GIS in Local Governments?

Local Governments in urbanized environment are face with many challenges and need a comprehensive way of handling information and sata, GIS for local government bodies such as townships, cities and counties can be highly beneficial.

GIS is the solutiona nd answer to local governments that are faced with the management of rapid growth, as well as those trying to cope with a diminishing tax base.

GIS as a location based services helps counties manage operations and isssues rekated to location, such as: land, or tax parcels are the primary source of income; utilities, such as electric power distribution and sewers, service parcels of land; individuals,
whether they are voters, school children or mass transit users, are spatially distributed; services, such as schooling, police, and
economic development incentives are provided by defined geographic areas.

Business and Policy Context.

Kenya’s Ministry of Planning and Devolution together with the County Governments are subjected to GIS based database system as a media for planning in the County Government. The plan will be part of the integrated development plan which shall;)

(a) Have attached to it maps, statistics and other appropriate documents; or
(b) Refer to maps, statistics and other appropriate documents that are not attached but held in a GIS based databse sytem.

Our GIS Applications and Solutions for Local Government

1. Law enforcement and Criminal Justice

Solutions that allow law enforcement and crimainal justice personell to plan effectively for emergency respone, determine mitigation priorities, analyze historical events as well as predict future events.

2. Cadastral/Land Records

GIS is a powerful tool that helps in planning, building and safety, public works, engineering professionals meet or exceed their goals. Some of our solutions in this field include:

• Demographic Analysis for community development, housing, capital improvements etc.
• Building Identification, Permit and Inspection operations such as Land Rates, Permit Tracking, Inpection Routing, Tax calculation and Report Production.
• Preparation, mapping and analysis of general plans, housing elemets, land use, controls, zoning and consistency issues, existing land use as well as future review, development constraints and facility locations.
• Customer Services, the information can easily be accessed by the locals as well as staff. This could be information on parcel maps, evironmetal zones, permit satus and other planning iformation for the public.
• Demographic characteristics of population catchments

3. Public Safety: Emergency management, traffic route planning, Emergency response, evacuation action plans, Climate change scenarios relating to predicted sea level rise