first published week of: 03/28/2016
Locating businesses, services and properties in the County of Grande Prairie has gotten a little bit easier.
The county has replaced the former public web map with a more user-friendly interface with special features in which residents can view and use the county's Geographic Information System (GIS) data.
"We wanted them to be able to find things so find quarter sections, find addresses, find roads and find points of interest, like the (Crosslink County) Sportsplex or say churches, community halls throughout the county," said Glen Kilian GIS co-ordinator.
"Those (our PDF and paper maps) are good in a way, people can print them off, but they're statics and they require updating so with a web map like this... it's live in the map. It's easier to update and maintain and just get that information out to the public."
The upgraded map allows the public to view aerial photos, print maps, obtain driving directions for multiple residential and business locations throughout the county and is available to be viewed on computers and mobile devices.
To view the map, visit http://maps.countygp.ab.ca/publicmap/. continued…