The Traveler's Open has been held at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut since 1984
This quarter's MapGeo Community Spotlight – Cromwell, CT!
Tucked along the banks of the Connecticut River in the crossroads of Connecticut, is the Town of Cromwell. Cromwell is known for housing TPC River Highlands, the renowned golf course that hosts the Travelers Championship, a premier stop on the PGA tour. But, if you look beyond the fairways, Cromwell’s real allure lies in picturesque locales such as River Highlands State Park, with riverfront trails, tranquil natural surroundings, and friendly locals mingling at one of the many new restaurants that have sprung up in a rapidly modernizing town.
Cromwell is making the most of its resources by now equipping its residents and stake holders with the MapGeo platform. MapGeo allows users to explore a wide range of data, from land records and zoning information to environmental features like wetlands and riverbeds. By offering easy access to parcel and sewer system information, Cromwell’s MapGeo site enhances how the community engages with the town’s landscape and planning efforts.
The Town of Cromwell, CT first implemented their MapGeo site back in 2012 and has added additional themes and data over the years. Most recently they created a Dataview that focuses on their sewer system.
Cromwell's Sewer Network in MapGeo
Instead of searching for an address or a parcel, they can search on a sewer asset ID for either a sewer line or manhole. Their information panel has been configured to display details about the selected sewer line as well as showing abutting manholedetails. Apop-up window was set up to link to their sewer plans, which opens the plan document from which the GIS line was created.
Organized Theme Groups
Did you know that you can sort the map themes on your site into theme groups? While many of our clients already take advantage of this feature, using theme grouping is a great way to clean up your Themes panel and allow users to have a smoother experience. Theme groups allow you to sort the themes on your site into categories. Below are examples of theme groups. Each theme group will have the name of the group with a number next to it which indicates the number of themes within the group. Lastly, by clicking on the theme group name, a dropdown appears showing the themes that are contained within the group, as shown in the image on the right.
If you are interested in adding theme groups to your site, contact the MapGeo support team for more information.
Basemap Legends
Even though basemaps are easy for many of us to understand, some users may have difficulty reading a map. Map Themes contain legends that illustrate what is visible on the map, but what about a legend for the base map features? A basemap legend can be added to your site to show users what certain symbols and features mean, as shown in the figure below:
To add a basemap legend to your site, contact the MapGeo support team for more information.
Assessors Map Themes
In addition to displaying your core assessing data, you can also visualize specific CAMA information on a MapGeo map. We have developed several new Map Themes that visualize assessing data on the map. Choose from specially priced packages of themes that visually display data to easily identify patterns and trends.
Examples include:
Price per Sq Ft
Last Sale Year
Last Sale Price
Year Built
Current Assessed Value
Building Condition
City Owned Parcels
Neighborhoods
Tax Yield
Quarterly Educational Webinar – MapGeo: Tips, Tricks, and Use Cases for Success
Join us for our next Spatial IQ quarterly webinar Thursday Oct 3rd at 1:00pm EST for Discover the Secrets of MapGeo: Tips, Tricks, and Use Cases for Success. Most MapGeo users know how to use MapGeo well enough to complete your day-to-day activities right from your desk, but could you be getting more from MapGeo? We will share use cases and configurations that have helped several MapGeo users efficiently answer more questions on the fly. We will also share some tips and tricks that will help you better leverage the MapGeo platform. If you have any specific questions or topics you would like us to address at this webinar, please contact us at spatialiqsupport@appgeo.com.
If you have missed any of our past webinars, check out the recordings here to learn about all the great use cases for applying geospatial technology to improve your everyday operations.
Schedule your Spatial IQ Strategic Meeting in the New Fiscal Year
For Spatial IQ for MapGeo customers, with the new fiscal year here, it is time to schedule your annual strategic planning meeting. Meet with your project manager to review action items discussed last year and set up a game plan to grow your Spatial IQ for the year ahead.
Statewide Imagery
Great news for our Connecticut clients - the 2023 statewide imagery is available! We are working to get this imagery added to your site as soon as possible. The state is still processing the building footprints(>100 sqft) and 1ft contours. Once that data has been released from the state, we will reach out with more details to get those layers incorporated into your site as well.
A reminder to everyone, if your state has newly released imagery, please let us know and we will take a look at the source imagery to determine if it can be added to your site.
If you need imagery for your community, we can do a custom flyover for you or we can talk about other imagery services that we provide such as licensed streaming imagery subscriptions from Vexcel (https://sanborn.com/vexcel-imagery/) and Hexagon (https://sanborn.com/hexagon-imagery/).
Support Portal
Have you checked out our customer Support Portal? No login required!Head to the portal for tips, tricks, and ideas on ways to expand your MapGeo and Spatial IQ.
P.S. - Interested in having your community spotlighted in a MapGeo newsletter? Reply directly to this email to let us know.
