Exemplary System: Boone County GIS
Service to Mapping Community: Ken Bates
Service to KAMP: Christy Davis
Exemplary System:
BOONE COUNTY GIS is growing with the development in there county adding an average of 1800 parcels and 75 new roads per year to the digital base map. BCGIS has deployed custom standalone GIS applications to more than 500 individuals employed by the 28 BCGIS consortium members additionally they maintain 19 Internet Mapping Services. Boone County GIS is a true Enterprise GIS system and is among the Exemplary systems in Kentucky.
Service to Mapping Community:
Ken Bates has been doing GIS for over 2 decades here in the Commonwealth. It is quite likely that he has single-handedly trained more people on the use of GIS Software and given more presentations on the topic than anyone else. His ability to convey the power of GIS and Mapping to any crowd is nearly unmatched and the ideas he