GIS and Cloud: A Match Made in Heaven?

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By Government Technology | 15 August 2012 | 272

Arguably one of local government’s most important functions is maintaining and updating map layers and other GIS data and applications used for zoning, property assessment, emergency response and other vital functions. Increasingly that information is being stored in the cloud, especially as the technology has matured. Such is the case for Douglas County, Neb., which is using a cloud solution to test and run GIS applications. The county, whose boundaries include Omaha, has been a longtime user of solutions from Esri, the Redlands, Calif.-based company that specializes in geographic software and services. In 2010, the county put those GIS applications into the Amazon Web Services platform after the county decided it was time for a hardware upgrade, said Mike Schonlau, the county’s GIS coordinator. Read More