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By: Dave Grenley
\nMaricopa County\u2019s Office of Enterprise Technology (OET) uses Esri to improve how it provides information to its 4 million citizens.
\n\u201cThe passion, vision and collaboration with the developer community is what makes Esri such a special company. The products they provide are feature-rich, intuitive and efficient. And that also describes the product development team,\u201d said Tapas Das, GIS programmer and analyst for the OET.
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\nAs the county’s central service enterprise technology provider, OET serves over 30 county departments.
\nThe stated vision of OET is to be recognized as a first-class technology organization by the citizens they serve. A factor in achieving that vision for many departments is the ability to share information on the web and mobile devices with the public. The solution lies in engaging, easy-to-use web maps.
\n\u201cGIS has become a powerful tool for Maricopa County to leverage in creating new avenues for citizen interaction, communication and search functionality,\u201d said Das.
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\nMaricopa County has prioritized investment in technology solutions and strategic partnerships that enable county departments to deliver quality service and information quickly, consistently, and reliably. This required a complete overhaul of the previous systems.
\nWhen Das began his role as GIS programmer and analyst, every county department\u2019s data was siloed. Each had their own custom applications, unique to their particular audience. That was about to change.
\nUnder David Moss, OET\u2019s new geographic information officer, every department\u2019s data was integrated into one common platform. By using Esri\u2019s Web AppBuilder, OET made county information available across the network.
\nDavid’s grand vision of a 100 computer ArcGIS server farm for Maricopa County also became a reality. Big data is positioned squarely at the center of the key initiatives in OET\u2019s Strategic Plan for 2016.
\n\u201cMaricopa County is making a significant investment in sharing data with our citizens through geographic information systems (GIS), said Das. \u201cThe Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS makes it possible for us to build feature rich, fully responsive web applications that run anywhere, on any browser and any device. And we don\u2019t have to write a single line of code! We can go from a map service to a polished web app deployed on any server in four hours.\u201d
\nA Unique Relationship Results in Innovative Solutions in Data Sharing<\/strong>
\nThe collaborative relationship Maricopa County\u2019s OET (a 2016 Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award Winner) has built with Esri is fundamental to the way it provides citizens with unprecedented access to information and services. In the early stages of production, Esri\u2019s team of developers and engineers assisted with the Q&A and back-end work, making the process of creating new apps easy for all stakeholders.
\n\u201cThis is not a typical end-user \u2013 solution provider-type of relationship,\u201d said Das. \u201cIt is a purely collaborative one. When users request a new feature, Esri\u2019s team of developers work hand-in-hand with OET to build the custom widget, fulfilling our citizen\u2019s request for additional functionality.\u201d
\nCounty employees of all skill levels are now creating their own unique apps for public consumption. The citizens of Maricopa County are benefitting. With a centralized destination for all web apps across over 30 different agencies, access to a rich source of information is easy.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to showcase all of our hard work for the public,\u201d said Das. \u201cMaricopa County can provide a very useful application on a smart phone that is easy to use, attractive, powerful, and available at their fingertips in one click.\u201d
\nDownload a free tutorial<\/a> provided by Tapas Das that walks you through creating your first application in Esri\u2019s Web AppBuilder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[279782,279792,279802,279812,279322],"class_list":["post-7500","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esri-insider","tag-enterprise-technology","tag-maricopa-county","tag-sag-award","tag-tapas","tag-web-appbuilder"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMaricopa County Uses Esri to Better Inform its Citizens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/maricopa-county-uses-esri-to-better-inform-its-citizenship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maricopa County Uses Esri to Better Inform its Citizens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By: Dave Grenley Maricopa County\u2019s Office of Enterprise Technology (OET) uses Esri to improve how it provides information to its 4 million citizens. \u201cThe passion, vision and collaboration with the developer community is what makes Esri such a special company. 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