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Cabarrus County Information Systems <br /> Internet and GIS Public Access A wards <br />Cabarrus County has developed and compiled a vast resource of geographical information of county parcel <br />tax information, voting districts, school districts, road networks, hydrology, topology, and more. Before <br />GIS Public Access was implemented four employee workstations located at the Governmental Center were <br />the only avenue for access to the County's large GIS repository. County departments and the general public <br />routinely requested GIS maps from four GIS enabled employees. Fulfilling the numerous map requests <br />began to interfere with other departmental responsibilities. The county needed a way for its departments <br />and citizens to easily access and pdnt graphical county GIS maps. <br /> <br />In 1995 GIS planned to implement two public workstations in Land Records with a customized proprietary <br />application. Although this was a limited functional solution, it required expensive, hardware, software <br />licenses and prograrnming fees. GIS began exploring other more cost-effective solutions and alternatives. <br /> <br />With the development of ESRI's Internet Map Server technology GIS realized this was a solution that met <br />several of the County's goals. Using Internet technology we couM develop and deploy one application to <br />provide GIS capabilities to county employees, public workstations, and external access to any home or <br />office with an Internet connection. <br /> <br />Using GIS public access terminals located in Land Records citizens now create and print maps any time <br />during business hours. Interact technology also makes it possible for Cabarrus County 'S citizens to have <br />access to the same information at their convenience, 24hours a day, 7 days a week. <br /> <br />Cabarrus County was one of the first counties in the United States to offer access to its parcel maps and <br />data over the Internet. Since June of 1997 the GIS Public Access web site averages 45 users a day and has <br />recorded over 200, 000 hits from 28 countries and 43 North A m erican States. While the program is being <br />accessed globally, the most active areas are Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina respectively. <br /> <br />The North Carolina's Public Records Law inspired Cabarrus County to implement Internet access. This <br />program is the first implementation of ourplan to use the Internet as extension of our own network into the <br />homes and offices of our citizens. GIS Public Access using Internet technology is an innovative, cost <br />effective way to share information within our organization, with our citizens and beyond. <br /> <br />Cabarrus County's Internet site and GIS Public Access application has been selected for several <br />Achievement A wards. <br /> <br /> GIS Public Access Awards <br /> · The NationalAssociation of Counties 1998AchievementAward in recognition of an innovative <br /> program which contributes to and enhances county government in the United States. <br /> · The Seventh Annual Ralph W. Ketner Employee Productivity A ward. <br /> <br /> Cabarrus County Internet Site Award <br /> · The American Economic Development Council's 1998 Promotional Materials A ward for websites that <br /> support economic development. <br /> <br /> Special recognition for these awards go to: <br /> <br /> Suzanne Boy& GIS Coordinator and Todd Shanley, GIS Analyst for the development and implementation <br /> of our GIS Public Access application <br /> <br /> Beth Davidson, Network coordinator for TCP/IP network implementation, [nternet routing, and firewall <br /> installation and configuration. <br /> <br /> Randy Edwards, Programmer A nalyst for programming, extraction, and manipulation of tax data linked to <br /> the GIS graphical database. <br />~ectfully ~bmitted, <br /> <br /> IS Systems Manager <br /> <br /> <br />