What is the GIS Direct Services Consortium?
The GIS
Direct Services Consortium was created in 2007 under the direction of the
Executive Board of the Barrington Area Council of Governments (BACOG). Through
the Consortium member municipalities and townships may purchase valuable GIS
services from BACOG at a cost-effective staff rate for projects specific to
their community. GIS services purchased through BACOG offers the following
advantages:
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Services are bought at staff hourly rates
instead of consultant rates. As many or
few hours as needed may be purchased from the consortium.
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GIS staff has high level technical skills as well as practice
with regional resources and data.
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Work is performed locally or remotely depending on resources
and local desires.
The
full-time GIS Analyst position dedicates 60% of its time to regional BACOG
projects and 40% of its time to consortium needs.
Only members
who opt-in to the consortium pay for the additional 40% of the GIS Analyst
position.
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Products/Services Available:
- Data presentation and map production for
newsletters, flyers, grant applications, reports, or stand-alone projects.
- Designing and organizing a GIS program suited
to the short and long term goals of consortium members.
- Utilizing existing data sources and creating
tools to make data more accessible and user friendly.
- Customized ArcIMS training to improve
efficiency of response to requests made by residents.
- Customized training in ArcMap and other GIS
software to promote staff use.
- High-quality consultation to meet a range of
specific departmental needs on an as-needed basis.
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