Abstract

Integrating Municipal and Utility GIS
Track: State and Local Government
Authors: James Sparks, Catherine Fitzgerald

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has recently integrated water, wastewater and electrical utility data into their Municipal GIS system. This presentation will describe the challenges and opportunities of integrating data from various sources and application support for various business needs.
Chatham-Kent has implemented GIS tools including ArcFM and ArcGIS for both mobile and desktop environment as well as Orion Onpoint for web browser access. Data maintained by Chatham-Kent includes 911 addresses, parcels, orthophotography, official plan, zoning by-law, water, wastewater, electrical utility data, and much more.
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is a single tier municipality with a population of approximately 108,000 located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

James Sparks
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
315 King Street West
po Box 640
Chatham, Ontario N7M 5K8
Canada
Phone: 519-360-1998
E-mail: jamessp@chatham-kent.ca

Catherine Fitzgerald
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
315 King Street West, P.O. Box 640
Chatham, ON N7M 5K8
Canada
Phone: 519-360-1998
Fax: 519-436-3227
E-mail: catherinef@chatham-kent.ca