Catching Up!

It's been a long time since the last post. What has been going on with Iberia Parish GIS?

New data: Earlier this year, the Fire District #1 began a project to collect GPS coordinates and attributes for the fire hydrants. This project is about 90% complete. 

The Sewerage District #1 got a good start on collecting GPS coordinates, attributes, and photos for the manholes in the system.

Continuing projects: More miles of surface drainage have been digitized, about 470 miles so far. More data sources were found, so the current soil map source is being supplemented by a list of laterals and mains from the council office, and a point layer from public works. In addition, coastal LiDAR was acquired from the USGS, and this will help locate drainage features in the coastal zone.

The Iberia Parish Assessor's office has shared their 2018 ortho imagery, and the GIS Department has created an image service for existing web apps and desktop viewers. Having new imagery is a very important asset for all departments who use maps. 

With the re-establishment of the New Iberia Police Department, there were projects to add the new city police zones to the E911 CAD system. The ESN/ESZ layer was also refined and adjusted in the Delcambre area. New map packages and tile packages were created to update the CAD stations.

The Census LUCA was a big project this year. The Census Bureau needed local address updates in preparation for the 2020 census. This project had firm deadlines, so the work was concentrated in known growth areas, as well as marking out of jurisdiction features.

The proposed changes for the Economic District #1 involved the GIS department as well. A web app with bookmarks for each change area was created for council members to review.

In 2017, the ArcGIS Server was moved to a virtual server. The 2011 vintage IBM physical server is now used for imagery. This includes orthophotography and LiDAR.

The Iberia Parish GIS Department was asked to participate in vendor evaluation for the Acadiana Planning Commission's aerial photography grant purchase.

A vendor was chosen through an RFP process to work with us to create a public GIS portal. The proposed portal will leverage our ArcGIS Online subscription. We are waiting on grant amendment approval to proceed. 

Next steps - move forward on existing data collection projects, create public GIS portal, upgrade SQL Server and ArcGIS Enterprise.