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PARCEL DATA CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

Have you ever thought about having this at your fingertips along with your distribution system map incorporated? Time was, everyone knew everybody and who owned what. Subdivided or leased property, along with a younger workforce, may lead to questions of ownership of property. Is the person giving permission for the installation of facilities the owner, or is it just someone who has the placed leased or rented? Having parcel data incorporated with your system can give you a multitude of options that can lead to cost savings and possibly avoid legal ramifications.

OGI HAS SHOWCASED ITS GIS MAPPING SERVICES AT TAAD - THANKS FOR STOPPING BY

Thanks for Stopping By!
On February 21-22, OGIgov exhibited its GIS data mapping and services to hundreds of County Appraisal professionals at the Fort Worth Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. Our team was excited at the response to the demonstration of our products and answered many questions regarding GIS mapping and how we could help local CAD's with their specific needs. OGIgov has numerous online county maps to explore, all built for County Appraisal Districts. Visit www.ogigov.com to see these maps in action. For more information call 361-904-0071 and ask for Chad Feerick. Thanks again for stopping by our booth at the TAAD 2010 Annual Conference.

Is your County Compliant with Rule 9.3002?
OGIgov can help. The OGIgov team of GIS specialists can help you become compliant with the Comptroller’s 9.3002 rule. The Local Government Team is available to assist county governments to make the right GIS decisions. OGI provides a complete GIS solution ranging from data creation all the way to employee training. With a strong emphasis on data quality and practical training, the Local Government Team can create new data or enhance your existing GIS data.

OGI’s Local Government work includes but is not limited to:

Creating your county’s GIS
Updating your GIS to incorporate any new subdivisions or property transfers
Raster to Vector conversion
Data conversion
Georectification – alignment to aerial imagery
Online hosting of county map

LIDAR AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT

In 2003 around 50 million people in North America and Canada were without power when a tree fell on a transmission line knocking out several circuits. In order to prevent another massive blackout the National Electric Reliability Council (NERC) established standards (FAC-003-01) in order to prevent future cascading blackouts. According to NERC their goal is to, “have not one, but consecutive quarters with no vegetation management violations and vegetation-related transmission outages.” The number of outages caused from grow-ins was reduced from 11 to 5 in the third quarter from 2007 to 2008, and overall there was a reduction from 16 outages to 11 outages from grow-ins. One active method that the electric industry is using to patrol their lines is Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging). By using an airborne Lidar system electric utilities can monitor their lines for potentially dangerous vegetation and ensure their compliance with NERC’s FAC-003-01. Lidar uses a laser to gather data points that can be processed using computer programs. The data points are labeled by software using algorithms. Electric Utilities can view the data to find any potential threats to their assets. Since trees and other vegetation will continue to grow and encroach upon power line right of ways power companies must have a vegetation management system in place.

PARCEL DATA - NATIONWIDE PARCEL DATA

Parcel data lies at the core of many applications and analysis. Parcel data allows property characteristics to be mapped and analyzed across an area of interest. OGI's parcel data displays a wealth of information that is associated with properties including valuations, ownership, service areas, environmental factors, and more. Parcel data also enables sophisticated spatial analysis such as proximity, overlay and buffer zone operations. Numerous industries use parcel data in their daily operations, and many are realizing new ways to enhance their capabilities, provide additional services and reduce operating costs.

Both public and private industries find that incorporating parcel data into their daily operations and processes result in enhanced capabilities, additional services and reduced operating costs.

Some of the industries that have found parcel data to be an invaluable resource in their daily operations are as follows:

Financial Services
> Loan Processing
> Tax Assignment and Determination
Insurance
> Underwriting and Claims Management
> Flood Certification
> Risk Assessment
Retail, Restaurant and Real Estate
> Property Information
> Service Territories
> Online Mapping Using Aerial Imagery
Utilities/Telecommunications
> Asset Management
> Right-of-Way Identification
> Call-Before-You-Dig Applications and Automated Meter Reading Systems
Government
> Law Enforcement
> Homeland Security

Visit OGI's parcel data coverage to see the parcel data available. To get more information about this data contact Canton Hall at 361-904-0071 or by e-Mail.