Caloundra City Council’s free internet mapping service recently won a Special Achievement in GIS Award at the 22nd International ESRI Annual User Conference in San Diego, USA. The MAPROOM site was chosen from over 100,000 web sites worldwide. Caloundra believes it is the first Council in Australia to offer a free internet mapping service to internal and external clients.
The service processes over 2,500 enquiries and produces more than 350 printouts daily. Users can compose and print cartographic quality maps using digital geographic data. This is done by adding and removing layers of vector data, such as roads and property boundaries, and raster data that is aerial photographs.
Features of the MAPROOM internet tool include the following.
- A Calmap map viewer that allows users to create, query and print maps using Council’s digital geographic data.
- Additional map viewers for accessing limited subsets of Council’s geographic data.
- Data extraction tools that allow users to download limited subsets of digital geographic data and convert them to civil engineering design format.
- Digital submission of engineering data such as sewerage, water reticulation, stormwater, roads, park infrastructure, terrain model, and property boundaries.
- Property services for requesting property searches and Town Planning Certificates.
- A comprehensive online help system.
MAPROOM is redefining the way the public and private sectors exchange data. A business case conducted by the South East Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils (SEQROC) predicts business savings of $6 million in south east Queensland within five years. SEQROC has funded the development of MAPROOM’s digital lodgement features for all south east Queensland Councils.
For further information contact Caloundra’s GIS Officer Data Maintenance, Louise Phillips, on (07) 5420 8827.
