This is the only publicly available system of its type in the western United States. The differential correction data files are now available via the Internet on the County's ftp server. It allows the County and others to collect data faster and more accurately, increasing the information we have available and reducing the cost of data collection. The future of GPS in GIS is becoming more and more obtainable as technology advances and equipment cost declines. Types of data that are available.
Mesa County has many types of data that have been built and purchased in the last couple of years.
Building a Digital Parcel Base. We had approximately 420 hand drafted assessor parcel maps showing 54000 parcels in 3300 square miles. We contracted to have the vendor scan, vectorize, build polygons, geocode based on GPS control and build the database for maps outside the City's coverage. The City's AutoCAD files were then combined into the coverage and the County had its first digital parcel base coverage. The entire process took about 1 year.