09/12/2006 CABLE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Minutes

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ExpandingGIS in'the Town GIS IN NIASHPEIE IS is beincyintegrated and used at an a essive rate in the ToWn ofIMaslipee. GIS is an integral corn o ent to the ennit and cone hint-trackin software " " used daily by Building, Health, Fire and Planning. The GIS i also featured on the town's website-and gives the public the ability to qui.and analyze spatial relatinshi s in town. The GIS is.being used at official-town meetings as a tool to better understand -the issues.before them. In n additio -to these uses the CAIS is re ula 1 'tas . . - � fed with perf nning task specific analysis. and. neap making. - Some examples of 'his include cr atirig a map for the cons lervation commission to include-in a grant re u est to ur hase p. a gate to help protect new conservation land and assisting the 'own Manager's office in querying town owned land in a portion of tow. Other uutiat'ives include -making the software available to all town employees and then training these employees on how t use it. I "addition,,we are compiling a list of town ens to ees who will g - � it b given training. in the use of a handheld GPS system for capturing GIS data in the field. This will include things life new fire- hydrants, hiking trails, well locations -and dischar g e points, among other items. EXISTING SITUATION 1Creation of a town CAIS Committee (10-15 members attend montW meetings) 2) * purchased large format scanner(for archiving and linking scars to 61S) 3) * Town selectmen officially proclaimed `GIS ay" as November 15, 2006 4 Organized 3 official GIS Day outreach events to be held across town, including A. A poster session at town hall b. A hands-on GIS demo at the senior center c. An -'extensive interactive series - of resentation and hands-on learnin r a aetl sties to be. held at the High School in 4 of their computer labs throughout the day. 5) Updated town parcel layers to match 2006.assessors data 6) Updated town zoning snap to reflect town nye&ting Shang es 7) Gave introduction to GIS session to all department heads 8) Scheduled GIS soft are training for all interested town employees .9) Fostered working relationships and data sharing situations with the following entities: a. VVBNERR . Cape Cod Commission c. 'Town of Falmouth 10 `. Instituted the use of lS at all official plan n Board meetings and are . g in the process of developing plans to use the GIS at other meetings including Selectmen meetings,.Town Meetings and ZA meetings. etin s. g _ 11 * Integrated GPS data capturing methods into our long-term GIS d velo �anent plan, p 12)* Planned GPS training for all interested town employees. _ l Integrated.GIS into the town p' errnitting.and eomplaffi tracking software.