“The main reason we checked into this was that our old photos were flown in 1981,”Jim Lachner said of the new online geographic information system, available at coopercogis.com. The aerial photos now online were taken in February 2006, he said.

The public site is aimed at giving users limited information about county land parcels. A separate paid version of the site is available to businesses or private individuals for $120 a year, or to taxing entities such as schools or towns for $300 a year, Lachner said. Midland GIS worked to train staff at the assessor’s office and continues to provide technical support, said Matt Sorensen, the company’s vice president. The company has provided its mapping services to more than 30 counties and at least 20 municipalities in Missouri, he said.

Midland GIS Solutions will utilize survey grade GPS methods to locate the public sanitary sewer facilities and public water features within the 3 major cities of the Atchison County Development Corporation (Rock Port, Tarkio and Fairfax). All water features will be located within the project limits of the Atchison County PWSD #1. The City of Rock Port will also have its electrical network features located. A comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping program will be developed for all sanitary sewer, water and electrical infrastructure features collected throughout the project. Zoning data from Tarkio and Fairfax’s existing zoning map will also be integrated into the GIS program.

The first presentation included a demonstration of the Sanitary Sewer ArcEngine Application developed by Midland GIS Solutions for the reporting and management of sanitary sewer overflows (SSO’s) and the second presentation was a case study on the City of Ute, IA. The case study on Ute, IA (population less than 300), reflected on the state of the art GIS program that the city utilizes on a daily basis.