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Bart Guetti
PlanGraphics
1300 Spring Street Suite 306
Silver Spring, MD 20190


Telephone: 301-588-8535
Fax: 301-588-5979
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It's a Long Way to Implementation

Many land records management agencies are currently in the process of developing fully integrated land records management systems (LRMSs). These systems when completed streamline the management, update, and recording of property transfer information. The more complex systems consist of GIS, RDBMS, and CAMA components, which are utilized by many department including those involved in assessment, health, and planning. Applications to enable agencies to maintain their tax maps land-related attribute information are an important component of these LRMSs and must be developed. Once developed they must be implemented in a production environment. The road from development to implementation is not an easy one, however, with complications presented by operating system, platform, and software upgrades, as well as the evolution of the graphic and attribute databases. This paper will discuss the experiences gained from implementing the Chester County, Pennsylvania, LRMS. Efforts involved in implementing the property update application with a different workstation, database schema, operating system, processor, and versions of GIS and RDBMS software will be presented.



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