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Some government agencies use software to manage land use and community development so that parcels and permits information exist as layers on existing ESRI and Google Earth maps.  What this means is that with the additional visual GIS map layers, government employees have graphical information to help with complex land use analysis, solutions and decisions. The over benefits to government agencies are:

• faster services to citizens and business for building renovations, new developments, land use planning, etc.
• improved productivity for staff and reduced costs

Local Government Example

Mono County and the Town of Mammoth Lakes in California both update their permits, inspections, planning and code enforcement systems each night with information from the GIS data and tax database. This updated information allows the County and Town planners, developers and policy makers better decision making around complex community planning, smart growth and sustainable development. They do this using the BasicGov web-based system integrated with GIS.

• Read Mono County and Town of Mammoth Lakes case study here

• Learn more about GIS connector software here

On April 14, 2011 at 11 am PST /2 pm EST, BasicGov is hosting a complimentary webinar with the City of Beaumont, California. In the webinar participants will learn how Beaumont made the decision to move to a cloud computing / web-based system (click to read more about what they are using).

The webinar will also provide participants with an overview of how to improve municipal planning and building permits processes with affordable technology, with or without internal IT support.

• Register for this free webinar here https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/228597736

The webinar will demo Planning software that:
• Tracks dates and milestones online
• Automatically schedules notifications, proceedings, hearings and other critical deadlines
• Reports on project status to multi-users and multiple departments
• Provides access to information in the office or field

The webinar will also demo Permits & Inspections software that: 
• Automates scheduling of field inspections and reviews
• Prints permit related documents in seconds
• Provides access to permit history in multiple departments, in the office or field
• Reports with dashboard to show work completed or outstanding