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Project Portfolio |
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King County GIS Center Client Services performs
a wide variety of GIS-related services, ranging from GIS consulting
to spatial data analysis to map and report production. Following
is a sample of the projects we have completed for our clients. We
hope these examples can be a source of inspiration for projects
that would support your own business needs. |
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Parks,
Facilities & Trails Guide Map
City of Kirkland |
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GIS
Assessment and Development Action Plan
City of Tukwila |
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GIS
Emergency Response Preparedness and Staffing
King County Emergency Operations Center |
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Earthquake
Vulnerability Mapping
Project Impact |
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Eastside
Transportation Partnership
Mobility Action Priorities
Projects 2000
King County Department of Transportation
Office of Regional Transportation Planning |
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Parks
Map Brochures
King County Department of Parks and Recreation |
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Parks,
Facilities & Trails Guide Map
City of Kirkland |
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City of Kirkland has published a comprehensive map guide to the
more than thirty parks and related features within the city limits.
Park system information, such as telephone numbers, a park-by-park
matrix of recreational facilities and features, and colorful photographs
that illustrate the broad range of parks-related recreational opportunities
that are available citywide, is supplemented by a detailed map created
by the King County GIS Center's Client Services Group in collaboration
with the City of Kirkland.
In
addition to the park locations, the map illustrates the citywide
street network, relative traffic volumes for arterial streets, on-street
bicycle lanes, walkways, the locations of public art installations,
and the locations of numerous public facilities, such as schools,
post offices, fire stations, and Park & Ride lots. All of this
is mapped against a subtle shaded relief background.
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GIS Center created the map in consultation with the City of Kirkland's
Parks, GIS, Public Works, and MultiMedia Services staff. Using GIS
data provided primarily by the City of Kirkland, GIS Center staff
designed map symbology to represent a complex set of often spatially
coincident features. They imported GIS data directly into desktop
graphic illustration files, which preserved spatial accuracy while
enabling them to apply a wide range of graphic tools to the task
of developing a highly readable and attractive map layout and design.
The
City of Kirkland Parks, Facilities & Trails Guide map
is just one of a growing collection of publication-quality, GIS-based
maps created by the King County GIS Center's Client Services Group.
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GIS
Assessment and Development Action Plan
City of Tukwila |
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Like
many small-to-medium size municipalities, the City of Tukwila found
itself in the position of wanting to expand its use of GIS but had
limited resources with which to carry out expansion. Careful planning
for sensible, efficient GIS expansion, while always important, is
critical for organizations such as Tukwila's city government. In
a consulting capacity, the King County GIS Center developed a process
for analyzing the potential business uses for GIS within the City
of Tukwila, and assisted Tukwila in developing a GIS development
plan.
GIS
Center staff began by reviewing documentation that related to the
established business functions and existing IT/GIS resources within
Tukwila. For their part, Tukwila's own GIS Committee submitted specific
questions to the GIS Center to ensure that key issues would be addressed
in the analysis.
Subsequently,
during a series of interview sessions, GIS Center staff obtained
additional information about Tukwila City operations, business needs,
and GIS development. The process also included a survey of the existing
data, hardware, and software resources that were available to support
GIS design and development in the City.
GIS
Center staff analyzed the information and developed alternatives
for Tukwila to consider in acquiring and developing GIS components
that would build upon their existing capabilities. These included:
- applications
- data
- software
- hardware
- staffing
- training
- coordination.
In
the later stages of the project, GIS Center and City of Tukwila
staff held workshops in which preliminary findings and recommendations
were reviewed and discussed. Finally, the GIS Center and the City
collaborated on the preparation of a GIS development action plan
and supporting budget estimate.
This
partnership with the City of Tukwila is part of the King County
GIS Center's growing program of regional outreach to the entire
King County community. The GIS Center’s goal is to increase
the use of GIS in local cities and agencies, and to help ensure
their success by providing specialized GIS resources, skills, and
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GIS Emergency Response Preparedness
and Staffing
King County Emergency Operations Center |
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King County's Emergency Management Division
provides leadership, coordination, and technical support for countywide
disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; public safety and
general government radio communications services; and E-911 network
services. Within the division, the Office of Emergency Management
works to reduce risks, strengthen support systems, and help people
and their communities prepare for and cope with disasters.
