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Project Start-Up The Manatee County GIS section , housed within the Information Services Department, was started in 1990 with a few workstations and Arclnfo licenses . The main responsibility of the section was to generate basemapping data and create a digital representation of the parcel fabric . As time went on and the true power of GIS was realized , the GIS section 's responsibilities grew. In its current form , the GIS section supports any county department needing GIS services . This includes the Planning , Environmental Management, Agriculture and Natural Resources , Utilities, Transportation , and Building Departments . The range of responsibilities of the GIS section made its goal explicitly clear: an enterprise GIS flexible enough to support the differing needs and skill levels of each department . The first enterprise-minded project tackled was to create a Web-based GIS tailored to the specific needs of the Building Department . The GIS would deliver fast, accurate, and current data within a single user-friendly application , which in turn would streamline the cumbersome permitting work flow. Staff from the GIS section met with staff from the Building Department to determine the users' needs and a scope of work . After several meetings , the scope became clear, and it was time for the GIS section to decide on the method of delivery . Since the Building Department had a varying number of users with varying skill levels, the GIS section wanted to deploy a thin client application that was easy-to- use and accessible anywhere . After considering many options, ArclMS was chosen because of its ability to serve browser- based GIS applications , relative ease of customization , and user friendliness . To handle the high volume of traffic anticipated , ArcIMS was installed on a Sunfire 280 server. In Phase I of application development, the layout and functionality of the interface were created with many user testing and acceptance periods . Once the interface was accepted , Phase II began , which entailed map creation and symbology selection . Project Scope The initial two phases of the project consisted of providing the following items agreed upon during the user needs assessment: • A linking of the ArcIMS map service to the building permitting database at the parcel level . • Property appraiser information with the ability to query by parcel number, owner, ' secondary owner, business name , address , and secondary address . It was also imperative that queries would include condominiums and apartment complexes . • Planning information with the ability to view parcel-level information on zoning , land use , future land use , overlay districts, and impact fee districts . Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map information with the ability to view parcel-level information on flood zone designations . • Environmental information with the ability to view parcel-level information on watersheds . • Base map information including water features, streets, annotation , and aerial photography . Printable map with accompanying property data to attach to applications . Project Implementation The GIS section at Manatee County used a number of different tools in the creation of this application . The application uses ArcIMS 4 .0. 1 , ArcSDE 8 . 3, Apache 2 .0. 48 , Oracle9i , and Tomcat 4 .0 . 12. 23 GIS Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan Chapter I - Departmental GIS Needs Assessment