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GIS Partnership Summary
St. Lawrence County Resource Sharing GIS
Partnership Purpose and Goal
This informal partnership was born out of the need for GIS development in St. Lawrence County, NY. By combining the knowledge and resources of governmental and academic institutions this large but rural county with limited GIS staff resources can make greater, more efficient progress in developing and disseminating spatial data.Participants and Resource Contributions
- St. Lawrence County - Includes GIS staff from the Planning Department, Real Property Tax Services Department and Highway Department. The county is a member of the NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. Resources: GIS and CAD software, computers, digitizers, printers, plotters. Data: Real Property parcels, special-purpose GIS projects.
- St. Lawrence University - Includes GIS staff from the Launders Science Library GIS Unit. The University is not a member of the NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. Resources: A variety of GIS software tools for student use, computers, printers, plotters, GPS equipment, training facilities. Data: A fairly comprehensive collection of publicly- available datasets.
- New York Power Authority
- Includes GIS staff from Grand Gorge, White Plains and Massena, NY offices.
NYPA is a member of the NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. Resources: A comprehensive
set of CAD, surveying, GPS and GIS tools and equipment. Data: Coverages and
imagery associated with the St. Lawrence Power Project.
- New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation - Includes GIS staff from the Potsdam and
Albany offices. NYSDEC is a member of the NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative.
Resources: Unknown. Data: Datasets produced by the NYSDEC, special-purpose
maps.
- St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District - Includes GIS staff from the district office. The district is not a member of the NYS GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. Resources: Computer, printer. Data: USDA SSURGO Soils.
Time Frame
Date Partnership
Began: April 1999
Completion Date: On-going
Deliverables
No specific deliverables are identified at this time. The county responds to requests for data on a case-by-case basis.
Brief Summary of Partnership
Although April, 1999 was shown as the beginning of the partnership, this is an arbitrary date. The beginnings of the real partnership began early in the 1990's when the New York Power Authority notified St. Lawrence County that they needed digital real property data for their St. Lawrence - FDR Power Project GIS database to support their application for a new hydroelectric license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. NYPA's fee for the data enabled St. Lawrence County to get into GIS for the first time. Later, after the County digitized its real property tax maps, its staff began providing GIS services to a variety of clients. To complete some of these requests, the County relied on data and technical assistance from some of the partners listed above. The County has provided project-specific GIS opportunities for both paid and non-paid internships to students from local area colleges and universities. The Soil and Water Conservation District's participation was a key factor in securing digital SSURGO soils information for the County. In summary, when one of the partners faces a particular GIS problem, the resources of the partnership have been made available to solve it.Additional Information Available
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Contact Information
Jon Montan
Planner III
St. Lawrence County Planning Office
48 Court Street
Canton, NY 13617
Phone: (315) 379-2292
Fax: (315) 379-2252
E-mail: jmontan@co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Eric Williams-Bergen
Science Librarian
Launders Science Library
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617
Phone: (315) 229-5405
Fax: (315) 229-7291
E-mail: ewilliamsbergen@stlawu.edu