Fulton County GIS
Fulton County GIS
Overview
Fulton County GIS
Fulton County GIS Transformation, 2010 - 2013
 Division of Economic &
Community Development
 Heavy reliance on opensource software
 Self-supported infrastructure
 Non –IT compliant standards
 Per seat ESRI software
licensing
 $0
 Division of Department of
Information Technology
 Heavy reliance on
commercial software
 Integration with IT
infrastructure
 Adoption of IT standards
 Enterprise license agreement
 $$$
Fulton County GIS
Fulton County GIS Transformation, 2010 - 2013
Migration from old to new system
Data from shapefiles and Postgresql to MS SQL Server
Data models and conventions
Data management procedures
Automated tasks
Applications
Website
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Major Projects
Fulton County GIS
Tax Parcel Mapping
 Implementing Sidwell parcel mapping solution
 Provides data model and editing and workflow tools
for parcel mapping in ArcGIS
 Phases I & II
 Database Design (completed)
 Workflow Design (completed)
 Data cleanup (completed)
 Data conversion (spring 2013)
 Final Installation and Training (spring 2013)
 Phase III-Parcel Realignment (unfunded)
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Building, Land and Lease Information
System (BLLIS)
 System for managing information on the county’s
building and land assets
 Collaboration between GIS and Land Division
 Integrated with GIS
 Begun in 2011, recently completed
Fulton County GIS
Building, Land and Lease Information
System (BLLIS)
County-wide public services
Health Services
Housing & Human Services
Library System
Arts & Culture
Sheriff
Courts
Tax Assessor
Tax Commissioner
Water and sewer
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Building, Land and Lease Information
System (BLLIS)
Field inventory was conducted over a 4-month period…
 photos taken

geographic coordinates
collected

addresses verified

facility names verified
• ownership verified
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Building, Land and Lease Information
System (BLLIS)
Field visits to over 250 sites
resulted in the collection of
information on nearly 900
buildings and other structures
(towers, shelters, trailers,
etc.)
Fulton County GIS
Building, Land and Lease Information System (BLLIS)
Fulton County GIS
Building, Land and Lease Information System (BLLIS)
Fulton County GIS
Building, Land and Lease Information System (BLLIS)
Fulton County GIS
Building, Land and Lease Information System (BLLIS)
Fulton County GIS
Building, Land and Lease Information System (BLLIS)
Fulton County GIS
CityWorks
Work management system
Integrated with ArcGIS Server
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CityWorks
Fulton County has implemented in:
• Water/sewer utility work order management
• Transportation work order management
• Code enforcement case management
In process of implementing in:
• Facilities maintenance work order management
Future implementations:
• Zoning and Permitting
• Parks and Recreation
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Fulton County GIS Collaboration Group
 Made up of members from GIS groups
from Fulton County cities and agencies
 Meets 6 times a year
 Accomplishments
 Unified city limits data layer
 Common data model for street
centerline and addresses
 Geoportal data sharing site
 Relationships
Geoportal data sharing website
Monthly newsletter
Article in Nov 2012 edition
of GeoWorld magezine
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Pictometry
Analytics Online
Fulton County GIS
Pictometry
Javascript API
Fulton County GIS
Pictometry
Ortho and oblique imagery deliveries every other year
Enterprise license
License allows for sharing with other jurisdictions and
agencies in Fulton County
Orthos do not have certified spatial accuracy but our
own NSDDA analysis indicated 3 foot accuracy at 95%
confidence
Fulton County GIS
Public Website
Fulton County GIS
Public Website
Fulton County GIS
Questions
Steve.Williams@fultoncountyga.gov