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.

Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission is awarded Special Achievement in GIS recognition from ESRI. Kenton County Brownfields Initiative awarded Earth Day award by Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission, Kentucky League of Cities, and Kentucky Association of Counties. Staff member Christy Davis presented a session about GIS marketing at the ESRI International User Conference. Staff member Ryan Kent invited to present at the National EPA Brownfields Conference. Article in the February Geospatial Solutions magazine called “Sharing Data – Local Government Set the Standard”. The article discussed how the NKY task force developed a set of standards for sharing GIS datasets.

The partnership launches an internet mapping website powered by ESRI’s ArcIMS. Staff members from the partnership are instrumental in helping found the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP). Three of these staff members go on to serve on the board of directors. An article entitled “Kenton County Lead Way in Brownfield Redevelopment” written by staff member Ryan Kent appears in the October-December 2003 edition of ArcUser Magazine.

The partnership undertakes a major update that increases the accuracy of the data in the urban area of the county to 1″=100′. This update also provides 2′ topography and color aerial photography with 6″ resolution.

The Northern Kentucky Water District joins the partnership. A map entitled “Automated Identification of Sanitary Sewer Transfer Points and Combined Sewer Overflows” is printed in the ESRI Map Book, an annual publication dedicated to acknowledging the important and innovative accomplishments of GIS users around the world.