Description: How does location effect value? How do I improve valuations and adjustments with GIS data? A best-practices tutorial for administrative heads and staff alike, this workshop will demonstrate the power and relevance of GIS, as well as equip technical staff with the understanding of how to implement it. Attendees do not need a technical background to benefit from this session, though the hands-on, technical know-how will be provided in parallel for those who desire it.
This workshop will reveal to assessors how GIS is used in small, medium, and large government jurisdictions to improve valuation fairness, equitability, and defensibility.
Public Data, Public Access, Privacy, and Security: U.S. Law and Policy
Monday, March 19, 2018
Instructor: Kim McDonough, GISP, Senior IT Manager, Tennessee Department of Transportation
As data distribution capacities increase, there is increasing tension between access to public records as a foundation of a free society, citizen expectations of confidentiality, and protection of public security. There are instances where land records are impacted by state or federal records laws. This workshop is will help land record managers to know if their data may have legal limitations on how and where it can be distributed.
This workshop will focus on the critical legal issues and the policy options they frame. Specific topics include:
Using GIS and CAMA Data to Support Emergency Management
Monday, March 19, 2018
Communities are often faced with significant economic and social risks from natural and man-made disasters. In order for emergency management professionals to effectively prepare for and respond to these events they need to have an accurate understanding of the built and social environment, including knowledge of where buildings are located, how they are constructed and how they are used. This workshop will provide guidance and hands-on activities that reveal why CAMA and parcel data, combined with the capabilities of GIS, are valuable for addressing this need and what the key steps are to ensuring that this data is effectively applied.
Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with them to the workshop in order to better participate in activities. Instructions for setup will be provided in advance of the workshop.
The workshop will offer insights about challenges and best practices identified from past and current attempts to apply CAMA and parcel data in support of hazard mitigation, response and recovery objectives. These insights will be supported by real examples of recent projects that have occurred or are being developed in Georgia, Indiana and many other states and communities where tools and workflows have been implemented that apply CAMA and parcel data to support the GIS-based analysis of potential impacts from floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados and other hazards along with identifying ways to mitigate those impacts. The instructors will help participants understand what CAMA data elements are critical to informing this process. They will also identify financial and political incentives for developing collaborations that lead to the effective collection, application and sharing of CAMA and parcel data resources.
