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Dunklin County Assessor Brenda Dicus hosted the training meeting in her office in late March, where various Kennett and City of Malden department heads were on hand for a question and answer session with the county's GIS contractor, Smart Data Strategies.
According to Dicus, Representatives of Smart Data Strategies (SDS) of Franklin, Tenn., David McReynolds and Todd Hawkins, explained the various types of information that can be captured in the field with GPS units.
"This information can then be made into the GIS layers that the different departments of the cities can utilize," Dicus explained.
Departments can utilize the varying layers for locating fire hydrants, water mains, gas lines, and more.
According to Dicus, the list of layers and layer attributes can be added to the city's system after it receives the base system.
Dunklin County began its GIS project in 2007 and invited the city governments in the county to join in on the base level.
Information that will be on the county's digitized level will include all the tax mapping, subdivisions, soil layers, school district, and township lines, as well as, the new digital aerial photography.
According to Dicus, SDS expects to complete its work on the county project by early to middle summer.
Those who attended the GIS meeting included Mayor Roger Wheeler, City Administrator Ken Goslee, Street Department Director Randy Carter, Board of Public Works member Micky Barker, Engineer Metz Skelton, Malden Board of Public Works member Ted Bellers, County TS Tom Vavak, and the staff of the assessors office.
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This system is not very accurate in practice. I have seen accuracy of plus or minus five foot. This means you will be within ten feet when you go back to look for whatever it was that was located. That is fine for visible points, but if what you are looking for is buried then it is a problem. If you are wondering, I work for the eigth largest utility in the United States. In any event, bury something then record the point with GPS, then go back later to locate it. We've spent several million dollars on this system, but I am forced to rely on my inspectors red-line drawings.