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CONSENT
CALENDAR |
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AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE OF
BUDGETED FUNDS FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE |
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Meeting
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October 18, 2004 |
Budgeted: |
Yes |
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From: |
David A.
Berger, General
Manager |
Program/ Line Item No. |
Computer Equipment and software
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Prepared
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E.
Sandoval |
Cost Estimate: |
$2,810 |
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Administrative Services
Division Manager/Chief Financial Officer Review: Yes |
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Committee
Recommendation: The Administrative
Committee reviewed this item on October 6, 2004 and recommended approval. |
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CEQA Compliance: N/A |
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this action
is to authorize the expenditure of District funds for the purchase of one
GeoExpress 4.0, imagery processing software license.
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RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board authorize the expenditure of budgeted funds not to exceed $2,810 to purchase the GeoExpress 4.0 software license.
BACKGROUND: In August 2003, the interim General Manager
executed a contract with AMBAG to provide orthophotography products to MPWMD. Unfortunately, AMBAG’s vendor failed to
deliver these products as compressed imagery as required in AMBAG’s former
contract with the District. Thus, Board
authorization is needed to purchase software that will enable District staff to
process and convert these orthophotos into a compressed imagery format which
will make them fully useful and of adequate quality. The GeoExpress software will enable staff to
compress the digital imagery and mosaic tiles for rapid and comprehensive
display of the data. In addition to the
orthoimagery data, the software will allow staff to convert
The aforementioned datasets will be used as base layers for plotting, displaying and rectifying the locations of various types of data within the MPWMD boundary. Among many other uses, staff will be able to prepare maps from this compressed imagery that depict ASR well locations, steelhead and vegetation monitoring sites, and individual parcels for water permit tracking.
The GIS system being developed by staff will allow the integration of spatial or map-based information with other datasets. The proposed software will convert the data into a format that is readily available for staff use, thereby dramatically improving workflow. Lastly, the software will allow District staff to convert this imagery into a web-ready format so that this valuable graphical data can be used by other agencies, property owners and other outside users, and for staff to use the imagery for analysis, presentations and public education.
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