LINK-GIS was recognized by ESRI as one of the Map Gallery Finalists for the Reference category with the Campbell County Road Index map.

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.

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

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.

Walkability & Parks Maps published in the “ESRI Map Book Vol. 31.”

NKYmapLAB earns third place in the “large format printed map” category at the ESRI International User Conference in San Diego.

Trisha Brush, GISP, has an article published in the CIO Review magazine, April 2015, GIS Special Edition.

The PDS GIS department worked closely with the Homebuilders Association of Northern Kentucky (HBA) on a project to determine the number of “finished” subdivided lots in Kenton County.

During the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals’ (KAMP) annual conference in Louisville in September, PDS Senior GIS Specialist Tom East, GISP, was awarded KAMP’s first ever President’s Award.

LINK-GIS partners receive final delivery of 2014 aerial photography.

LINK-GIS assist Pendleton County with determination of county line, resulting in saving the Public Works crew time and money.

Planning and Development Services (PDS) hosted a “Girls Day Out,” Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) outing for girls of junior high age.

Planning and Development Services (PDS) held a mapping and GPS certified training course with Duke Energy.

The Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council was awarded a grant from the U.S. Forest Service in December 2013 to develop land classifications and forest canopy data for Kenton, Campbell, and Boone counties.

LINK-GIS staff member assist the Kenton County Clerk (Gabrielle Summe) and her team to draw and redraw voting precinct boundaries to match new legislative boundaries and to accurately detail any and all changes in accompanying reports.

Christy Powell, GISP, NKAPC’s Senior GIS Programmer creates a bike and pedestrian count application for the NKAPC Planning and Zoning Department and a building damage assessment application to be used during an emergency situation to collect information such as number of people affected, contact names, and extent of damage.

LINK-GIS staff create updated, multi-use address database.