Village of Orland Park
LOCATION
Orland Park, IL
- GIS Assessment
- GIS Strategic Plan
- Data Inventory
- Existing System Design
- Web Mapping and Mobile Applications
- Security Requirements
- System Build
- Data Migration
- GIS Services
- Web Application Development
- Implementation
GHA developed a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Assessment and Strategic Plan for the Village of Orland Park, Illinois. Over the past few decades, GIS has become an important tool for both residents and Village staff. GIS technology allows residents to access important data about their property or community, like parcel or zoning data, as well as allows staff to access critical data like emergency dispatch routing or utility locations. However, as identified in the assessment, the Village’s existing system had become outdated and unreliable.
Modernizing the Village’s GIS program had been identified as an urgent need by Village leadership and other stakeholders. With that, this assessment and strategic plan initiative was kicked off in late November 2020 with the report to be delivered by the end of the calendar year 2020. The Village’s goal was to modernize and improve the efficacy of its GIS by the end of 2021.
The GIS Assessment section included direct feedback from current GIS stakeholders, as well as analysis from GHA. The assessment also laid out some of the major system issues including outdated hardware and software.
After completing the Assessment and Strategic Plan, GHA was contracted by the Village to continue as the Village’s full-time GIS service provider. Within two months, the Villages GIS was modernized and completely transformed into an organized and accessible tool for Village staff, residents, and other stakeholders.
The Village continues to innovate as leaders in GIS and transparency with innovative tools like a real-time snowplow tracking application and public service centric applications. The Village recently renewed GHA’s contract through 2026.
