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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 →Connecting 311 to Accela without custom code
Code-enforcement complaints arrive in 311 and are worked in Accela. Here is how to connect the two in both directions, what Accela requires first, and where cities usually get stuck.
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.
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