LINK-GIS Timeline
LINK-GIS was recognized by ESRI as one of the Map Gallery Finalists for the Reference category with the Campbell County Road Index map.
Kenton County Land Use map was selected for inclusion in ESRI Map Book, Volume 40 (2025). Highlights development patterns and supports long-term planning discussions. Result of classifying raw satellite imagery into use categories based on return values. Land use classifications may also be refined using property ownership records and other supporting data sources.
Megan and Gladys were awarded the APA-KY 2024 Award Nomination for Outstanding Use of Innovative Technology. This statewide award stems from their work analyzing Riparian Buffers for the new zoning ordinances. Their work was instrumental in communicating and visualizing the effects of new regulations so decision-makers could comprehend the impact of policy decisions.
Kenton County Land Use Zoning Development Map | 2022 Esri Map Book (Volume 37, page 128) | Redlands, CA: Esri Press
Article written by Trisha Brush, GISP, and Louis Hill, GISP, titled “Send Up the Drone” is featured in the November 2020 edition of ESRI’s online Newsroom, ArcWatch.
Maps Tell the Story in Kenton County in the Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Outstanding Use of Innovative Technology award. https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcwatch/maps-tell-the-story-in-kenton-county
LINK-GIS/PDS staff members Trisha Brush and Emi Randall present at the 2017 GeoDesign Summit in Los Angeles, CA. Article “Cultivating Relationships, Planting Ideas and Harvesting Dreams,” is published in Winter 2017 edition. ESRI’s ArcUser magazine, page 24.
Winners of the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards; Planning and Development Services (PDS) of Kenton County, Kentucky and LINK-GIS showcase a modern, collaborative approach to GIS and planning workflows. GIS is integrated into numerous planning tasks to generate timely, focused analysis to inform local decision makers and ignite discussions on important current and long-range planning initiatives. These initiatives are enriched by harnessing the power of dynamic web maps and other multimedia content to tell PDS’s story to the public, and also to receive feedback from the public. This creates a greater sense of transparency and accountability to the public and administration. PDS/LINK-GIS has taken a cue from Big Data, and made its data easier to analyze, visualize, and to share. This approach has helped PDS/LINK-GIS keep each plan update from sitting on the shelf. In addition, it has helped move beyond “just” printed maps to showcase GIS as an analytical tool and a solution.
