Abstract

Brandon: the small city that is Big in GIS
Track: Community Maps Program
Authors: Stephanie Colli

The City of Brandon started strategizing a GIS system that helped with decision making and public awareness years ago. In December 2010, ESRI's Global Community Map Initiative was brought to our attention and by April the City of Brandon became the first city in Manitoba to have a Community Map available online. In the past two years The City has published over 20 maps and aps that are used by City personnel and the citizens of Brandon.
With more mapping projects on the way we wanted to take the opportunity to showcase the work we have done and highlight how ESRI's Community Map Initiative has helped us along the way.
The presentation includes information about the Community Maps project, live demos of published City of Brandon maps and a step-by-step 'How to' demo that focuses on creating and sharing a map on ArcGIS Online.