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GIS publishing from your permit database
Your permits already have coordinates. Here is how to get issued permits onto an ArcGIS layer every night, without exports, shapefiles or a GIS analyst's Friday afternoon.
Read article →Validating permit addresses with geocoding before they reach the map
Bad addresses put permits in the wrong place on the map, or nowhere at all. How to geocode, check and route permit addresses automatically, and when to use the Census or Esri geocoder.
Read article →Publishing to your open data portal automatically
How to keep Socrata datasets and ArcGIS Hub layers current without manual uploads: choosing public fields, avoiding duplicates, refresh schedules, and the privacy review that should come first.
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