utilizing gis for managing government land...
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Utilizing GIS for Managing Government Land Permits
byJason Ramsey
About APS
• Since 1886, APS has served Arizona’s growing energy needs.
• Provides safe dependable electricity for 1.1 million customers in 11 of Arizona’s 15 counties.
• Nearly 6,700 APS employees
Government Land Permits
ROW Agency FrequencyACE 32
ADOT 14BLM 341CAP 87
DEFENSE 1DOE 110
FOREST 83IRR DISTRICT 35
RR 1,125STATE 946USBR 268USFW 1Total 3043
Government Land Permits
Work flow before GIS migration• Land Agent would query database by TRSQ
and interpret legal descriptions for relevance
Problems with non-GIS workflow
• Difficult to tell if permits overlap• Difficult to determine if facilities still exist
within permitted areas• Decisions based upon Land Agent's ability to
decipher legal description
Migration of Permits into GIS
Requirements
• Could not disrupt traditional data-entry by non-GIS people
• Allows non-GIS people ability to edit locational information tied to the database records
• Must be automatically updated on a regular scheduled basis
ConsiderationsHow to create a GIS polygon layer from a
non-GIS database?
Government Land Permits
Government Land Permits
Automation
Automation continued...
Realized Benefits
• Quick identification of obsolete permits• QA/QC of TRSQ information in database• Better understanding of relationships between
permits and facilities• Identification of non-permitted facilities• Cost savings by not automatically renewing
obsolete permits
