{"id":42,"date":"2010-01-11T10:46:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.vernoncountymo.org\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-07-27T21:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:06:25","slug":"department-of-geographic-information-systems-gis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"Geographic Information Systems (GIS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gis_layers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-727\" title=\"gis layers\" src=\"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gis_layers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gis_layers.png 250w, https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gis_layers-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vernon.integritygis.com\">Free Online Mapping<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Department of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Vernon County, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>What is GIS?\u00a0 GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>OR&#8230; in simpler terms; we create and maintain electronic maps and databases that together improve our problem-solving capabilities by allowing us to see a &#8220;bigger picture&#8221; of how various information pieces interact with one another.<\/p>\n<p>Online mapping programs offered By Google, Mapquest, and others are good examples of GIS for the masses.\u00a0 They provide basic services that the majority of us now take for granted &#8212; like being able to plan a road trip from point &#8216;A&#8217; to point &#8216;B&#8217;, along with estimating the mileage, gas consumption, time,\u00a0 and stops along the way &#8212; all in a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n<p>However a well-constructed local GIS can offer significantly more information and tools tailored to help solve problems more closer to home that is not readily available via mass GIS.\u00a0 Examples include-but-are-not-limited-to more efficient&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9-1-1 &amp; Public Safety<\/li>\n<li>Property Management<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural &amp; Environment Assessments<\/li>\n<li>Public Works Planning<\/li>\n<li>Census &amp; Elections<\/li>\n<li>Business Logistics<\/li>\n<li>Utility Management<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8230; &amp; more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Online Mapping Welcome to the Department of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Vernon County, Missouri. What is GIS?\u00a0 GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information&#8230; OR&#8230; in simpler terms; we create and maintain electronic maps and databases that &#8230; <a title=\"Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/?page_id=42\" aria-label=\"Read more about Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6467,"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/6467"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vernoncountymo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}