Peachtree City GiS
Peachtree City GIS
Peachtree City’s mapping and Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) functions fall under Information Technology.
The Peachtree City Interactive Web-Map was recently awarded by the Atlanta Regional Commission with the "Create Community Award for Application and Innovation in Technology". 
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The IT department is responsible for the creation and maintenance of base mapping layers and the coordination and integration
of data from various city applications into spatially referenced information for use by City departments. The GIS functions of the
City also provide assistance in creating maps for publication and distribution throughout the City, including the City’s Street and
Path Map. The Peachtree City GIS/IT department has turned to
Google's Earth API as its development choice
for disseminating Geographical Information to the public via the Internet.
Why Google Earth API? After testing several
systems, both proprietary and Opensource, such as OpenLayers, MapServer,
and GeoServer, the city decided upon Google Earth because of its familiarity and ease of use. Through Google's API and the
interesting ways that KML can be used to
display 'GIS' information, we are able to make full use of the benefits that the Google Earth API can provide. In the end, we thought about
who our audience was, what information they needed, and what is the best way to cost-effectively illustrate that information to
them based on "their" needs so that they can make the best informed decisions.
Minimum Requirements
- MAC version now available
- Wiindows XP or Vista
- Internet Explorer 6.0+
- Internet Explorer 7.0+
- Internet Explorer 8
- Firefox 3.0x, 2.x, 2.0x
- Administrative Rights to install the Plugin
- At least 512Mbs of Memory: 1gb is Recommended