So far, Polk County has five years of imagery – a third of their total – hosted with EagleView Image Service.
"That's only going to grow, but my footprint won’t,” says David. “That’s what I like.”
Working with EagleView comes with other benefits that make GIS coordination a smoother process. When the Emergency Operations department needed imagery integration for their existing software, EagleView set up an API to connect imagery directly to the mapping program with no change to the department’s workflow. EagleView also provides a low distortion projection for Public Works, eliminating the need for this department to change the projection themselves and risk errors.
David feels that the shorter he can make the path for staff to find answers with GIS, the more his job is a success. As he puts it, “The easier I can make it for people to use GIS, the more they want to do it, and the GIS will help them work as one.