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	SPLOST Update - New Orthophotography!!! Augusta Richmond County Information Technology Geographic Information Systems Division (ARC IT-GIS) is excited to announce we have a Request for Proposal to find a vendor to complete a regional color Orthophotography project. For this project, ARC has teamed with the following geographical locations to help reduce the cost of the overall project: Aiken , SC ; and Orangeburg , SC Counties. The project will include the following deliverables on DVD: Ground Control Survey Report, Camera Calibration Report, Planimetric Data, LIDAR Data, and Digital Orthophotography* in geo-referenced uncompressed TIFF with TIFF world files and MrSID and SDW formats with metadata (primarily for use with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) software). We would also like to announce that ARC was awarded a $20,000 grant which will be applied to the Orthophotography project. Applying for the grant took hard work, however; it paid off in the end.		Standard Maps Now Available on GIS Department Page We are excited to announce that we have added a new section for standard maps to our webpage. They are available for download in PDF and JPEG formats. The following maps are included on the site: ARC Facilities Augusta Canal (National Heritage Area) Bus System Map (DRAFT) Clark Hill Dam Failure Commission Districts Super Districts with Voting Precincts Fire Station Locations Georgia Counties Park Locations (Find Your District - Find Your Park) Roads Sex Offender Buffer Map If you have a standard map you would like to suggest - just let us know. Other maps will be added in the future, including: Congressional Districts Comprehensive Augusta-Richmond County Downtown Augusta Cultural & Historical Locations As with all of our data and maps, should you find an error or an ommission, please notify us. Together we can improve our GIS data! NOTE: If you decide to download the maps, we suggest you download to your harddrive to minimize the impact on the network that multiple downloads would cause. OR Access them from your GIS drive, by navigating to: ARC>Standard Maps. Other maps not available on the website are also located here. Thanks!
	Maps Online Check for additions and changes to the Maps Online, they are listed under the Augusta Logo. New Layer: Sex Offender Buffer under Public Safety Should you have a question about using the Maps Online Program, please refer to the step by step user guide located on the GIS drive, navigate to: ARC>GIS_Users_Info>MapsOnline for the Maps Online User Guide - How To_v4.pdf