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Track: Local/State Government, Cadastral, Land Records
Stan Grochowski
Pierce County GIS
615 S 9th Street Suite 200
Tacoma, WA 98405
Telephone: 206-596-2916
Fax: 206-596-6622
E-mail: sprocho@co.pierce.wa.us
CountyView: Getting the Data to the Users
Defining Issue: Making GIS data available to all County departments with little or no special training needed. GIS Solution: Pierce County GIS wrote customized ArcView application to give easy access to County GIS data. Methodology: This paper will discuss the customization and use of ArcView for a county-wide GIS data access application called CountyView. CountyView was developed by Pierce County GIS to give a wide spectrum of County users easy and quick access to GIS data. Prior to the deployment of CountyView, the access to GIS data was limited mainly to those who knew how to use ArcInfo and knew where the data resided. Many potential County users were denied access to GIS data even though their work involved tasks which could be made simpler with even the most basic of GIS data. CountyView was developed with these users in mind. It was meant to present county GIS data in an organized fashion with an easy-to-use set of tools to manipulate and analyze the data. Through a series of drop-down
menus, GIS data themes are added to and removed from a View. Legends and display scales are provided for the user when the theme is added to the View. Besides access to GIS data, CountyView also provides simple application and query tools to give the user an effective means for working with GIS data. Metadata for each of the themes is also provided with the click of a button. Another button provides the complete suite of ArcView tools and buttons for the more advanced ArcView users. ArcView effectiveness and limitations for this type of application will be discussed. Software: ArcView Version 2.1 PC and/or UNIX, Avenue, and Netscape
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