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Paper
A Successful GIS for a Small City: An Overview of West Linn's GIS
Track: State and Local Government
Author(s): Kathy Aha

This paper describes the GIS at the City of West Linn. West Linn is located in Clackamas County, Oregon, and is within the Portland metropolitan area. The City of West Linn is approximately eight square miles and has a population of more than 23,000. This paper describes the many GIS products and tools that have been put in place to provide a useful, centralized GIS. Brief discussion is given on development and deployment, map products, MapObjects application, and the Web. Working with limited resources, this paper describes providing a GIS to several disciplines throughout the City including planners, engineers, public works field personnel, police, and City managers.

Kathy Aha
City of West Linn
Engineering
22500 Salamo Road
No. 800
West Linn , OR 97068
USA
Phone: (503) 722-5513
Fax: (503) 656-4106
E-mail: kaha@ci.west-linn.or.us