From the regional preparedness exercise,
Sound Shake '98, to the civil disturbances surrounding the 1999
World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle, to the February 2001
Nisqually Earthquake, GIS Center staff, along with other volunteer
King County GIS professionals, have provided on-site, real-time
mapping support in King County's Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Khalid Khan, E-991 GIS Mapping
Coordinator,
on volunteer duty in the EOC on the day of the
February 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.
Following
the Nisqually Earthquake, the GIS Center initiated a project to
develop more structured GIS event and volunteer protocols for the
EOC, and to enhance the availability and viability during emergency
situations of GIS data layers and applications. Implementation of
GIS protocols, orientation and training of GIS emergency volunteer
staff, and GIS emergency response system enhancements will continue
on an ongoing basis to ensure the utmost in GIS emergency response
service on-site in the EOC. |
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Earthquake
Vulnerability Mapping
Project Impact |
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Impact: Building a Disaster-Resistant Community is a national
initiative designed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Its basic goal is disaster preparation to buffer communities against
the impacts of a disaster before one strikes. In 1998 King and
Pierce counties were selected to receive a Project Impact grant
to help ensure the viability of the Puget Sound region after a major
disaster such as an earthquake, a landslide, lahars generated by
Mt. Rainier, or a hazardous materials incident.
 Working
in cooperation with the King County Office of Emergency Management,
the United States Geological Survey, Pierce County GIS, and other
local groups, the GIS Center produced a series of maps depicting
several aspects of the vulnerability of the Puget Sound transportation
system to earthquakes.
One
of the maps (left), which Michael Jenkins of the GIS Center created
for Project Impact, appeared in the ESRI Map Book. It can
also be found on the Environment
page of the Virtual Map Counter.
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Eastside
Transportation Partnership:
Mobility Action Priorities, Project 2000
King County Department of Transportation (KCDOT)
Office of Regional Transportation Planning |
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Eastside Transportation Partnership (ETP) is a partnership of cities,
counties, and transportation agencies working together to address
transportation issues in east King County. The Mobility Action Priorities
(MAP) report was first developed in 1998 by the ETP to document
priority transportation needs. The report advocated for the funding
and implementation of 117 "Priority" projects and 71 other
"Key" projects that are critical improvements to ease
congestion and enhance mobility on the east side of Lake Washington.
In 2000, ETP initiated a review of MAP in order to identify accomplishments,
assess status of projects, and affirm priorities.
 As
the review and subsequent report were being completed, the KCDOT
Office of Regional Transportation Planning called in the GIS Center
to help create a publication-quality index map of the updated set
of MAP projects. Using GIS data supplied by Transportation Planning,
the GIS Center created a detailed map that illustrates a complex
and spatially dense set of projects in a convenient, report-size
format.
The
ETP Mobility Action Priorities Projects 2000 map can be found
on the Transportation
page of the Virtual Map Counter. |
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Park
Map Brochures
King County Park System
(Department of Parks and Recreation) |
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 Over
the past several years the King County Park System has published
a number of high-quality map brochures to facilitate public access
to, and enjoyment of, Park System properties and facilities. Integral
to each brochure is a map that has been developed by the GIS Center
in collaboration with the Park System GIS.
Each
map is a result of the data collection and management efforts of
the staff of the Park System GIS, and the cartographic design and
production expertise of the GIS Center. GIS Center staff use data
from the Park System GIS, supplemented with data from the King County
GIS public data library, to create highly detailed, full-color,
offset-printed maps that combine the spatial accuracy of GIS technology
with publication-quality design standards.
In
addition to cartographic design and production, the GIS Center has
performed pre-press work on the text and photo layouts, and coordinated
printing for each of these map brochures. The brochures represent
the ability of the GIS Center to design, create, and manage publications
from the earliest stage of product conceptualization all the way
through to print.
 Variations
of four separate park brochure maps are available on the Recreation
page of the Virtual Map Counter.
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Revised June 26, 2001 |
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