Dallas County, Iowa, Selects Intergraph Web Mapping Solutions.HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- U.S. top 10 fastest growing county streamlines customer service through interactive Internet site Intergraph (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :INGR) today announced that Dallas County, Iowa Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population was 40,750. Its county seat is Adel.6 It was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States of America under James K. Polk. , one of the top 10 fastest growing counties in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , is using Intergraph Web mapping solutions to speed delivery of customer requests for geospatial data. The county created a new, easily navigable NAVIGABLE. Capable of being navigated. 2. In law, the term navigable is applied to the sea, to arms of the sea, and to rivers in which the tide flows and reflows. 5 Taunt. R. 705; S. C. Eng. Com. Law Rep. 240; 5 Pick. R. 199; Ang. Tide Wat. 62; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. Web site, http://geodallas.co.dallas.ia.us/, enabling users to create maps and visualize other location-specific information from home or office computers, thus eliminating trips to the county courthouse. Not only does the new site save time and money for citizens and businesses, but it also allows county personnel to focus on other functions to support the area's tremendous growth. "With the current explosion of growth, it is becoming more and more imperative that citizens have access to a wide variety of data created by the county," said Todd Noah, GIS coordinator of the Dallas County's GIS Department. "Intergraph solutions provided us an effective, easy-to-implement means to better serve the needs of our residents and local businesses." Using GeoMedia(R) WebMap technology, the site integrates disparate datasets from six different county offices including property lines, centerline cen·ter·line n. 1. A line that bisects something into equal parts. 2. A painted line running along the center of a road or highway that divides it into two sections for traffic moving in opposite directions, or, in the case of data, rivers, lakes, political borders, section lines Section lines in the United States are one mile apart. When surveyors originally map an area, for instance a township, it was their custom to divide the new township into 36 - 1 square mile sections. Property ownership often followed this layout. A section is a 1 by 1 mile area. , property owner description data and more. Web site visitors can use online tools to plot to scale and plot aerial photos, gather general property data, find a voting location, query buffer zones in relation to houses, look up real estate taxes and view assessment data. Since the Web site went online earlier this year Web traffic is averaging 400 unique users a day, and foot traffic and telephone inquiries related to acquiring geographic information have dropped by 50 percent in various county offices. "The Intergraph solution offers citizens and departments within the government a way to reach information via the Web without ever having to leave their home or office - enabling faster, more informed decision-making," said Mark Doherty, Director, Government Product Planning Product Planning is the ongoing process of identifying and articulating market requirements that define a product’s feature set. See also
reapportion allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of its money and manpower to better serve the needs of a growing county. For government entities this means that already limited resources can be repositioned to meet the growing demands faced every day." About Intergraph Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR) is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company's spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph's customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships, and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com. (C) 2005 Intergraph is a registered trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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