Graffiti Removal

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    Creating geospatial data

    Getting contractors to submit files online so your geodatabase is as accurate as possible.

     
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    From eyesore to artistry

    Bostonites transform defaced utility and light boxes into works of art.

     
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    Buried treasure

    A transportation department leads utilities in deploying radio-based marking technology.

     
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    Herbicide super glue

    How invert emulsion works.

     
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    2,000 needles in a haystack

    Using advanced field monitors and software to track billboard code compliance.

     
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    The war against weeds

    Located just across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., historic Clark County attracts visitors who enjoy open spaces. But there are some visitors for whom the county would rather not play host: knapweed, poison hemlock, and butterfly bush, to name just a few.

     
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    Mapping a new GIS strategy

    One Florida utility department upgrades its data collection from old-fashioned maps to state-of-the-art technology.

     
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    Conventional Wisdom Be Damned

    A data manager explains why experience trumps cheap labor during asset inventories.

     
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    Zero-Emissions Turf Control

    Natural mowing machines trim hard-to-reach territory.

     
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    Roadkill compost

    No one knows exactly how many Odocoileus virginianus, i.e., white-tailed deer; are killed by motorists each year, but suffice it to say it's tens of thousands. The extremely adaptable, extremely fecund species is found in all but three states.

     
  • Russians Eat Bambi!

     
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    Common Cause

    For four decades, graffitists (also called taggers, depending on what they're creating and the motive behind it) have used infrastructure as the canvas for showcasing their talents. It's art, they say; but the public calls it vandalism, and charges public works with managing the cycle of removal...

     
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    Ventures in Vegetation Management

    It pays to partner with universities and herbicide manufacturers.

     
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    Group Effort

    Using a geodatabase to accurately bill service connections.

     
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    Community

     
  • Street Lighting Innovations

    Technical advances ensure safety and dark sky compliance

     
  • It's All in the Hand

    Choosing a handheld computer for GIS data collection

     
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    Diy Gis

    A small department in a small town uses Microsoft Access and Google Earth to quickly and cheaply build a GIS database.

     
  • Counties Collect Conservation Honors

     
  • Bird Control

    Fourteen ways to (humanely) block, bedevil, and otherwise banish feathered pests.