History

Started in 1992, the Orlando GIS program (then called GIS Base Mapping) has undergone considerable change. Originally developed in cooperation with Orange County GIS, the City of Orlando has aggressively pursued a modern and efficient system of mapping their streets, annexations and development.

Starting with GeoVISION (now owned by Autodesk), the City of Orlando GIS group used census data, Mylar maps, zip code boundaries and  address ranges to create information for the system. By 1992, the time had come for the City of Orlando to branch off into its own independent GIS group. 

Over the years, the people have changed, but the ideas of advance and efficiency have never left the City of Orlando GIS program. Starting in 1993, with the inclusion of MapInfo software as the eventual replacement of GeoVISION and to increase map production. Then in 1999 ArcView GIS from ESRI Inc was also included as an additional GIS software to supplement MapInfo. The name was changed from GIS Base Mapping to Orlando GIS in 2000 to reflect the transition from base map construction to GIS application development.

Today, with MapInfo, ArcView, Arc INFO and other in-house products, the members of Orlando GIS continue to develop, maintain and apply GIS to our changing city.