could be better protected against…
Those in the GIS community know the power of spatial data and geospatial technology to respond to public health emergencies. The story of Dr. John Snow and his use of simple mapping of data to respond to the London Broad Street cholera epidemic of 1854 is famous. Snow is considered to be one of the…
The Sound to Summit Regional GIS Project is preparing to initiate one on one discussions within the King County region soon. Regional GIS Project GoalsThe strategic objective of the Sound to Summit Regional GIS Study Project is to determine the best feasible way to organize and operate geographic information system (GIS) services within the region…
The King County GIS Center’s 2020 GIS training calendar includes new instructor-led, face-to-face classes in Seattle through December of next year. Our students find that instructor-led face-to-face training provides the ideal learning environment for developing hands-on GIS skills. Get in the picture by signing up for KCGIS training today! Use your 2019 budget now for…
At the State of Washington GIS Day event in Olympia last week, King County’s Peter Keum was awarded the first ever ‘Government Helping Government GIS Recognition Award.’ The award recognizes extraordinary GIS professionals who work for a government agency, but who go beyond their normal duties and outside their normal working days and hours to…
What’s in a picture? Things are changing in Seattle! The viaduct served us well for many years, but it is gone. The Waterfront Tunnel is open and traffic is humming. New Link Light Rail extensions are snaking up to Northgate and across Lake Washington to Mercer Island, Bellevue, and beyond. These are the new transportation…
Three recent King County GIS projects have been spotlighted by Esri in their corporate media in recent weeks! Esri ArcGIS software is the foundational technology for King County GIS. It enables our team of highly skilled and productive GIS professionals to support the business needs of County GIS end-users. These three articles explain some of…
The American Geographical Society has announced the award of the first seven Ethical GEO Fellowships. I was honored to be selected as one of the seven Fellows. The American Geographical Society (AGS) is dedicated to the advancement of geographic thinking, knowledge, and understanding across business, government, academe, social sectors, and most importantly with teachers and…
On this GIS Day, November 13, 2019, King County GIS was named by PSD as the number one ranked GIS operation in the United States in their annual Geospatial Maturity Index (GMI). 127 organizations in Canada and the United States participated in the GMI survey. King County GIS participated in the GMI survey to refine…
Free and fair elections are the bedrock foundation of our democracy. In the United States, responsibility to administer elections is delegated to the individual states, which then support election activity at the county level. Within the state of Washington, elections are the responsibility of the Secretary of State. The Department of Elections is responsible within…
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