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About the King County GIS Center
The King County GIS Center is the single most extensive and capable GIS operation in the Pacific Northwest. Our unique blend of enterprise GIS resources, end-user experience, and highly capable client services helps us deliver exceptional value to our customers. The KCGIS Center team comprises more than two dozen highly qualified GIS professionals with a wide array of technical competencies to ensure the GIS services and products we offer meet customer needs and are delivered in a timely manner. The breadth of the GIS services we provide and the depth of the technical resources available for our customers make the KCGIS Center a unique service provider.
Learn more about who we are and what we do at our State of GIS site.
Vision, Mission, and Goals
Vision
The King County GIS Center is the premier provider of spatial information and GIS services in the region.Mission
The King County GIS Center (KCGIS Center) delivers efficient, high-quality GIS technology solutions to King County agencies, the public, and our regional partners, in order to meet the needs of King County government and the communities we serve. The core value of the KCGIS Center is to provide services that are accurate, consistent, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive.Goals
- Increase efficiencies and effectiveness of spatial data and GIS applications.
- Provide a valued regional resource of spatial information and GIS expertise.
- Increase ability of county agencies to meet their business needs.
- Continue logical, enterprise-based and business-driven development of KCGIS data, applications, systems, staff, and regional coordination.
To achieve these goals, the GIS Center is organized to…
- Manage the coordination of GIS activity across county departments
- Provide guidance, expertise, and oversight for the KCGIS community
- Administer the core KCGIS database
- Administer the core system components that provide access to the KCGIS database
- Coordinate countywide GIS hardware and software purchase and maintenance contracts
- Support maintenance of core GIS data by county departments
- Develop and maintain a standard GIS data and application front end.
An additional resource we provide to King County is the GIS Center Spatial Services Group. This group is composed of staff available for GIS-related projects, services, consulting, and products on a charge-back cost reimbursable basis. Examples of the GIS Center’s client service offerings include the following:
- Custom GIS-based map development & custom cartography
- Department GIS environment customization
- Custom GIS application development
- Custom cartography
- Technical writing
- GIS training
- GIS data development
- and more
For more information about the King County GIS Center, contact Tamara Davis, King County GIS Center Manager.