ITOS Project Archive
Contact: Eric McRae, emcrae@uga.edu; 706.542.3442
Addressing Systems
ITOS has many years of experience with road network and addressing systems. Much of the road centerline data that has been created by ITOS can be downloaded from the Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse. ITOS can update and enhance these datasets to suit the more specific needs and expectations of a county.
Animal Health Emergency Mapping System (AHEMS)
AHEMS is a Web-based GIS project for the Hawaii Department of Agriculture developed specifically for managing animal health emergencies. AHEMS contains datasets related to the animal industry in Hawaii, along with aerial photography, transportation corridors, emergency services (such as hospitals, police, or fire stations), population data, and hydrology. In addition, information about animal premises (contact information, numbers and types of animals, etc.) can be added directly to the map allowing all users immediate access to data collected during an event. Users can create quarantine zones, surveillance zones, safe passages, and reports containing details of facilities in these zones to help manage emergencies.
Conservation Use Analysis
ITOS has detailed knowledge and understanding of the Georgia Department of Revenue's (DOR) conservation use program. This knowledge is incorporated into a custom application that takes GIS data (parcels, soils, land cover), current DOR classifications (A1-A9, W1-W9), and current per acre values to create conservation use assessments for an entire county. This allows the assessor to quickly tell a landowner what their taxes would be if they were entering their property into the conservation program and to easily enroll new participants.
County Parcel Data and Mapping
ITOS has extensive experience in converting paper tax maps and AutoCAD drawings into GIS datasets. Using a variety of sources, including aerial photographs, Georgia Department of Transportation records, and GPS data, ITOS produces seamless parcel polygon coverages for client counties. The resulting digital tax maps are spatially accurate and facilitate access to associated data, such as parcel ownership and sales information.
The value of digital parcel maps is multiplied when related to an external database. Parcel data that ITOS creates can be linked to the tax assessor's Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) database. The integration of the two datasets facilitates an extensive QA/QC process and it enables the assessor's database to be visualized and queried like never before. ITOS is currently working on or has completed projects for Oconee, Macon, Taylor, Sumter, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Pulaski, Elbert, Schley, Talbot, Marion, Baldwin, Lee, and Rockdale counties. Counties can save time and money by putting their parcel data and other GIS data on the Web. To include your county in this program, contact the ITOS local government team at 706.542.5308 or locgov@cviog.itos.uga.edu.
Georgia 2000 Information System
A powerful decision support tool, Georgia 2000 allows users to create custom reports based on geography, via a form or an interactive map. The site also serves as the primary means of publishing legislative district proposals for the public. Read more...
Georgia Department of Corrections - Facilities GIS
This Web mapping system allows the Georgia Department of Corrections to analyze, report, and update their facilities using a geographic interface. They can also generate custom reports by buffering a selected map feature (road, community facility, etc.) or by employing a user-defined query.
Georgia Department of Transportation - DLG-F / RC File Reconciliation
Georgia DOT is responsible for maintaining a description of the roads in the state. Historically this has been done in a textual format known as the Road Characteristics file. ITOS has partnered with GDOT to improve collection and maintenance strategies for the RC File and also to better enable its use in mapping and GIS projects by tying it in with the DLG-F roads dataset that was developed at ITOS. Much of the road centerline data that has been created by ITOS can be downloaded from the Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse.
Georgia Department of Transportation State Map Update
Until recently, the Georgia Department of Transportation managed its thousands of miles of road network by using a database and four filing cabinets of hand-drawn city, county, and state paper maps. These maps became quickly outdated and had to be redrawn continually to incorporate changes in the road base. Through Georgia DOT's initiative and funding, ITOS completed work in 1997 on a new statewide transportation database. With ITOS' assistance, GDOT used this new database to develop updated city, county, and state highway maps. The official 1998–99 State of Georgia Highway Map, distributed to Visitor Centers across the state in April of 1998, was the first of its kind to be developed by all digital sources by a state department of transportation. ITOS provides ongoing updates to this database.
Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Locator Maps
ITOS updated Georgia Forestry Commission maps by converting them to a digital database and integrating forestry roads, contours, and helicopter landing sites to create a customized series of fire locator map books and dispatch wall maps. Previously, the Forestry Commission located fires and directed response teams with Georgia DOT maps, which did not include small, unpaved service roads or other forestry-specific information. Forestry Commission pilots not only pinpointed fires, but also directed ground teams to fires by sight, an inefficient process referred to as "dead reckoning" by Alan Dozier, Associate Chief of Forest Protection. With the digital, updated maps, flight crews can now relay a fire's GPS location to ground teams and leave the scene. ITOS is presently working on updates to these maps as well as creating new, more accurate map books for both ground crews as well as flight crews to use.
Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse
The Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse is a one-stop location for geographic information about Georgia and surrounding states. Read more...
Georgia Tobacco Blue Mold Reporter
The Tobacco Blue Mold Reporter is a Web mapping application used by both county agents and local tobacco farmers in an effort to control the spread of blue mold. County agents use the system to input, track, and monitor the severity of tobacco blue mold outbreaks within the state of Georgia. The spatial information provided by the application combined with the analysis tools (e.g. buffering, custom reports, etc.) provide the necessary information for farmers to work together to treat outbreaks, thereby reducing the chances of transfer to nearby farms as well as helping to offset the treatment costs.
High Resolution National Hydrography Dataset
The High Resolution National Hydrography Dataset (Hi-Res NHD) is a major effort of the GIS production lab. This is a nationwide hydrologic network model overseen and implemented by the United States Geologic Services (USGS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ITOS is currently finishing the Hi-Res NHD for Georgia, working with Titan Systems Inc. to create NHD data for U.S. Forest service lands, and collaborating with Geo Digital Mapping (GDM) to create NHD data for the state of Texas. ITOS will also partner with the USGS to create NHD data for several areas surrounding the state of Georgia.
Georgia's Natural, Archaeological, and Historic Resources GIS (NAHRGIS)
NAHRGIS is an interactive Web-based registry and geographical information system designed to catalog information about the natural, archaeological, and historic resources of Georgia. In its current, initial phase of development, NAHRGIS contains information about Georgia's archaeological and historic resources. Archaeological resources are archaeological sites recorded in the Georgia Archaeological Site File. Historic resources include buildings, structures, historic sites, landscapes, and districts included in the Historic Preservation Division's Historic Resources Survey or listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
OASIS Mapping Tool
OASIS allows users to map Georgia vital statistics such as births, deaths, infant deaths (1994-current year), and cancer morbidity data from the Georgia Cancer Registry by county (and where available, by tract). Results can also be selected according to measures such as low birth weight, inadequate prenatal care, infant mortality rates, and mortality rates from heart disease or cancers. Data are available by age, race, ethnicity, and sex. Users view data in a Web browser or by creating a map suitable for printing.
Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) Pre-Disaster Mitigation Critical Facilities Inventory
GEMA's local pre-disaster mitigation planning is facilitated by the use of an interoperable GIS Web application. This secure application allows representatives from disparate locations to collect and review data relative to critical facilities. These data are seamlessly matched with other GIS data sets, including hazard data to allow for mapping and spatial analysis. GEMA representatives, focused on providing quality data for facilities, need no knowledge of GIS in order to create maps or reports as a bi-product of the system. This application eliminates data redundancy and ensures that all users are working with the most current collection of information.
