News

Louisville was the host city for this year’s Kentucky GIS Conference sponsored by the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP)

The LOJIC GeoSpatial Data portal has been redesigned to take advantage of new technology and connections.

For many years, LOJIC Staff has provided a service to convert our native Esri formatted data to AutoCAD data for use by the development community. Now, we are making it easier to get the data you need.

Acquisition of new LOJIC aerial imagery of Jefferson County was completed by EagleView this March.

Aerial photography of Jefferson County dating from 2000 to 1946 is available for viewing at the University of Louisville Archives & Special Collections following a donation by LOJIC of more than 100 canisters of negatives.

The newest addition to the LOJIC web site is the Metadata Search. This allows GIS professionals, decision makers, contractors and the public to learn more about the GIS data layers curated and published by LOJIC. Metadata tells the story of the various data that LOJIC exposes to LOJIC partners and the public through its online maps, stores in its Enterprise database and makes downloadable through the LOJIC Open Data portal.

A message from Curt Bynum, LOJIC Manager, about several major projects the LOJIC Staff is currently undertaking.

The Louisville Metro Government, with assistance from LOJIC staff, has started preparing for the 2020 Decennial Census. The Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) is the first program in preparation for the Decennial Census.

LOJIC Team member recently hit the road for various outreach activities.

Users can now view 2016 aerial photography up to 1 inch = 150 inches in the LOJIC imagery cached service used in several LOJIC Interactive maps, including LOJIC Online.

3/15/2018 - LOJIC partners recently initiated a major project to redesign all components of the LOJIC GIS IT architecture.

1/25/2018 - On January 1, 2018 Database Administrator, Chris Alldredge, and Application Developer, Scott Dickison, began two-year terms as Directors on the KAMP Board.

1/17/2018 - LOJIC will acquire Spring 2018 aerial photography, LiDAR elevation data and updated planimetric, hydrographic, and topographic mapping for Jefferson, Oldham and Bullitt counties.

12/15/2017 - The Center for Health Equity recently released the 2017 Health Equity Report and are using Story Maps to help our community understand its findings.

12/14/2017 - Louisville Metro Government’s Office of Redevelopment Strategies is launching a citywide effort to address the issue of redlining in Louisville – past and present.