Utilizing GIS for Managing Government Land Permits

byJason Ramsey

About APS

• Since 1886, APS has served Arizona’s growing energy needs.

• Provides safe dependable electricity for 1.1 million customers in 11 of Arizona’s 15 counties.

• Nearly 6,700 APS employees

Government Land Permits

ROW Agency FrequencyACE 32

ADOT 14BLM 341CAP 87

DEFENSE 1DOE 110

FOREST 83IRR DISTRICT 35

RR 1,125STATE 946USBR 268USFW 1Total 3043

Government Land Permits

Work flow before GIS migration• Land Agent would query database by TRSQ

and interpret legal descriptions for relevance

Problems with non-GIS workflow

• Difficult to tell if permits overlap• Difficult to determine if facilities still exist

within permitted areas• Decisions based upon Land Agent's ability to

decipher legal description

Migration of Permits into GIS

Requirements

• Could not disrupt traditional data-entry by non-GIS people

• Allows non-GIS people ability to edit locational information tied to the database records

• Must be automatically updated on a regular scheduled basis

ConsiderationsHow to create a GIS polygon layer from a

non-GIS database?

Government Land Permits

Government Land Permits

Automation

Automation continued...

Realized Benefits

• Quick identification of obsolete permits• QA/QC of TRSQ information in database• Better understanding of relationships between

permits and facilities• Identification of non-permitted facilities• Cost savings by not automatically renewing

obsolete permits

Questions?Jason.ramsey@aps.com