GIS Technologies

Pierce County

Geographic Information Services

GIS provides a wide range of services to County departments, subscribing agencies, and the public at large. As such, Pierce County GIS uses several technologies to maintain datasets and provide desktop, online, and mobile GIS solutions for our users.

Database Management Systems
Our database administrators maintain two centralized, reliable and secure database management systems to support our enterprise and web applications.

SQL Server
PostgreSQL with PostGIS extension
ESRI ArcSDE
Tile Caches

Software Development Technologies
Enterprise developers maintain CountyView Pro and CountyView Web via an extended ESRI solution. Other business and public applications are developed and maintained by a hybrid of proprietary and open source technologies.

GIS Web Services
Our developers have over 70 web services to enhance our online GIS applications. Pierce County provides several agencies with web services to enhance their business solutions. If you are interested in these services, please contact Art Seeley, Interim GIS Manager (253-798-3688, aseeley@co.pierce.wa.us).

Address Normalizer
Geocoders - offering over 35 locator services
Open @ - open other interactive mapping applications at the same extent
Projection Conversions
Spatial Queries - spatial query services such as milepost identifiers, reverse geocoding, owner notify, identify, and buffer
Tile Cache

Mobile and GPS Solutions

ESRI ArcPad
Location Technologies - Fleet Tracking solutions

Asset Management Solutions