Rebecca Davis
Quarterly Newsletter
September 2024
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The Traveler's Open has been held at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut since 1984
This quarter's MapGeo Community Spotlight – Cromwell, CT!
Tucked along the banks of the Connecticut River in the crossroads of Connecticut, is the Town of Cromwell. Cromwell is known for housing TPC River Highlands, the renowned golf course that hosts the Travelers Championship, a premier stop on the PGA tour. But, if you look beyond the fairways, Cromwell’s real allure lies in picturesque locales such as River Highlands State Park, with riverfront trails, tranquil natural surroundings, and friendly locals mingling at one of the many new restaurants that have sprung up in a rapidly modernizing town.
Cromwell is making the most of its resources by now equipping its residents and stake holders with the MapGeo platform. MapGeo allows users to explore a wide range of data, from land records and zoning information to environmental features like wetlands and riverbeds. By offering easy access to parcel and sewer system information, Cromwell’s MapGeo site enhances how the community engages with the town’s landscape and planning efforts.
The Town of Cromwell, CT first implemented their MapGeo site back in 2012 and has added additional themes and data over the years. Most recently they created a Dataview that focuses on their sewer system.
Cromwell's Sewer Network in MapGeo
Instead of searching for an address or a parcel, they can search on a sewer asset ID for either a sewer line or manhole. Their information panel has been configured to display details about the selected sewer line as well as showing abutting manholedetails. Apop-up window was set up to link to their sewer plans, which opens the plan document from which the GIS line was created.
Organized Theme Groups
Did you know that you can sort the map themes on your site into theme groups? While many of our clients already take advantage of this feature, using theme grouping is a great way to clean up your Themes panel and allow users to have a smoother experience. Theme groups allow you to sort the themes on your site into categories. Below are examples of theme groups. Each theme group will have the name of the group with a number next to it which indicates the number of themes within the group. Lastly, by clicking on the theme group name, a dropdown appears showing the themes that are contained within the group, as shown in the image on the right.
If you are interested in adding theme groups to your site, contact the MapGeo support team for more information.
Basemap Legends
Even though basemaps are easy for many of us to understand, some users may have difficulty reading a map. Map Themes contain legends that illustrate what is visible on the map, but what about a legend for the base map features? A basemap legend can be added to your site to show users what certain symbols and features mean, as shown in the figure below:
To add a basemap legend to your site, contact the MapGeo support team for more information.
Assessors Map Themes
In addition to displaying your core assessing data, you can also visualize specific CAMA information on a MapGeo map. We have developed several new Map Themes that visualize assessing data on the map. Choose from specially priced packages of themes that visually display data to easily identify patterns and trends.
Examples include:
Price per Sq Ft
Last Sale Year
Last Sale Price
Year Built
Current Assessed Value
Building Condition
City Owned Parcels
Neighborhoods
Tax Yield
Quarterly Educational Webinar – MapGeo: Tips, Tricks, and Use Cases for Success
Join us for our next Spatial IQ quarterly webinar Thursday Oct 3rd at 1:00pm EST for Discover the Secrets of MapGeo: Tips, Tricks, and Use Cases for Success. Most MapGeo users know how to use MapGeo well enough to complete your day-to-day activities right from your desk, but could you be getting more from MapGeo? We will share use cases and configurations that have helped several MapGeo users efficiently answer more questions on the fly. We will also share some tips and tricks that will help you better leverage the MapGeo platform. If you have any specific questions or topics you would like us to address at this webinar, please contact us at spatialiqsupport@appgeo.com.
Register here for the October 3rd webinar
If you have missed any of our past webinars, check out the recordings here to learn about all the great use cases for applying geospatial technology to improve your everyday operations.
Schedule your Spatial IQ Strategic Meeting in the New Fiscal Year
For Spatial IQ for MapGeo customers, with the new fiscal year here, it is time to schedule your annual strategic planning meeting. Meet with your project manager to review action items discussed last year and set up a game plan to grow your Spatial IQ for the year ahead.
Statewide Imagery
Great news for our Connecticut clients - the 2023 statewide imagery is available! We are working to get this imagery added to your site as soon as possible. The state is still processing the building footprints(>100 sqft) and 1ft contours. Once that data has been released from the state, we will reach out with more details to get those layers incorporated into your site as well.
A reminder to everyone, if your state has newly released imagery, please let us know and we will take a look at the source imagery to determine if it can be added to your site.
If you need imagery for your community, we can do a custom flyover for you or we can talk about other imagery services that we provide such as licensed streaming imagery subscriptions from Vexcel (https://sanborn.com/vexcel-imagery/) and Hexagon (https://sanborn.com/hexagon-imagery/).
Support Portal
Have you checked out our customer Support Portal? No login required!Head to the portal for tips, tricks, and ideas on ways to expand your MapGeo and Spatial IQ.
P.S. - Interested in having your community spotlighted in a MapGeo newsletter? Reply directly to this email to let us know.
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