City of Kennewick launches “Virtual Kennewick” mapping tool

Jan 28, 2010 Kennewick News

Okay, this is kinda geeky … but also pretty cool. The city has recently added a “Virtual Kennewick” mapping tool to the city web site. You can access it here.

The tool presents information from a GIS database, and users can see a variety of city data online — often the kind of stuff you’d have to visit the city offices and spend a lot of time researching in person. You can see community resources (like government offices, theaters, USPS, libraries, etc.), zoning designations across the city, the locations of various city utilities (sewer system, water, etc.), and here’s a screenshot that shows the city’s land use plan (red is Commercial, for example).

The city explains the tool’s benefits this way:

The GIS database is a spatial model of City facilities in the “real” world. Complex data relationships can be presented using geographical representations, or maps. Maps provide a “picture” of those relationships that is easier to understand. Better understanding of the complex data presented in running a City allows for improved decision making, provides more efficient work efforts, and establishes cost savings for the City and it’s constituents.

On top of all that, it’s just kinda fun to check out.

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