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| Subject: | GISList: SUM: Zoning |
| Date: |
02/13/2002 07:37:18 AM |
| From: |
Craig von Hagen |
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Hi,
Some nice answers and links..thanks to those who responded
Original question
Does anybody have any information regarding zoning planning and GIS.
Especially with regard to linking applications and reports to zoning
planning and information. I've tried searching the knowledge base and I get
a search error.
Answers
Check out www.sagis.org - we (actually our consultants) are in the process
of linking the zoning layer to zoning ordinance text descriptions. The site
is currently going up & down while various upgrades are being done.
Vincent J. Grevemberg
Check some of these links out to see what some communities have done to
make zoning information available to the public using Geographic
information systems and the Internet.
A number of these use PDF files to capture the information of a static
map, and the viewer can use Adobe's tools to zoom in on the section of the
map they are interested in.
An improvement to many of these PDF maps could be easily made by setting up
a map key that you can click on to select the section of the map you want.
This would permit the map to be saved in a number of smaller sections,
having more precise detail, in PDF format.
If parcel data maps are available, overlaying the zoning on the parcel map
can help to determine which properties are in and which are outside of the
zoned area.
Communities owning copies of HUD's Community 2020 GIS mapping tool have all
the GIS power they need to create these maps and post them up on their web
site. Over 1000 entitlement communities were given Community 2020 GIS
software by HUD.
http://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/adds/overview.php
http://www.co.boulder.co.us/lu/gislu/zoning.html - may be an example of
what not to do
http://cas1.ci.mobile.al.us/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=ZoningMap&Cmd=FULLEXTEN
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- remarkable product - even shows parcels, and parcel data. Read
instructions well at top of map before navigating.
http://gis.ci.cambridge.ma.us/maplibrary/zoning.html, and
http://gis.ci.cambridge.ma.us/pdfmaps/zone.pdf - an elegant and probably
more cost effective solution than the Mobile Alabama one. It would help to
have the map key downloaded first, however. *
http://www.metrokc.gov/ddes/gis/zatlas-3.htm - using the Adobe tools you
can search this pdf document, or print it out. Not as elegant as
Cambridge's, but for a much larger area and it's all there.
http://www.onetgov.net/dept/gmer/planning/GIS/zoning.pdf - Another large
area - the map resolution is less fine, and it may not be as practical as
the other examples are.
http://www.twp.lancaster.pa.us/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=Lanc_twp&cmd=map -
this County zoning map is definitely the best example so far, with
excellent links and good clear directions.
http://www.twp.lancaster.pa.us/ - the rest of the home page/site is worth
looking at while you are there. simple and well done. *
http://www.city.sedona.net/cddept.htm - this community takes a very
different approach. Worth looking at for all the other kinds of
information services they provide on the site. *
http://www.co.brunswick.nc.us/gis3.asp - Brunswick displays a number of
maps, and also offers them for sale at $8.00.
http://www.ccgis.com/default.htm - Charlotte County Florida makes good use
of GIS technology. The Applet map would not start when I last visited the
site.
What is most notable about this collection is the variability among them.
The quality of the maps vary. The clarity of the message , ie how to get
to the map and how use it, varies greatly. It's worth checking them all
out to glean the best from each. You can also use Google to search for
more - use Zoning GIs as your search words.
Lois Dean
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