An Address Mapping ApplicationAn Address Mapping Application

An Example of City & County Cooperation

by the

Middleton Fire District &

Dane County Land Information Office

In the Beginning…In the Beginning…

The City of Middleton Fire contacted Dane County LIO to develop a district wide

address map book

The LIO had been working with Dane County Emergency Management to provide a

similar product for all districts

Useful but…Useful but…

Hardcopy provides a base product

Map books were bulky and provided limited detail

There was a need for more information

Dane County LIO maintained a large set of digital data and provided it to communities

Some Guiding Thoughts…Some Guiding Thoughts…

“Relevant information to the person who needs it in a timely manner”

Information is data with meaning

Make it Firefighter Proof

Application GoalsApplication Goals

“Reduce response time”

“Make a device that can quickly locate the address of an incident, is inexpensive, easy to use on every call”

The processThe process

1. Obtain data from Dane County.

2. Get data from City of Middleton - street name lists, CAD data, etc.

3. Consultant cleans up the data - made sure that street names are correct, CAD data fits, etc.  An initial address shapefile is developed based on the addresses in the Dane County parcel database.

The process continues…The process continues…

4. Consultant develops administrative boundaries (Fire districts, election districts, utility districts, etc.)

5. Data is delivered to City of Middleton.6. City of Middleton uses the Address

Conversion program to create/edit addresses.  This application also enhances the address data by running a batch process which assigns each of the addresses fire districts, utility districts, election districts, etc.

The process continues...The process continues...

7. Once the address data is updated by the City of Middleton, a process is run to copy the data so that it can be used by the Address Locator program

8. Use the Locator program and discover errors and modifications

9. Maintain data files / Exchange with Dane County and others

Some Examples…..Some Examples…..

Editor ApplicationEditor Application

Address Locator ApplicationAddress Locator Application

Address Locator ApplicationAddress Locator Application

Block Level ViewBlock Level View

Why do it this way?Why do it this way?

Could be done in house Took advantage of work that was already

completed – Dane County & City data Could only be concerned about “My Area” Could be tailored to fit your needs Off the shelf products would cost more

and gave up control of modifications.

What did we WISH to accomplish?What did we WISH to accomplish?

“Show me where the call is.

That will reduce response time”

What did we REALY accomplish?What did we REALY accomplish?

Locate the call… which did reduce drive time Provided a tool for the End User to make

more informed, faster, safer decisionsProvided a tool for Incident Command to useProvided a means to share informationMade existing data “smarter”Value added to other projects for other Dept

Issues to overcomeIssues to overcome

Before Project No perceived need Start up Cost Time Equipment

On-going Maintenance Costs Information up-dates Information control Information

Standardization Cooperation on

different levels

Information Need, Use & DetailInformation Need, Use & Detail

Information is accessible

when needed

Day to day information

MayorMayor

OtherOtherCity DepartmentsCity Departments

Fire Department Needs Fire Department Needs Firefighter NeedsFirefighter Needs

Storm water Pond Storm water Pond (Areas)(Areas)

Storm SewersStorm Sewers(Lines)(Lines)

Manhole CoverManhole Cover(Point)(Point)

Information Need, Use & DetailInformation Need, Use & Detail

Homeland Security agencies, EPA, FBI, DNR, DOT, Emergency

Management, HAZMAT Teams and others could use and would

need detailed information collected & maintained

by end users.

FEDFED

STATE &STATE &CITYCITY

Department NeedsDepartment NeedsEND USEREND USER

Same concept, different levelSame concept, different level

Information Flow ModelInformation Flow Model

Dane County acts as the warehouse for Information

Municipalities Maintain their own information and supply updates to Dane county

Dane County returns information and supplies information to other Municipalities. MiddletonMiddleton FitchburgFitchburg

SunSunPrairiePrairie

DaneDaneCOCO

Run DEMO…Run DEMO…

Questions?Questions?

Firefighter Andy Brandl

Fitchburg Fire Department Middleton Fire Department

&

Fire Marshal Tom Weber

Middleton Fire Department

&

Fred IauslyDane County LIO