Is there value for local governments in attending the upcoming ICIS User Conference? Absolutely!

 

Historically, local government ICIS members have seen themselves more as data contributors versus users. This paradigm is shifting as more and more local governments reap the growing benefits of ICIS membership.  

 

BCSpatial roll out: The ICIS technical team is travelling the province meeting with local governments to further the roll out of BCSpatial. Every on-site visit results in the provision of tools to automate the delivery of the contributed data sets. The parcel data sets are validated to ensure that every registered parcel is included and that the legal description is complete.

 

AddressBC in production: AddressBC, as part of BCSpatial, is in production and provides online tools to contribute and maintain address data at no cost. The ease to utilize the application is getting rave reviews.

 

CivicSpatial Grant program: CivicSpatial funding for local governments is readily available for all jurisdictions who embrace initiatives to improve address and cadastre data. Recently, the application remittance is growing exponentially.  

 

Learning more about leveraging these benefits as an ICIS member is the growing question from local governments. The upcoming ICIS User Conference is the perfect venue for responding to this question fully. Register now @ http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/event/icisuserconference2011.asp!