{"id":19835,"date":"2024-03-15T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T16:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?p=19835"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:11:16","slug":"g-i-s-is-c-o-o-l-mapping-tallahassee-leon-county-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2024-03-15\/g-i-s-is-c-o-o-l-mapping-tallahassee-leon-county-history\/","title":{"rendered":"G-I-S is C-O-O-L | Mapping Tallahassee-Leon County History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3089446624\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-larger-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#00b774;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;max-width:1150px\"> <strong>What is a Geographic Information System<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized td-caption-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GeoCoordinateRecorder.jpg\" alt=\"A man recording latitude and longitude coordinates.\" class=\"wp-image-19843\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:238px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scott Weisman demostrates a device used to record geographic coordinates.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Have you ever heard someone mention the term GIS\u2026as in Gee-eye-ess? Then that voice in your head says, &#8220;I kind of, think I know what it is, but I&#8217;m not sure.&#8221; Well, this video is for you.&nbsp;GIS stands for Geographic Information System.&nbsp; Your old high school geography textbook is not GIS.&nbsp;Maybe it has geographic information, but it\u2019s not a system.&nbsp;Google Maps is almost like GIS because you can ask for specific things on the map, like hotels and restaurants. But GIS is more than just a map.&nbsp;GIS is when you collect and maintain information about the things in the world around you and place them in geographic relation to each other. Then you can query those things for the information you need to know about them and their relationships to each other.&nbsp;Pretty cool, huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-background has-larger-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#00b774;max-width:1150px\"> <strong>Who uses GIS?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses\" class=\"wp-image-19838\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-1068x601.png 1068w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic-747x420.png 747w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ScottWeismanPic.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scott Weisman explains the concept of layering geographic information.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">So, you might ask yourself, \u201dWho uses GIS?\u201d&nbsp;Well, insurance companies, agriculture, emergency managers, logistics and supply chain managers, urban planners, and local governments, to name a few, all use GIS.&nbsp;And Tallahassee-Leon County does too.&nbsp;Scott Weisman is the GIS Program Coordinator for Tallahassee-Leon County GIS.&nbsp;He explains GIS like this: \u201cEverything is represented as a point, line, or polygon.&nbsp;So those are the parts we see. But when you click on it, there\u2019s a table of information that comes up behind it.&nbsp;So, attributes, information about that line, who maintains it\u2026the city, the county, private? How many lanes are there?&nbsp; What is the traffic count? The pavement type\u2026for pavement management systems.&nbsp;There\u2019s a wealth of information associated with things we see on the map.\u201d As you might expect, a lot of this information is stored in different agencies like the tax collector for property taxes, the city-county planning department for zoning, or city hall for utilities. But with the Tallahassee-Leon County GIS website, you can pull that public data together through one portal, beginning with a map.&nbsp;Check out the inter-governmental agency\u2019s site at: <a href=\"https:\/\/tlcgis.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tlcgis.org\/\">tlcgis.org<\/a>.&nbsp; You may be surprised by what you find.&nbsp;I thought it was very cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background has-larger-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#00b774;max-width:1150px\"><strong> Here comes the curve ball<\/strong>&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Another man wearing glasses\" class=\"wp-image-19842\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;width:458px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MarcusCurtisPic2-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marcus Curtis talks about using GIS to explore history.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now here comes the curve ball.&nbsp;Do you know what some GIS guys call old information?&nbsp;HISTORY!&nbsp;Crazy, right? I\u2019ll bet you didn\u2019t see that coming.&nbsp;Marcus Curtis is a GIS Specialist for Tallahassee-Leon County GIS.&nbsp;His job entails a lot of mapping for the city and county, and he\u2019s done a lot of research on how local parcels of land were transferred through families over time.&nbsp;He\u2019s studied a lot of old land surveys, and property deeds, and municipal boundaries, and easements, etc. And he\u2019s also been using his GIS skills to tell some of the stories about Tallahassee\u2019s history.&nbsp;\u201cI think it was roughly about eight years ago we started.&nbsp;And we told stories, we connected dots, we provided historical maps and resources, and we also just showed how the community came to be.&nbsp;How it developed over a period of time.&#8221; You can find the local history information at <a href=\"https:\/\/tlcgis.org\/history\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tlcgis.org\/history\">tlcgis.org\/history<\/a>.&nbsp;You\u2019ll find information grouped in historically themed galleries.&nbsp;The other thing to keep in mind is that a lot of the information presented is hyperlink-heavy, so keep an eye peeled for text that is colored differently or underlined. The linked information usually opens in a new tab, so you won\u2019t lose your prior place as you click through. Pretty cool, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background has-larger-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#00b774;max-width:1150px\"> <strong>Tallahassee Bicentennial 1824-2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gis-bicentennial-gallery.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19864\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8338235294117647;width:367px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gis-bicentennial-gallery.png 567w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gis-bicentennial-gallery-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gis-bicentennial-gallery-350x420.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Oh, and in case you haven\u2019t heard\u20262024 is Tallahassee\u2019s Bicentennial! So, the city\/county GIS crew has put together a <a href=\"https:\/\/tlcgis.org\/history\/Gallery\/Bicentennial-Gallery\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tlcgis.org\/history\/Gallery\/Bicentennial-Gallery\">Bicentennial Gallery<\/a> to highlight some of Tallahassee\u2019s historic sites, moments, and early neighborhoods from 1824 to 2024.&nbsp;You\u2019ll find that under the Galleries tab on the history site.&nbsp;That is the site that Curtis Marcus is showing me in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BONUS VIDEO<\/strong> | <strong>Tallahassee is the home for Florida&#8217;s Prime Meridian<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(Posted March 5, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might have seen it in the heart of Cascades Park: a metal marker in the shape of a compass that sits in a large stone map of Florida. 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