CITY OF PRATTVILLE, AL ADDRESSING
Geospatial Data Structure
Prattville, Alabama
- Address Numbers determined by grid
- City center of origin
- Not based on current thoroughfares
AUTAUGA COUNTY AND PRATTVILLE: County wide dataset does exist, however not updated, maintained, or standardized to meet our needs.SOLUTION: Field Verification
POPULATION
County 50,000City 35 – 40,000
Roughly 13,000 city addresses
2.5 year time frame to visit each
COMPLETED
One Dot = One Address
To Date: 16,521 addresses visited
DATA COLLECTED- Owner – Address - Date Visited - Land Use - Structure
Condition - Business Name -Former Occupant - Image Capture & Hotlink
“IM – PA - HOE”
Field Transportation:
Used like a 4X4 Tahoe
Does more ‘off-roading’ than most 4X4’s
SACTTEREDADDRESS
STRUCTURES
Difficult to reach, secluded addresses
Multiple addresses – one property – scattered GPS readings ? Or straight line in the parcel?
Drive / traverse every driveway, trail, unpaved road, etc. …
Over 50,000 Parcels
Point Layer Data based on parcel geometric center
Not all parcels addressed
Many contain mailing address in different, city, county, state.
North Pole GIS- So many agencies
rely on address data sharing: Utilities, Postal Service, etc
- Inconvenience of address change, phone calls to utilities, banks, insurance agencies, etc.
- Bad time of year to change address, can even mess up Santa’s GPS
DO NOT DISREGARD OLD DATAExcellent historic reference
Consult each time new address is assigned to avoid overlooking retired addresses
Outdated technology vs. User Comfort Level … Created in MS Paint
ADDRESS DATABASE SOURCES
Point & Click
GPS Collection
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Inter-Agency Sharing
IMPERATIVE EQUIPMENT IN ADDRESSING
NEGATIVE DATA ACQUISITION
Addressing Authority
G.I.S.
911
Police
Fire
Emergency Management
Engineering
Development
U.S.P.S. FED EX, UPS
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS
CITY OF PRATTVILLE, ALABAMARYAN PECHARKA, G.I.S. COORDINATOR
