Voter Administration with EFS EDGE

Craighead County officials continue to add EFS EDGE to their daily workflows to help them better serve the residents of Craighead County.  EFS recently added their newly updated voting precincts to EDGE and received the following comment from Lesli Penny, Craighead County Deputy Clerk, “Thank you so much! We are using them today as voters have received new ID cards and all are not happy with new polling locations. Your maps make verification of addresses easier for us! Again, thank you!”    EDGE allows the County Clerk’s office to not only view their voting administration boundaries with absolute detail but also use physical address point data to assist with requests from the public on which voting precinct they reside in.  The moment a new address is entered into EDGE it is made viewable to the other County officials and employees who have access to the system.  Voter administration is handled through the Clerk Tool which allows for all Voting Districts to be listed for any given location by a single click of the mouse.

EFS GeoTechnologies is an Aerial Photography and GIS Services company based in Monticello, Arkansas. To learn more about EFS please visit www.EFSGEOTECH.com.  Also, to receive updates from EFS you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

Craighead County Public EDGE GIS Goes Live

EFS GeoTechnologies is excited to see our technology being shared with the public. EFS has been working with Craighead County and the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas for several years.  This year they decided that along with Aerial Photography they wanted to start working with our EDGE GIS to make their GIS data available to City and County users the instant it is created or updated.  The article below is from the Jonesboro Sun Newspaper.  To see the Craighead County EDGE public viewer go to www.efsedge.com/craighead.

EFS GeoTechnologies is an Aerial Photography and GIS Services company based in Monticello, Arkansas. To learn more about EFS please visit www.EFSGEOTECH.com.  Also, to receive updates from EFS you can follow them at Facebook and Twitter.

Monticello Water Repairs

Deteriorating Water System: Where Do I Start?

Upon election the Mayor of Monticello, Allen Maxwell, quickly realized the issue he inherited with a deteriorating water system.  For many years Monticello Water Department Employees were tasked daily with patching the leaking water system.  Mayor Maxwell envisioned a system where he could quickly and easily visualize where the water leaks were occurring so he could make a case for the replacement of the old deteriorating pipes.  Through a partnership with a local GIS company, EFS GeoTechnologies, the two entities began developing the system below. The Monticello Water Repairs database was developed with the EFS’ EDGE GIS.  EDGE allows for quick, easy visualization and analysis of the water leak locations mapped by Monticello Water Department Employees using EFS’ EDGE for Field Data Collectors solution.  This allowed the visualization of the data for replacement of pipes instead of patching and ultimately led to making a case for the replacement of Monticello’s old water system.

60% 0f leaks in 19% of City Area.

Results:

• Magnitude of Leak Problem Realized
• Targeted Areas for Line Replacement versus Leak Repair
• Following a comprehensive 2 year study, the City entered into a $10 Million Performance Contract with Siemens Industry, Inc to upgrade the Water System
• Additonal Projects: Utilized EDGE for Fire Hydrants, Bulk Trash Dumpsters, Trash Truck Routing & Airport Obstructions

EFS GeoTechnologies is an Aerial Photography and GIS Services company based in Monticello, Arkansas. To learn more about EFS please visit www.EFSGEOTECH.com.  Also, to receive updates from EFS you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter.