Columbus, Ohio, `My Neighborhood' E-Gov Portal Built by PlanGraphics Goes on Line.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FRANKFORT, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003 Columbus, Ohio, residents can use a new interactive mapping tool to find out about city services and facilities, now that PlanGraphics, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : PGRA PGRA Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts (database) ) has launched the first phase of the "My Neighborhood" Internet portal. PlanGraphics developed the application working with the city's Department of Technology. The application is accessible at http://gis.columbus.gov/myn/MN_Welcome.asp. Users need no special software, only Internet access and a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . "This shows that the Columbus GIS is now delivering products at the enterprise level," said Wade Wilson, a PlanGraphics senior analyst who is stationed on-site in Columbus. The initial release of "My Neighborhood" provides information about the following: -- Public health (hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers) -- Safety (fire, police) -- Parks and recreation (parks, community centers, senior centers), and -- Elected officials. Additional enhancements will be added to the application in the future, positioning it to support the city's 311 program, providing information that spans city departments. PlanGraphics, founded in 1979, is a full life-cycle systems integration and implementation firm providing a broad range of services in the design and implementation of information technology in the public and commercial sectors. PlanGraphics' experience with spatial information systems and e-services capabilities provides a critical discriminator dis·crim·i·na·tor n. 1. One that discriminates. 2. Electronics A device that converts a property of an input signal, such as frequency or phase, into an amplitude variation, depending on how the signal differs from a among other IT consulting and integration firms. PlanGraphics is headquartered in Frankfort, Ky., and has regional offices in Maryland, Colorado, California, Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . On the Internet: www.plangraphics.com. |
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