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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Implements GIS
Author(s) -
Cannistra James R.,
Leadbeater Richard,
Humphries Ray
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1992.tb07392.x
Subject(s) - commission , geographic information system , transport engineering , scale (ratio) , database , geography , civil engineering , environmental planning , engineering , computer science , cartography , business , finance
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) recently completed a cooperative pilot project with Montgomery and Prince George's counties, Md., in which a complete 59‐layer geographic information system (GIS) data base was developed for a portion of its service area. During the pilot project described in this article, planimetric and parcel data were developed, and water and sewer facility maps were digitzed. The procedures and approach defined during the pilot project will be used to develop a full‐scale data base. This article describes and evaluates the design process, the conversion methods, and the application developed.