ESRI ArcInfo™

ArcInfo is a full-featured geographic information system produced by ESRI, and is the highest level of licensing and therefore functionality offered in the ArcGIS Desktop product line.

ArcInfo™ is the software used by the site specialist every day. It was originally a command-line based system. The command-line processing abilities are now available through the GUI (Graphic User Interface) of the ArcGIS Desktop product. ArcInfo™ is used to edit community databases and create complex analysis of community data.

Type

Software - third party

Departmental use cases

EMS

  • Call response time
  • Computer aided dispatch support

Engineering

  • As-built surveying
  • Community Rating System (CRS) accreditation
  • Construction management
  • Flood insurance LOMAR
  • Impervious surface measurement
  • Infrastructure design
  • Planning and site location
  • Predesign analysis

Finance

  • Foreclosure tracking

Fire

  • Call response time
  • Computer aided dispatch support
  • Find hydrant flow rate
  • Insurance Services Office (ISO) Accredidation
  • Measure distance to nearest hydrant
  • Reverse 9-1-1

Health

  • Health inspections
  • Locate hazardous zones
  • Mosquito abatement
  • Pest management
  • Track infections

Human services

  • Case management
  • Locate at risk residents
  • Service gap identification

Parks and recreation

  • Landscape and lawn maintenance
  • Natural resource management
  • Tree inventory
  • Tree trimming activities

Permitting

  • Building permits
  • Business liscensing
  • Foreclosure tracking
  • Locate addresses
  • Map open permits

Planning

  • Impervious surface measurement
  • Land use planning
  • Parcel comparison
  • Property site maps
  • Residential build-out forcasting

Police

  • Call response time
  • Computer aided dispatch support
  • Crime diagramming
  • Reverse 9-1-1

Public works

  • Hydrant flushing notification
  • Landscape and lawn maintenance
  • MUTCD sign verification
  • Sweeping and snow removal
  • Tree inventory
  • Tree trimming activities