Abstract

Automate Planning Department's GIS Processes with Model Builder
Track: State and Local Government
Authors: Jorge Morteo

The purpose of this presentation is to show the use of Model Builder as a planning tool to automate Zoning and Land Use Geodatabases weekly updates. The City of Las Vegas maintains a Parcel by Parcel Zoning and Land Use feature dataset. The primary reason for this is to maintain planning case history for each parcel. This allows for easy and fast parcel case history research by City Planners. In the past, ArcIfno AMLs were used to update both GIS datasets. The use of Model builder has made this process easy to perform and learn. Both layers are updated once a week, it takes about 30 minutes and with minimal manual input. The zoning and Land Use feature datasets are critical components of any Planning Department. Planners, local officials and most importantly the public, depend on the accuracy and constant update of both GIS layers to make critical planning decisions