Title: The Erie\Niagara County, New York GIS Partnership
Authors: Greg Coniglio, Jenny Gnanendran, William Budde, Niagara County; Dale Morris, Erie County
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 23 ~ 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Abstract: The Erie and Niagara County GIS Inter Municipal Agreement is a joint-agreement for shared GIS Services that will permit the two counties to work in collaboration with each other. The IMA is designed to primarily leverage Erie County's existing GIS infrastructure to enable Niagara County to provide GIS services to it's departments, similar to those provided to the Erie County Departments without having to incur the high start-up costs associated with establishing an enterprise-level GIS. The two counties working in collaboration under the terms of the IMA will yield a more cost effective, functional GIS program, one that will benefit both counties through shared services and revenue generation.

The following are key aspects to the IMA and subsequent partnership between the counties that have been negotiated:
  • GIS Technical Assistance: Counties will provide mutual GIS advice and technical guidance, both during regular operation, and during emergency operations.
  • Internet/Intranet Mapping: ArcGIS Server applications for both counties are hosted on one common server at Erie County, to share cost.
  • Custom GIS Applications: The counties agree to share, whenever possible, any custom GIS applications developed.
  • Off-Site data storage: Each county stores a backup copy of the other county’s GIS and imagery data.
The presentation will outline the history of the GIS Programs in each county, leading up to the agreement. We will discuss the comprehensive process of crafting such a unique agreement between the counties, pitfalls and roadblocks that were successful overcome, and will briefly discuss the technical details behind implementing the programs outlined in the IMA.
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