Geographic Information System (GIS)

Contact Information

Steve Schwartzmeier

Supervisor

e-mail

Geographic Information System

City Place

50 W. Main St.

Rochester, NY

14614

Phone: 585 274-6280

Fax: 585 464-6282

Integrating Monroe County Through Community GIS

The Geographic Information System (GIS) Services Division manages Monroe County’s interagency GIS program. The GIS Services Division provides leadership, coordination, infrastructure, education and a variety of services to realize the full potential of a Community GIS. The mission of the GIS Services Division is to develop a fully integrated GIS that will support the needs of all Monroe County Departments, the City of Rochester, and local towns and villages. The division fosters countywide access to current, accurate spatial information and the elimination of duplication of effort.

Monroe County started the investment in GIS about ten years ago when the Department of Planning and Community Development began mapping environmental features, the Environmental Services Department mapped sewers, and the Office of Real Property Tax Service (Finance) learned the benefits of a GIS for the maintenance of tax parcels. In January of 2000, many of the County’s GIS functions where consolidated with the formal creation of the GIS Services Division. The division was formed to promote and educate County departments, towns and villages on GIS and to plan and implement its use throughout Monroe County.

GIS Services is one of five divisions (along with Pure Waters, Solid Waste, Engineering, Fleet Maintenance) comprising the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services (DES). “Considering DES’s role in managing sewers and fiber, while at the same time being aware of GIS’s potential role in facilities management, makes organizing GIS as a part of Environmental Services just common sense.” said DES Director John Graham.

Services

Picture of aerial shot of West Irondequoit neighborhood.

GPS
CAD
3-D Modeling
Data Distribution
Data Development
Custom Cartography
Central Data Storage
License Administration
Application Development

Implementation

Pictometry
RPS Version 4
Sewer Asset Mapping
Street Centerline Development
Monroe County Community Atlas
Digital Historical Aerial Photography Library

Collaboration

Environmental Services (Wastewater Collection System, Fiber)
District Attorney and Public Defender (Demonstrative Evidence)
Engineering (CAD, Site Development, Public Displays)
Sheriff’s Office (Intergraph Implementation, Air Show)
Office of Real Property (Tax Map Maintenance)
Board of Elections (Redistricting Maps)
Department of Health (West Nile Virus)

Support

GIS Learning and Development Center
Technical Support
Training

Downloadable Maps

Town Map Series

General-purpose 1:1,800 scale town maps from the Monroe County Community Atlas.

Countywide Thematic Maps

Maps of Monroe County showing a specific theme, such as flood zones, school districts, etc. Generally available both in 8.5" x 11" black and white format, and in 34" x 34" color format.

Black and White Letter-Size Maps

Voting District Maps

Picture of Greece Map after redistricting.

GIS Data

Currently, we are offering two data disks for distribution. One for Parcels and one for our standard data. The parcel data includes the parcel boundary and information relating the the assessors data. The standard data includes all of the data listed below.

Areas of Interest

Business and Industry Locations
Cemeteries
Golf Courses
Industrial Parks
Points of Interest
Shopping

Group Quarters

Adult Care
Day Care
Group Homes

Municipal Boundaries

Towns
Villages
Towns and Villages

Assets

Pure Waters Sewer Districts
Surface Sewers
Storm Inlets
Countywide Interceptors
CSOAP Tunnels

Municipal Services

Courts
Department of Public Works
Department of Motor Vehicles
Government Buildings
Libraries
Post Offices
Senior and Community Centers
Town Halls
Boat Launches

Education

Schools
School District Boundaries
Colleges and Universities

Emergency Services

Ambulance Locations
Fire Department Locations
Fire District Boundaries
Fire Battalions
Fire Department Boundaries
Emergency Rooms
Hospitals
Police Department Boundaries
Police Department Locations Roads
Medical Facilities

Planimetrics

Bridges
Buildings
Driveways
Fire Hydrants
Lights
Pavement
Sidewalks
Railroads

Roads

Centerlines
Centerline Nodes

If you have any questions about the data or to place an order, please contact Justin Cole at 585 760-7504 or by e-mail.

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Over the past several years, the Department of Environmental Services has put into place a state-of-the-art GPS program.

We maintain the Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) for the Greater Rochester area. We are also part of the National CORS network, a cooperative network run by the National Geodetic Survey.

Our CORS station continuously records a highly accurate GPS signal at a surveyed location. The data are monitored by NGS 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to ensure that our data are of the highest possible quality. The data is available to the public free of charge via the Internet at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/ (our station code is NYMC).

By maintaining a continually operating reference station, we make it possible for the public to use post-processing or differential correction to greatly enhance the accuracy of their GPS data.

In addition to our base station, we have made a significant investment in field equipment. We currently operate:

1 Trimble 5700 Base Station, with a cellular modem link to our 5700 rover.
1 Trimble 5700 Real-Time Kinematic Rover. This is a survey-grade receiver that is capable of field accuracies of less than one centimeter.
2 Trimble ProXR Backpack Receivers. These are mapping-grade receivers that are capable of field accuracies of less than one meter.
2 Trimble GeoExplorer 3 Handheld Receivers. These are lightweight hand-held units that are capable of field accuracies of less than two meters, or post-processed accuracies of less than one meter.

We use the quipment for a variety of projects, including sewer asset location collection, sewer installations, cut and fill projects, land surveying, and the preservation of the Monroe County Geodetic Survey Datum.

Our equipment is available on short-term loan to other municipalities within Monroe County.

For more information on Monroe County's GPS program, contact Scott McCarty at 585 760-7502 or by e-mail.

Records Room

The Department of Environmental Services Records Room staff are responsible for the collection, maintenance, archiving and warehousing of over 50,000 documents, both on paper/mylar and in digital form. We are currently in the process of scanning our physical documents into a digital document management system.

Following are some of the types of documents for which we are responsible:

As-built drawings and sewer plans dating back to 1876
Greater Rochester International Airport plans
Sewage treatment plant plans
Monroe Community Hospital plans
Monroe Community College plans
Hall Of Justice plans
Right-of-Way mapping and survey information
Department of Transportation highway and bridge plans
Maps and plans of county parks and Seneca Park Zoo
Topographic and Land Use Maps
Hard-copies of aerial photography from the 1960s

We are happy to assist both local governments and the public with researching information. For a nominal fee, we can provide copies of documents on paper, mylar, or CD-ROM.

The Records Room is located on the 7th floor of CityPlace, 50 West Main Street, Rochester, NY.

We are open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (Monday through Friday).

For more information, contact Joe Anzalone at 585 760-7610 ext. 7020 or by e-mail.

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