Integrating document management with GIS
Sylvia Kendra
GIS Coordinator
City of Richardson, Texas
Introduction
The City of Richardson is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It has a
population of 89,000 residents and has an area of 27.4 square miles. The City has
approximately 800 employees. All city managed buildings, such as city hall, service
center, fire departments, and police department communicate with either fiber optics or
wireless networks. The city web site is www.cor.net.
The City’s Geographic Information Services (GIS) group is a division within the
Public Services department. The GIS staff supports all GIS endeavors within the City of
Richardson. Previous projects include full GIS database development, Intranet GIS Map
services, Crime Analysis, and 911 GIS support. The GIS division uses the ESRI suite of
GIS products: ArcSDE 8.1, ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcIMS, and ArcExplorer. The database
used is Microsoft SQL Server.
The Document Management project was conceived, funded, and developed during the
2000-01 fiscal year. It is a joint project between the City of Richardson Public Services,
Development Services, and Information Services Departments. Each department
played a significant role in selecting vendors, hardware, and software. We currently
have completed the database design, and have initiated full production of document
scanning. We expect to continue scanning until all documents have converted.
Projected final scanning date is October 2002.
