NEWS AND UPDATES
Archived, March 2005
Population Projections Available on Updated
Delaware Population Consortium Web Page
The updated Delaware
Population Consortium pages have actually been up for a while
now, but we realized we have neglected to point them out on these
pages. Population projections for the state, the counties and the
major cities in Delaware have been published on-line for many years,
usually in a PDF version of the Consortium's annual Population Projections
Series document posted on the University of Delaware web site. The
updated pages include extracts from the report, some of the background
information, and details about the Consortium membership, structure,
and meetings.
(Belatedly pointed-to 3/24/05)
Statewide
Delaware GIS Conference to Focus on "Creating Information, Sharing
Knowledge"
Registration is now open for the 2005
Delaware GIS Conference, planned for April 21 in Rehoboth Beach.
The Conference theme is "Creating Information, Sharing Knowledge."
Conference planners are encouraging government, business, and educational
professionals who are not GIS professionals to join Delaware's GIS
community for a day of discussions about the use and sharing of geospatial
data. [FULL
STORY]
(Looking for registrants 3/10/05)
Sussex
County Now Offers GIS Data On-Line in Web Map Viewer
Sussex County's Mapping and Addressing office has added to the internet
mapping resources available to Delawareans with the new Sussex
County Online Map viewer. The system, which can be viewed using
most standard web browsers, offers basemap information similar to
that provided by the Delaware
DataMIL, but adds expanded county tax parcel information and 911-address
information for that portion of the county that has the new addresses.
The Sussex County On-line Map joins the New
Castle County eParcelView Map System and Kent
County's portion of the SmartMap system as local components of
a growing network of on-line mapping resources in Delaware.
(Noted, with pleasure, 3/4/05)
Agendas Posted for March PLUS Review
Meetings
Agendas have been posted for the March
30 (PDF) and April
6 (PDF) meetings to review land use change proposals submitted
for review under the Preliminary
Land Use Service (PLUS). Both meetings will start at 8:30 a.m.,
in the Third Floor Conference Room of the Thomas Collins Building,
in Dover. The full list of PLUS
projects for 2005 is posted as part of the PLUS section of this
web site.
(Posted 3/4/05)
Free Workshop on Stormwater Pond Maintenance
Offered March 23
The Kent Conservation District and the Delaware NEMO (Nonpoint Education
for Municipal Officials) Program have teamed up to offer a free
workshop on stormwater pond maintenance on Wednesday, March 23,
in Dover. The workshop will focus on why stormwater ponds are used,
how they function, and how best to manage them to fulfill their purpose.
The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will run from
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Felton Room of the DelDOT Headquarters
Building at 800 Bay Road, in Dover. Light refreshments will be served.
(Noted 3/3/05)
