Empowering a Smarter Community Through GIS

Route Fifty: COVINGTON, Ky. — When a sewage pipe burst unexpectedly, resulting in a hepatitis outbreak in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1984, it was suddenly clear that the pipeline infrastructure had not been mapped—and no reliable system of record existed. It was only then that the urgent need for geographic information system (GIS) technology was realized.

Fast-forward 30 years. Our GIS team in Kenton County's Planning and Development Services (PDS) agency is now viewed as one of the nation's pioneers in the GIS space.

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