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From YouTube: This Week in Ames | GIS
Description
What does GIS do for you and for the City? GIS Coordinator Ben McConville highlights some of the most common applications of GIS.
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Is
basically
a
database
with
spatial
attribute,
so
everything
in
the
database
has
a
real
world
coordinate
on
the
earth
and
that's
the
way
it's
stored
and
that's
the
way
we
view
it
through
the
maps
and
analyze
things
kind
of
instead
of
looking
at
it
in
a
table.
We
look
at
it
in
a
map
and
see
how
it
relates
with
other
other
things
out
there,
a.
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It
is
I
mean
that's
a
huge
project
and
anytime
they're
going
to
do
that.
It's
very
helpful
for
engineers
and
planners
to
be
able
to
look
at
what's
there
for
infrastructure
now.
What
are
we
going
to
need
to
change
and
also
information
about
it?
You
know
what
the
age
is,
what
the
materials
are
who
it
serves
and
the
impact
is
going
to
have
during
construction
and.
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Yeah,
those
things
are
major
issues
and
that's
why
we're
working
continuously
to
try
to
shore
up
and
make
our
systems
more
accurate
right
now
we're
in
a
process
of
surveying
our
water
system
and
our
storm
sewer
system
as
well
as
sums,
are
some
of
our
traffic
infrastructure
to
make
those
as
accurate
as
possible,
and
we
were
finishing
up
on
our
sanitary
through
the
sanitary
evaluation
project
that
was
going
on
a
couple
years
ago.
What's.
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Constantly
being
updated
and
we're
not
only
tracking
locations
and
attributes
about
features,
but
we're
also
tracking
maintenance,
so
when
they're
out
there,
flushing,
hydrants
or
inspecting
man,
halls
are
doing
cleaning
or
whatever
we're
tracking
that
so
that
we
can
keep
a
record
of
what's
what
they've
done
and
maybe
problem
areas
and
things
we
can
do
to
fix
it.
So.
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Interesting,
you
mentioned
the
hydrant
flushing,
one
of
the
more
interactive
maps
that
we've
been
putting
on
the
website
in
the
last
few
years
has
been
the
hydrant
flushing
map
from
the
spring
as
the
local
fire
hydrants
are
flushed.
They
go
from
red
to
green
in
real
time
on
the
website,
which
is
really
fun
to
see,
but
also
allows
residents
to
see
when
that
hydrant
flushing
is
occurring
in
their
neighborhood
yeah.
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Citizens
like
to
know
that,
because
in
the
spring,
when
that
process
occurs,
sometimes
you
might
get
resting
water,
minerals
or
deposits
in
your
water
line,
and
people
always
want
to
know
why,
and
then
they
have
that
that
knowledge
that
oh
they're
doing
the
hydrant
flushing
in
the
area
and
this
this
will
all
go
away.
Yes,.
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We're
increasingly
trying
to
get
information
out
through
maps,
whether
it's
ash
tree
planting
or
public
parking
or
right
away
permits,
and
we
place
all
those
in
our
GIS
website,
and
we
have
a
portal
there
that
I
kind
of
like
to
call
it
a
one:
stop
shop
for
city-related
maps
and
on
there
we
have
everything
from
like
I,
said
right
away,
permits
CIP
projects,
they
want
to
look
at
locations
and
get
more
information.
We
have
stormwater
impervious
surface.
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We
have
a
map
on
there
called
the
right
away
permit
map
oddly
enough
and
you
can
go
there
and
look
at
what
permits
were
pulled
in
your
neighborhood
and
see.
Maybe
who
the
contact
person
is
or
what
the
company
is
doing.
The
work
and
just
get
a
general
idea
where
the
workings
work
is
taking
place
and
why
they're
doing
it?
Because.
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If
you'd,
like
more
information
on
where
to
access
those
gif's
GIS
maps,
there
on
our
city
of
Ames
website,
go
to
city
of
Ames,
org,
look
for
the
living
tab
and
look
for
the
GIS
maps
drop
down
under
that
tab.
If
you
want
more
information
about
the
city
of
Ames,
just
in
general,
don't
forget
we're
on
social
media.
You
can
find
the
city
of
Ames
on
Facebook
and
Twitter.
Well,
that's
our
show
for
today,
thanks
for
watching
and
tune
in
next
week.
For
this
week,
innings.