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Organization—There are currently over 30 user agencies among the five major participants of LOJIC, including agencies from the Louisville Metro Government, the Property Valuation Administrator (PVA), the Louisville Water Company (LWC) and the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), with MSD serving as the Project Management Agency for the consortium. Over 300 users throughout these agencies have been trained in the use of ESRI’s ARC/INFO and ArcView software applications on the LOJIC GIS.
In addition to the five formal participants, license agreements have been implemented with a number of Jefferson County’s suburban cities and independent Fire Protection Districts to provide these groups with LOJIC data, training and technical support. A cooperative agreement also exists with the University of Louisville Center for GIS to provide access to the LOJIC database for research, training support and placement of student interns with various LOJIC user agencies. Cooperative demonstration projects and negotiations are also underway with the Community Resource Network and the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) toward similar partnership agreements to provide access to the LOJIC GIS. Ongoing discussions with other private sector businesses and data developers in the community continue to guide marketing and product direction.
A twelve person technical staff supports overall GIS activities across all LOJIC user agencies. This staff, housed at MSD offices, consists of five teams: database development, applications development, user support/training, products/services and system network support. Through an extensive LOJIC user support program (LUSP), the central LOJIC staff provide technical support and training necessary to guide the integration and use of the LOJIC GIS. LOJIC maintains an ongoing internship program through relationships with the University of Louisville, Indiana University Southeast, and AM/FM International. Students are placed in user agencies each semester and provide essential staffing support on many critical projects.
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