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.

The partnership wins ESRI’s President’s Award, an international award that is passed from year to year to the next recipient.

The partnership was started partly due to a need to know where underground utilities were located. It begins with four entities: Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, Kenton County Property Valuation Administration, Kenton County Fiscal Court, Sanitation District #1.