The Sidwell Company was selected
for the MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Award in the GIS/IT category at the MAPPS
Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards competition for its work in
the City of Storm Lake, Iowa.
After many years of relying on
other agencies to produce their maps, the City of Storm Lake decided it needed
GIS as a resource to enable efficient and effective responses to geospatial
information requests from the various city departments. Sidwell developed
a comprehensive geospatial inventory of critical municipal infrastructure, and
a robust information deployment solution. The city was also able to work with
Buena Vista County to satisfy all their background data needs, as well as
utilize students from Buena Vista University’s Biology Department for the tree
inventory (efficiently and accurately identifying tree species) and road sign
inventory portion of the project.
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High-accuracy Trimble and Ashtech GPS/GNSS products for data collection
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Trimble and Esri field data collection software
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Comprehensive geospatial inventory of critical municipal infrastructure and
robust ArcGIS geodatabase
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Trained staff to successfully view, analyze and maintain the city GIS
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Portico website
According to Justin Yarosevich,
City of Storm Lake assistant city manager, “This project has enabled the city
and its staff to become more efficient and provide a more timely response in
everything from police calls for service to fire calls, water main breaks and
zoning requests,to name a few. We also know that the robust and comprehensive
system that we are building will be a resource for our community for
generations to come. We are pleased with the partnership we have had with
Sidwell, and look forward to continuing our partnership as we move forward with
additional enhancements to our GIS.”
Sidwell Wins MAPPS Award in GIS/IT
November 16, 2012
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