Make the switch from ArcGIS Desktop to ArcGIS Pro to start off 2021. While Washington State and King County Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions remain in place, the King County GIS Training program is still in operation with all classes offered live online. Our next offering is ArcGIS Pro Quickstart for the GIS Professional, on January 12-13.…
November 18, 2020 is the 22nd annual GIS Day – the day that users of GIS technology across the world come together to acknowledge, celebrate, share, and demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in society. With the impact of COVID-19 on the rise across the globe, GIS Day 2020 is like no other.…
King County needed a vibrant, accessible platform to tell stories and provide resources for people with a disability during the pandemic.
At its 2020 Annual Conference, the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) presented its Geospatial Excellence Catalyst Award to the King County Information Technology GIS for Equity and Social Justice Team.
In June, Public Health — Seattle & King County requested that the King County GIS Center create a countywide web map to display open-access COVID-19 testing sites. At the time, only a text-based list of testing sites was available to the public online. The project entailed address geocoding from a tabular list of sites provided…
A new web map allows us to explore and acknowledge the memory of the land of indigenous peoples around the world. Property ownership data management is one of the primary applications for a geographic information system (GIS). My first GIS job with the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland was to manage digitizing 350,000…
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 Steering Committee (Steering Committee) is to determine the best feasible way to organize and operate geographic information system (GIS) services within…
King County has acquired and maintained elevation data derived from lidar since 2002 in cooperation with the Puget Sound Lidar Consortium. Elevation products such as contours, watershed boundaries, and steep slope areas have been greatly improved in accuracy.
Access to fresh, locally-produced food is a priority for many in King County, just as raising consumer awareness of these products is essential to the success and viability of farms and other agricultural businesses. On July 13, King County launched its new Local Food Finder, a convenient, mobile-friendly, GIS-enabled, interactive map which identifies where and…
The King County Information Technology GIS For Equity & Social Justice Team received Esri’s Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award on July 13, 2020, at the annual Esri User Conference. Selected from over 300,000 eligible candidates, King County Information Technology received the award for its innovative application of mapping and analytics technology, as well as…
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