The King County GIS Center faced performance issues with the Districts and Development Conditions report, particularly for parcels with multiple Shoreline Management Designations, resulting in slow loading times and timeouts. By upgrading server resources and optimizing queries, they reduced load times from over 20 seconds to approximately 2 seconds, enhancing public service efficiency.
Today, we are excited to announce the availability of our new Districts and Development Conditions Report. We’re proud to deliver a good experience on phones and tablets in addition to the modern look-and-feel that you’ve come to expect from the new kingcounty.gov.
King County GIS Center is launching the new Districts and Development Conditions Report (also referred to in short as the Districts Report) application to the public and King County internal staff!
The King County GIS Center embarked on a modernization project for its public reporting application, facing challenges in identifying its user base and their needs. Leveraging Microsoft’s Clarity, the team discovered key insights about user behavior, leading to significant UX improvements. The new Districts and Developments report aims to address user needs more effectively.
Understanding GIS software usage at King County, WA Given that ESRI is ending support for ArcGIS Desktop in 2026, the King County GIS Center needed to understand the migration of users from ArcGIS Desktop to ArcGIS Pro. Specifically, we wanted to know who is using ArcGIS Pro and how often they’re using it. Today we…
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