GIS Maps Online

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Geographic Information System

Geographic Information System

The Augusta Geographic Information System Department strives to efficiently and effectively provide automated mapping, geographical analysis, and GIS technical support to Augusta GIS Users, county departments. We now have an on-line GIS mapping application free to the public. You will be able to create maps using our available data layers, view property card information, and also print maps and property cards to your printer.

The Augusta State University, Columbia County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department, and City of Augusta Information Technology-GIS Division are celebrating international “GIS Day” November 19th, 12-3 in the Augusta State University, Jaguar Student Activities Center (JSAC) – JSAC Ballroom. Community leaders will kickoff the event and discuss the importance of GIS in our communities.

What is GIS? A geographic information system is a system used to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, and display all types of spatially referenced geographic information about locations of interest on the earth's surface and how they relate to each other. By visualizing relationships, connections, and patterns in data, the user can make informed decisions and increase efficiency throughout the organization. Please see ESRI.com or GIS.com for more in-depth information.

The Columbia County GIS Department and the City of Augusta Information Technology – GIS Division will be offering hands-on demonstrations of their property search tools within their GIS Maps Online http://mapweb.augustaga.gov/augusta/
http://gis.columbiacountyga.gov/, and Martinez Columbia Fire and Rescue will demonstrate how they use GIS in Emergency Response.

They will also be displaying maps showing how GIS is used in our community, providing information on how Geographic Information Systems are utilized to answer questions that lead to quicker decision making. Maps will be available for Columbia County, Augusta Public Transit Bus Routes, Augusta Canal and National Heritage Area, and more

What is GIS? About 15,500 years ago, on the walls of caves near Lascaux, France, Cro-Magnon hunters drew pictures of the animals they hunted. Associated with the animal drawings are track lines and tallies thought to depict migration routes. While simplistic in comparison to modern technologies, these early records mimic the two-element structure of modern geographic information systems (or GIS for short). GIS links images and data in a unique way that can be used to evaluate the status of an endangered species, plan community growth, track the progress of disaster search and rescue missions, and predict the impact of pollution.

The day opens with a presentation by Anil T. Mangla, MS.,PH.D., MPH Epidemiologist for GA Dept of Human Resources and Forrest Staley, MUP, MPHc Program Director Georgia Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs. With GIS they actually discovered that lead poisoning in Hispanic communities was not coming from lead paint in old houses but from candy from Mexico. Without GIS they would not have made this discovery. Vendors, hands-on displays, and prizes will also be available. So please come and see what technology can do!

GIS Maps Online

Welcome to the City of Augusta's interactive GIS mapping website. This site will allow you to search, view, measure, print and compare property information.

Click here for GIS Maps Online
Please note that the server will be down for maintenance between 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
You must have Internet Explorer 6 or better for this application to work.

User Guides

Maps Online User Guide (PDF)
AOL Help Document

Maps For Download

Standard maps of the County are now available for the Public to view and download, formatted in JPEG and PDF files. We hope the public will find the following maps useful for visualizing information about our great area. For an interactive experience with maps visit our GIS Maps Online .

Click here for Maps available for download

GIS Newsletter

GIS Logo In the months to come we will kick off several exciting GIS Meetings. We welcome you to join us in identifying solutions to geographical data needs in our great City!

This newsletter will be a means of sharing information about current IT-GIS Projects. We will highlight success stories, share obstacles, and provide status reports on new and existing datasets.

Our goal is to inspire departmental level GIS personnel to help us improve our data and strive for a “GIS Enterprise Database” that will benefit us all.

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