CAPCOG recognizes Sommerfeld, Moore for long-time service

Betty and Dawn Moore for the Phill Parmer Award.

CAPCOG honored Julie Sommerfeld, Bastrop County GIS and addressing manager, and Dawn Moore, Fayette County 9-1-1 addressing and GIS coordinator, with its Phill Parmer Volunteer Service Award for their long-term service on the GIS Planning Council and the Capital Area Emergency Communications District’s Strategic Advisory Committee. The two have served on CAPCOG committees since 2003 […]

CAPCOG readies 2023 imagery project, 2022’s goes public

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Access to the newest aerial imagery could mean the difference in seeing a new road, house or neighborhood by a first responder, so CAPCOG is providing local emergency communication centers (EECs) access to more frequently updated aerial imagery in 2023 to help keep up with the region’s growth.  By subscribing to the Texas Imagery Service, […]

U.S. Census Bureau partners with CAPCOG for census talk

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CAPCOG is inviting local governments representatives including planners and GIS staff to participate in an  online, January 18 meeting with U.S. Census Bureau representatives to discuss the 2020 Census results and several programs provided by the federal agency that can benefit planners. The meeting will be from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The Census Bureau will […]

Regional closed landfill inventory gets an interactive mapping upgrade

Closed landfill inventory mapped by GIS September 14, 2021

The CAPCOG GIS Program has created an interactive map of the 217 landfill sites identified in the region’s Closed Landfill Inventory making the inventory a more accessible and a practical tool that could benefit initial reviews of properties by prospective landowners, developers, construction contractors, environmental consulting firms, local governments, the state government, and others who […]

Open data site provides more mapping information for community partners

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The CAPCOG GIS Program has redesigned its web portal for downloading mapping data to increase access and improve navigation to mapping information for local jurisdictions and community planning partners. The site still aggregates mapping data from a variety of local, state and federal sources, but the data was reorganized to better categorize information and removed […]

CAPCOG, TNRIS coordinate 2021 Aerial Imagery project

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CAPCOG is seeking local jurisdictions to participate in the Texas Natural Resources Information System’s (TNRIS) Strategic Mapping Program (StratMap), so they can update their aerial imagery, or orthoimagery, for a fraction of the cost and enhance their planning capabilities. Local governments should contact CAPCOG about participating by July 17. “This is a chance to get […]

Flood resiliency workshop to be foundation for regional plan

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The U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) and CAPCOG will conduct a Capital Area Regional Flood Management Planning Workshop that lays the foundation for developing a regional plan on the topic by bringing together local jurisdictions and state and federal agencies. The workshop will be an all-day event on Tuesday, July 16, at CAPCOG, 6800 Burleson […]

CAPCOG calls for Orthoimagery projects, geospatial savings

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CAPCOG is coordinating the purchase of geospatial data through its 2020 Capital Area Orthoimagery Project in partnership with Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) Strategic Mapping Program (StratMap) as a regional cooperative effort to save local jurisdictions money. There is a May 31 deadline to submit projects. Orthoimagery is scale-corrected so governments, utilities, planners, developers […]