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GIS staff has developed an online GISBusiness Viewer and mapping applicationfor use in the county’s Office of EconomicDevelopment and Planning Department.The application was built with ESRI’sBusiness Analyst Online.

Business Analyst Online (BAO) is a web-based application hosted by ESRI, whichprovides access to up-to-date demographics,business and market data analysis. BAOuses a number of extensive demographic,consumer spending and business data fromseveral companies and organizations includ-ing U.S. Census Bureau, Dun & Bradstreet,Bureau of Labor Statistics, GfK MRI andApplied Geographic Solutions, Inc. forcrime indices.

The GIS Business Viewer application pro-

vides the base for BAO to view local datasuch as zoning districts, tax parcel bound-aries, land use and local businesses. BAOallows users to quickly create thematic mapsbased on user-defined geographic areas or aspecific location. Users can identify localbusinesses in the area of interest and gener-ate reports using BOA data.

Westchester County’s local business data-base is licensed through Infogroup.Infogroup data is updated every four monthsin order to produce up-to-date informationon local business addresses, demographicsand other industry indicators such as indus-try type, number of employees, squarefootage and contact information.

The application user interface is easy to nav-

igate. In addition, users can add text orshapes as well as create PDF or images fromthe map. Although similar online mappingapplications exist, BAO reporting capabili-ties is the program’s strongest asset. Staff inthe county’s Office of EconomicDevelopment and Planning Department cangenerate customized reports to identify mar-ket potential based on number of consumers,services, consumer behavior and activitiesin any given area. Reporting also includesESRI’s Tapestry Segmentation data, whichdetails socioeconomic trends based on cus-tomer’s lifestyle and behaviors.

For more information regarding the GISBusiness Viewer, contact Ana Hiraldo-Gomez at (914) 995-5162 or visit the ESRI’sBusiness Analyst Online website.

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Business Analyst Online for Office of Economic DevelopmentBusiness Analyst Online for Office of Economic DevelopmentGIS develops web application that helps to identify local economy’s health

Business Analyst Online (BAO) can generate 1, 3, and 5-mile radius rings from any location as shownin this downtown White Plains example. Pertinent business and graphic profiles, as well as maps, canalso be generated for each radius ring.

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User Group Meeting User Group Meeting May 14, 2015May 14, 2015

SUNY PurchaseSUNY Purchase8:15 a.m.– 4 p.m.8:15 a.m.– 4 p.m.

The county’s annual Westchester GISUser Group will be held at PurchaseCollege on May 14th, 2015. The day-long event will feature presentationsfrom government, industry, and acade-mia. This year’s program includes out-door activities with Orienteering (MapAdventures) and Geocaching, andexclusive Story Maps training (seatingis limited). Join us for the largest annual meeting ofgeospatial professionals in the LowerHudson Valley. For more information or to register forthe free event, visit our website.

Building off the success of the street inven-tory project in the Village of Larchmont,Town of Eastchester, City of Rye andVillage of Rye Brook, County GIS staff iscurrently providing mobile mapping guid-ance to the Town of Greenburgh. At therequest of Deputy Commissioner, RichardFon, the town saw mobile mapping as aneffective way to map street signs as part ofa comprehensive inventory of the town’sstreet feature assets. Time-stamped pic-tures of each sign, which are taken as partof the mapping process, will be used todetermine what signs need to be replacedor removed. As designed, the mobile application lever-ages the county's enterprise GIS infrastruc-ture and does not require any local clientsoftware. The data collected from the fieldor updated using a browser application isautomatically stored in the county’s enter-prise GIS databases. Data collection began

with work in the unincorporated sections ofthe town. Greenburgh DPW is also respon-sible for the maintenance of street signs inthe villages of Elmsford, Ardsley, Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytownand Sleepy Hollow. The Greenburgh street sign project collectsstreet sign locations, which have beenattributed by category (i.e., stop, speedlimit, and parking, one way etc.) usingeasy-to-use pull-down menus speeding updata collection and minimizing data codingerrors. With data collection still underway,a total of 12,649 street signs have beenmapped across the town and incorporatedvillages to date. The mobile app alsoenables users to associate one or morerelated documents (such as photos, videos,or MS-Word files) with the sign.For more information, contact eitherConnor Lynch at (914) 995-6532 or XiaoboCui at (914) 995-3781.

The Historical Aerial Photo Viewerapplication is now available to the publicon the GIS website. Created jointly withthe Department of Planning, the applica-tion provides access to over 6,000 his-toric air photo digital files which areavailable for viewing or printing. Theblack and white aerial photographs areassociated with 13 separate photogram-metric projects covering the county

between 1925 and 1995 each generallybeing flown in late winter / early springwith leaf-off ground conditions. Giventhe different flying heights of the variousphotogrammetric projects, different cam-era systems, and the number of flightpaths, the quality and resolution of theimages will vary between the flightyears. For more information, contactDongming Tang at (914) 995-4437.

Tax Parcel Viewer UpdateTax Parcel Viewer UpdateWith high demand from local govern-ments, County GIS has implemented azoning code lookup function associatedwith the Municipal Tax Parcel Viewerapplication. This convenient and easy toaccess feature is very helpful for userswanting to know regulations and condi-tions associated with individual munici-pal zoning districts. Zoning code datahas been extracted from WestchesterCounty Planning Department's zoningmap, which is a compilation of local zon-ing districts based on zoning informationdigitized between 2011 and 2014, and isintended for general reference purposesonly. Since zoning regulations are sub-ject to change, inquiries regarding cur-rent zoning regulations should be veri-fied by the local planning or municipalclerk offices. For more information,contact Zhenglu Zhang at (914) 995-5347.

Planimetric Map ServicePlanimetric Map ServiceThe planimetric feature map service,which includes building footprints, edge-of-pavement, sidewalks, parking lots,driveways, bridges, and other physicalfeatures, is now available on the GISwebsite. Other core countywide data lay-ers such as municipal boundaries, lakes,parks, and hillshade image based on2009 LiDAR are also included in themap service. The map service has cached13-different zoom levels to support moreefficient rendering of features and toimprove the speed of map display. Themap service is available via REST,SOAP and WMS interfaces. The plani-metrics dataset was captured and devel-oped from Spring 2013 photography. Formore information, contact Xiaobo Cui at(914) 995-3781.

Peekskill Regulatory Map Peekskill Regulatory Map In collaboration with both the City ofPeekskill Police Department andDepartment of Planning andDevelopment, Westchester County GIShas developed a parking regulations mapto display parking rules and regulationsassociated with Peekskill’s City WinterParking Ordinance. The project is aneffort to accurately display and makeavailable to the public, specific winterregulations and state of emergency proce-dures. The rules are in effect to aid theDepartment of Public Works effort tosafely plow the city’s streets. The brightand colorful map design is easy to readand available on the Peekskill PoliceDepartment website. For further infor-mation, contact Will Buckhout at (914)995-4005.

Historical Aerial Photo ViewerHistorical Aerial Photo Viewer

Mobile Mapping in the Town of GreenburghMobile Mapping in the Town of GreenburghESRI Collector app used on Android smartphone

The Town of Greenburgh collected street sign data and screen shot of the mobile collector app developedby Westchester County GIS.