LINK-GIS Timeline

2014

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.

2014
2014

Christy Powell, GISP, receives the PDS SPICE award for Innovation for the work she did creating a bike and pedestrian count application and a building damage assessment application for emergency situations.

2014

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.

2014
2014

Tom East, GISP, and Trisha Brush, GISP, receive certification from URISA for completing the URISA Leadership Academy.

2014
2014

LINK-GIS staffers, Christy Powell, GISP, Joe Busemeyer, GISP and Tom East, GISP, are presented with the 2014 ALL-SPICE award for their contributions to the Kenton County 2030 Comprehensive Plan project, in conjunction with members of the PDS Planning Department.

2013

LINK-GIS staff provides hands-on GIS support for Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More College students.

LINK-GIS staff member Tom East was asked to speak about NextGen 9-1-1 at the 39th Annual Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) Conference held the Galt House in Louisville.

The Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) Service to GIS/Mapping Community award was presented to Christy Powell GISP, of LINK-GIS staff.

Several of the LINK-GIS staff attended training seminars for WebEOC (Web Emergency Operation Control) and RAVEN911 (Regional Asset Verification & Emergency Network).

A comprehensive inventory of sidewalks in Kenton County is pursued by NKAPC staff to create documentation which can assist legislative bodies with future planning efforts.

2012

Maps and data support for local tornadic event for building inspectors, emergency response and FEMA teams on the ground.

LINK-GIS LiDAR data is used in a Kentucky Geological Survey report on landslides in the Campbell and Kenton Counties.

LINK-GIS team makes presentations to local National Weather Service and forms relationships for future collaboration.

SOW was created to work with the City of Elsmere for assets management inventory.

Presented Snow Tracker at ESRI User Conference and KY GIS Conference.

Upgrade/update LINK-GIS website map viewer for easier use and access to information with fewer clicks of the mouse.

QAQC Campbell County FEMA Preliminary Floodplain maps.

Provide ArcReader projects, data and training to Campbell County Office of Emergency Management.

Put together multiple maps, tables and data for Kenton County Governance Study Group for various county analysis.

2011

Assisted KC Clerk with reapportionment mapping, voting precinct mapping and voting location mapping.

QAQC the Kenton County FEMA Preliminary Floodplain maps.

2011
2011

Joe Busemeyer, GISP, presented on the Covington Asset Management project at the ESRI 2011 International User Conference and also submitted map to large format map gallery.

2011

RFP issued and then negations with the Commonwealth of Kentucky contract awarded aerial photography major update project with PhotoScience, Inc. to provide new aerial photography and updated data for Campbell, Kenton and Pendleton Counties. This is the first time the digital imagery and IR technology was captured for the partnership.

LINK-GIS wins statewide award, “Service to the Mapping Community” at Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) conference.

LINK-GIS team member wins state web applications contest at the KAMP conference.

2011
2011

Christy Powell, GISP, has an article published in GeoWorld magazine, November 2011, Special Government Issue.

2011

Historic imagery slider rolls out on LINK-GIS website. Old Mylar maps back to 1962 that were scanned, geo-referenced and cached.

2011
2011

LINK-GIS staff, Christy Powell, GISP and Joe Busemeyer, GISP, develop and roll out ‘Snow Tracker’, an interactive map for Kenton County Public works to show the public what roads have been treated during a snow event.

2010

Staff provides technical assistance to local governments for 2010 US Census.

LINK-GIS/Erlanger collaboration earns recognition for city’s dispatch service.

LINK-GIS relaunches website, with an updated look and feel and new mapping technology.

2009

WebFOCUS presented at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference.

Highly-accurate LINK-GIS topography data wows professional surveyors’ association.

NKAPC hosts E-911 dispatch workshop aimed at mapping standards certification.

LINK-GIS among those invited to participate in Library of Congress preservation effort.

GIS website getting functional overhaul; more information will be easier to access.

LINK-GIS partnership readies online tool to facilitate road construction coordination.

Partnership rolls out video production highlighting uses of GIS technology.

Campbell County cable television prepares to broadcast LINK-GIS video production.

2009
2009

LINK-GIS staffer, Joe Busemeyer, GISP, creates a detailed map showing the history of the Green Line streetcar that ran from downtown Cincinnati to Fort Mitchell, KY. The map is featured in the opening ceremony for the ESRI International User Conference.

2009

Six NKAPC staff have GISP.

Envista chosen by GIS partners to coordinate Pavement Management Project.

2008

Work under way to protect integrity of Northern Kentucky’s GIS monuments.

Launch of Crime Mapping site with Erlanger Dispatch, using real-time reporting and search capability from the police cruiser, turning each officer into a business analyst.

WebFOCUS presented at the 2008 KY GIS Conference.

Software giant ESRI selects Area Planning as beta test site for new program upgrade.

GIS, Planning staffs provide technical support for the upcoming 2010 census.

Staff member, Christy Powell elected president of KAMP; will serve organization for two years.

Three earn GIS professional credentials; staff now includes five with certification.

2007

Launch of the WebFOCUS website to the cities under the One Stop Shop Program.

Presented WebFOCUS at the Kentucky GIS Conference.

NKAPC staff works with PhotoScience, Inc. to provide new aerial photography and updated data for Campbell and Kenton Counties.  This is the first time the technology called LiDAR is used to create a 3D image of the surface instead of just a 2D image used in the past.

LINK-GIS Visioning Workshop sets stage for improvements to system.  Facilitators led participants through a celebration of what’s been accomplished collaboratively since LINK-GIS was created in 1985.

After almost 25 years and considerable growth in its operations, Northern Kentucky’s LINK-GIS is operating under new partnership accords.  Interlocal agreements creating separate LINK-GIS partnerships for Campbell and Kenton Counties allows for more detailed accountability in financing the system’s operations.

Kenton Fiscal Court and NKAPC to pursue Assets Management Program with GPS.

2006

GIS staff helps parents keep track of offenders in their neighborhoods.

Senior GIS Specialist Christy Davis accepted an invitation to teach a GIS class at Northern Kentucky University for the fall semester.

Northern Kentucky Area Planning’s GIS department works to assist emergency service providers in Pendleton County to improve their response times.

WebFOCUS pilot project completed.  This was a pilot of the reporting and mapping capabilities with the City of Fort Wright prior to the January 2007 launch for all cities participating in the One Stop Shop Program.