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Track: Application Development Techniques
Donna Huey
Post, Buckley, Schub, & Jernigan, Inc.
1560 Orange Avenue Suite 700
Winter Park, FL 32789
Telephone: 407-647-7275 x395
Fax: 407-647-0624
E-mail: dmhuey@pbsj.com
Implementation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Environmental Permit Compliance for City of Celebration, Florida
The City of Celebration is a planned residential and commercial community on approximately 8000 acres in Osceola County, Florida, being constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI). The majority of this land is under permanent conservation as part of the mitigation plan for the proposed wetland impacts resulting from the construction of Celebration. Due to the high profile nature of Walt Disney World and WDI, it was imperative to establish a proactive approach to project permitting. It was determined that an integrated system of data bases and spatial features needed to be created, using ArcInfo and ArcView, through which permit compliance would be forecasted and monitored. Additionally, this system had to focus on user friendliness and the ability to maximize efficiency, eliminate redundancy, and provide consistently reliable information for project managers. It is the purpose of this paper to describe the research process undergone for system development, system implementation, and reporting and
query functions. Emphasis will be placed on the types of spatial and attribute data utilized, how this data was collected and converted, and the method of organization determined to maximize query speed and provide quick access to the most utilized information. Additionally, this paper will detail the benefits of such a system with regard to postpermit compliance within WDI and for the Celebration development effort.
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