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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 11B
Aerial ‘oblique’ views have great
detail, uses for local groups
By Ron Bridgeman
The recent manhunt for
a man in the shooting of a
Banks County deputy and
a request for information
about a potential industrial
site use the same, new soft
ware in Jackson County.
“Pictometry” has been
used for years, but it
came to Jackson County
this spring. Training for
the software was done in
April.
The software uses “intel
ligent aerial oblique imag
ery,” said Joel Logan, geo
graphic information sys
tem manager for Jackson
County.
That provides photo
graphs at a 40-degree angle
from all four directions.
Logan said the software
was used in the recent
manhunt after the shoot
ing.
“My big focus and push
has been for (its use in)
public safety,” Logan said.
“They've already used it
for several chases.”
He explained the soft
ware provides officers with
details on doors and win
dows in buildings in a hos
tage scenario and it can get
to the level of individual
bushes or trees in wooded
areas.
“You can actually see
everything on a structure,”
he said. “They’ve (law
enforcement and emergen
cy response staff members )
got all of this data in the
field.”
Logan emphasized the
use of the pictometry soft
ware in the new 9-1-1 cen
ter that is being installed
by Jackson County. He
said that should be com
pleted by spring 2018.
Uses of the software for
development needs is just
as versatile, Logan said.
He explained it can show
parcels of land, boundaries
or zoning.
“It helps you make better
decisions about property
you may be looking at,”
he said.
“Pictometry is great.
We use it every day,” Jim
Shaw, president and CEO,
Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce, said.
“We continuous
ly receive requests from
property owners, brokers,
developers and state proj
ect managers, asking for
information about one site
or another.
“Pictometry provides
much more data than we've
ever had. consolidates it in
one application and allows
us to present it in a picture
format.”
“It’s a great tool to keep
up with development,”
Logan said.
It also can be used for
utility work.
“You can pull up a water
valve, for example, or a
manhole.” he said.
Participating in buy
ing the software are the
county, Baselton, Jefferson
and Commerce city gov
ernments and the county’s
industrial development
authority.
“They all saw the value
in it.” he said,
The cost of the software
and flying the county was
$86,236, Logan said.
“I’ve been trying to get
it for many years,” he said.
“By ourselves, it’s hard to
afford something like that.”
He said the price
includes flying over the
county in four paths to get
all the angles.
Higher resolution is used
for more developed areas,
Logan said.
The company plans to
fly over the county for new
photography in 2020, he
said.
That will cost about
$99,000, but the local enti
ties are not obligated to
that. He said some areas
get new photography each
year.
Jackson County is the
last of the area counties
to use the software. About
40 of Georgia’s counties
use it.
‘PICTOMETRY’ IN USE
Joel Logan, Jackson County geographic information system manager, shows the kinds of photos avail
able through the “pictometry” software a group of local organizations began using this spring.
Jefferson’s downtown business district is “mapped” through the pictometry program for use by gov
ernment and development groups.
RURAL
Photographs of
rural land can pro
vide detailed images
of roads, streams,
boundaries and utility
lines.
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Thomas Carroll, of Jefferson, took The Jackson
Herald to the U.S. Capitol over the Memorial Day
weekend. He’s shown here with the Crawford W.
Long statue. Carroll is a Marine currently stationed
in Quantico, Va. He is waiting to start Infantry
Officer’s Course.
Notice of Meeting
Please take notice that the City of Maysville, GA. Planning
and Zoning Board will meet on the following item on
Monday, June 12, 2017,6:00 p.m. at 4 Homer Street.
(l)Rezoning to RR3 and Variance request for
16 Cora Way, Maysville, GA
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