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GIS For Local Government Conference 2004 Presentation

Thursday 27 October 2004: Session Tract 3

Pictometry - A New Paradigm in GIS

Presentation Abstract

Pictometry is a revolutionary, value-added information system that compliments existing Geographic Information Systems. Unlike traditional aerial or satellite imagery, Pictometry primarily provides high-resolution, geo-registered digital oblique images in addition to orthogonal images. Combined with the company’s interactive software solution (EFS) users can see everywhere, measure anything, and plan everything. For government users in Police, Fire, E9-1-1, Assessment, and Planning departments, Pictometry’s oblique imagery takes the complexity out of traditional mapping systems and photography by presenting visual information in a more familiar and useful way. With only minutes of training non-technical users can view, measure, and analyze any building, house, intersection, fire hydrant, lake, or other feature in their jurisdiction. * Pictometry’s unique Electronic Field Study (EFS) software enables users to quickly and easily access up to 12 different high-resolution views of any property, building, highway, landmark, or other feature in a county or state. The interactive tool set lets users measure distances, heights, and areas of buildings and properties in each image. Users can also see elevations, as well as insert text, annotations, vector, shapefiles, and other files on to the oblique imagery. Integrated with GIS , Pictometry provides a powerful system where users can view high-resolution oblique imagery combined with an infinite number of GIS value-added layers. By sharing this vital information with other agencies, GIS departments become an even more vital resource, particularly for public safety, property assessment, and planning organizations. In addition to being able to overlay, query, export, populate and display shapefiles, users can also perform the same functionality with data managed by ESRI’s centralized data management product, ArcSDE, as well as ArcIMS. In addition to the ESRI Business Partner relationship, Pictometry has partnerships with other selected industry-leading providers such as Intermap, Manatron, and Sanborn, along with most of the major E9-1-1 CAD vendors. These relationships provide customers with a wide range of value-added solutions that were previously limited to traditional orthogonal imagery. Pictometry International, a small business headquartered in Rochester, New York, has been partially implemented in a wide range of communities around the country including over 100 counties and the State of Massachusetts. From small, rural communities, to major metropolitan centers that include Atlanta , Boston, Los Angeles, New York City , Philadelphia, San Francisco , and Washington D.C. Applications include 9-1-1, appraisers, assessors, planning officials, GIS, transportation, law enforcement, homeland security, fire departments, insurance, real estate, engineering, and utilities. * Pictometry is specifically designed for applications where vector overlays and oblique visual information need to be communicated from GIS personnel to other agencies for public safety, community development or other planning purposes. Measurements from Pictometry are not intended to take the place of a survey by a licensed professional.

Speaker Biographical Information

Brian Beha, Technical Support Specialist: Pictometry International

Mr. Beha provides technical support to Pictometry’s Northeast Sales Team and is actively involved in many projects from the initial point of contact with customer engineering, GIS, and IT departments. Mr. Beha has an extensive background that is well suited to meet the demands of Pictometry's growing sales organization and customer base. His wide range of technical knowledge, along with government operations experience in geospatial applications, makes him well suited to provide technical training and support. Prior to joining Pictometry, Mr. Beha managed the GIS & Technical Management Services Division for The Center for Government Research. His responsibilities included GIS integration and implementation, network administration, database management, and a wide range of projects for public safety initiatives and studies, 9-1-1 applications, and Census Department updates. Mr. Beha's experience also includes Project Management, Aviation Systems Maintenance, and Design Engineering. He is a certified instructor, and has been trained in over 15 software packages.