Amanda Marmie
Promoting and Providing GIS Data via the Internet
As more and more GIS data providers and users become connected, the
Internet becomes an increasingly convenient medium for data promotion and
transfer. Boulder County GIS has taken advantage of connectivity by
promoting our Assessor Parcel data, thematic layers and metadata on the
Wide Web with many informative pages and graphics. Boulder County GIS
data can be transferred via our ftp site.
Note: all of the links included here will work when viewing this
presentation from the Proceedings on CD. Some links will only work
when viewing this from an Internet WWW site. The WWW-only links
are noted with a comment like this: (WWWLink)
An Overview of Boulder County GIS on the Internet
In September, 1994, the first Boulder County
(Colorado, USA) GIS
web page was written.
At first, it was just a way to show off to the rest of the WWW community
what current projects we
were working on in the GIS Division.
Then, it became a way to inform other GIS users what specific data
layers we have.
We also included a
demo (WWWLink) showing various projects and
graphic output.
As part of an ongoing internal project, we have created a
data dictionary, which is convenient
for our staff as well as outside users. The data dictionary is
becoming an increasingly important set of documents as we share
and exchange data with more consumers of GIS data.
Results:
Since our GIS web page
(WWWLink) has been up and running, we have received
numerous emails complimenting us on the format, and asking about
data sales and exchanges. We are excited about this new way of
letting people know about GIS.
We have set up an ftp site for data exchanges, and have successfully
transferred data to the City of Boulder, with whom we have a formal
exchange agreement.
The Future:
We plan to continue to increase the amount of metadata on our
web site. Security issues will keep us from offering any forms-based
ordering system, so our web site will remain an information
providing site rather than an ordering site.
If you are interested in acquiring any of our data, please contact
the GIS Manager, Ken Ziebarth
(kezlu@boco.co.gov) for further information.
Amanda Marmie
Cartographic Specialist
Boulder County Land Use Dept., GIS Division
P.O. Box 471
Boulder, Colorado 80306-0471
Voice: (303)441-3930
Fax: (303)441-4856
email: aemlu@boco.co.gov