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Applications of Map Book Softwarefor Local Government Agencies
Melisa BowmanLincoln Parish GIS
•North Central Louisiana Parish•472 Square Miles
•Population: 42,000•Ruston: Largest Municipality
•Home to Louisiana Tech Universityand Grambling State University
Lincoln Parish GIS Commission
Group of local government agencies that joined together in 1993 to create a commission to meet the GIS needs of each member agency
and promote the use of GIS in Lincoln Parish.
GIS Commission Members:•Assessor
•City of Ruston•Clerk of Court
•Communications District (911)•Fire Protection District
•Police Jury•Sheriff
Meeting the Needs of Member Agencies
Data & Services
• create & maintain data• store data• make data available to GIS
members and to the public in a useable format
• analyze data• display data in standard and
custom maps• provide instruction and technical
assistance to members• seek new technologies to help
members meet their needs and goals
Software Utilized
• MapLogic map book software• ArcFM utilities software• ESRI Software & Extensions
• ArcInfo• ArcEditor• Arcview• ArcPublisher/ArcReader• Network Analyst• ArcSDE• ArcServer• Image Server
Data Available• Parish Boundary• Municipal Boundaries• Police Jury District & Precincts• School Taxing District• Justice of Peace Wards• Water Districts• Flood Plains• Streams• Railroads• Road Centerlines• Address Points• Structure Footprints• Zip Code Boundaries• Oil & Gas Wells• Cell Towers• LIDAR Contours
• Public Land Survey System (PLSS)• Parcels• Subdivision Lots & Boundaries• Parish Fire Stations & Hydrants• City of Ruston
• City Property• Zoning• Future Land Use• Fire Stations & Hydrants• Water Meters & Lines• Sewer Lines, Manholes & Lift Stations• Electric Meters & Lines
• Aerial Photography• 2008• 2007• 2005 6” & 1’• 2002• 1998 DOQQ
First Map Book
•created in 1997•Emergency Responders & Field Deputies
DSMapBook
•graphically simple map book•11 x 17
•road index maintained in Excel•grid style page numbering
Second Map Book
•created in 2001•addressed issues of confusing page
numbering and bulky size
DSMapBook
•graphically simple map book•road index maintained in Publisher
•8.5 x 14•numeric page numbering
Third Map Book
•created in 2003•addressed issue of bulky size
•addressed issue of page numbering with location indicators
DSMapBook
•more graphical map book•road index maintained in Publisher
•8.5 x 11•grid style page numbering
Current Map Book
•created in 2006•addresses issues of page numbering and
map book index maintenance
MapLogic
•more graphical map book•road index created and maintained within map book
•8.5 x 11•numeric page numbering
Road Index Maps
DSMapBook
• Creating the Index• Was done in Publisher and
added to map as an image
• Maintaining the Index• Image had to be edited in
Publisher and re-inserted in the map
MapLogic
• Creating the Index• Index Series is created
within the map using MapLogic tools
• Maintaining the Index• Simply re-index the index
series
Parcel Books
•Created for use in the Assessor’s Office
•Also used by title researchers, oil & gas land men and individual landowners
•Grid is based on PLSS so each page represents either a section, quarter section or forty depending on density of parcels
Conclusion
DSMapBook• Pros:
• Free• Easy to use• Can be used to create map
books and parcel books
• Cons:• Some difficulty with page
numbering• No Index, location indicators
are used instead
MapLogic• Pros:
• Creates and maintains index within the map book
• More tools such as index labeling options available
• Cons:• Must purchase software• Less user-friendly than
DSMapBook
Contact Information
DSMapBookhttp://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.0/Samples/Cartography/Map_
Production/DSMapBook/DSMapBook.htm
MapLogichttp://www.maplogic.com/
Lincoln Parish GIShttp://www.gis.lincolnparish.org/