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Safety Harbor's Future Land Use and
Zoning Maps are now available on the city's webpage,
www.cityofsafetyharbor.com. These maps were developed to facilitate
public access to useful information using data from the city's
Geographic Information System (GIS) Database.
Future Land Use and Zoning Maps are
important decision making tools for city staff and the Safety
Harbor commission. For more information on the Land Development
Code and GIS contact Matt McLachlan at 724-1555, ext. 702.
Clearwater also has unveiled GIS services
for residents to use. Clearwater's Interactive GIS is a mapping
software application that allows residents to find statistics on
crime, traffic accidents, building permits, garbage collection
schedules, zoning information, and city limits. The application,
which can be accessed via the city's website www.MyClearwater.com,
not only displays maps of data, but can provide tabular output in
spreadsheet format for further analysis.
The versatile application allows access to
several types of detailed information via the internet. Users can
locate properties, view code violations, track permits and view
crime data. GIS maps can zoom into individual parcels within city
limits. Interactive GIS is just another way residents can stay
up-to-date on what's happening in and around their neighborhoods.
Users can export information they are looking for into a variety of
electronic formats. A User Guide and list of frequently asked
questions is also available online.
To use the Interactive GIS system, go to
www.myclearwater.com/info/about/geography/index.asp.
This also is accessible by visiting
www.MyClearwater.com and clicking on "City Services." In the second
column and under the "Other Services" heading, viewers can click on
"Maps/Geography/GIS Mapping" to access the GIS features.
The Interactive GIS has been featured in
presentations at several national user conferences and has also
been recognized as an innovative information access application by
ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute), one of the
world's largest GIS software companies.
Clearwater's Information Technology
Director, Dan Mayer, said, "This is just one of the ways we have
improved the dissemination of information to citizens. The city's
technology department takes a great deal of pride in producing cost
effective software services that we couldn't normally offer due to
cost constraints. Ultimately we strive to provide residents with
greater convenience for the tax dollars they spend," Mayer
said.
The program was designed and built
in-house, saving taxpayers thousands in software and programming
costs. Other website features, such as streaming video and a text
search document retrieval system, are already available at
www.MyClearwater.com. For more information, call 727-562-4662.
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