Tax parcel mapping, digital conversion of paper documents, addressing systems using county road centerlines, and helping make GIS data more accessible to citizens are just a few of the ways that the Institute's local government GIS team helps expand an organization's capacity to provide sophisticated technological services to support government and community needs.

Nationally recognized as leaders in GIS innovation, Vinson Institute information technology specialists help local officials make the right GIS decisions, whether they relate to data creation, training, maintenance, or enhanced capabilities.

Local government GIS projects typically begin with some form of digital aerial photography, upon which a road centerline layer and parcel layer (property boundaries) are created and overlaid. This forms the foundation for such other valuable GIS layers as zoning, public safety districts, and voting districts.

Looking toward the next level, the staff is also educating those in local government who manage GIS data about the benefits of making electronic information readily available to the general public so that it can be accessed at any time.