The deadline for proposals ended on October 7, 2015 for KGIS's solicitation for Aerial and Topographic mapping services. An Evaluation Team led by Knox County Purchasing will now commence to review and issue an award to the most qualified vendor. READ MORE....

On behalf of KGIS, the Purchasing Division of Knox County TN has posted a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the capture, processing, and / or update of digital aerial orthophotography, LiDAR, hydrography, breaklines, spot elevations and contours for all of Knox County and optionally the KUB extended service area. For more information, and inquiries, visit the Solicitations page of the Knox County Purchasing website.

The 3^rd Quarter KGIS Policy Board Meeting, which had been scheduled for Aug. 21st, 2015, has been canceled. [The Policy Board has a policy of canceling those quarterly meetings when there are no actions to be taken.]  The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board is set for Friday, November 20^th , 2015 at 1:30 p.m. 

In conjunction with Keith's proposed FY 2015 Budget, he also presented the Coordinating Committee with an overview of the Landbase / Aerial Photography program and its current status. He highlighted how the Policy Board had already approved of acting on several of the recommendations that came out of the User Needs Analysis; and he also made recommendations regarding the long-range and next steps towards maintaining an up-to-date suite of landbase products. Click here to review the slides; or visit the Projects...Landbase page for other related items.

Plangraphics issued a set of eleven primary recommendations to the User Needs Analysis subcommittee in November 2013. The results included an Executive Summary document, a PowerPoint Presentation, and a set of supporting documents that were compiled by Plangraphics as part of its data gathering task. The results of an online survey (conducted via Survey Monkey) were also presented. The  Coordinating Committee's Executive Team plans to share the results of this user needs analysis at the next Policy Board Meeting... READ MORE