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GIS technology is utilized throughout the city and is supported by a total of eight full-time staff members. The central office of the Olathe GIS Division (CGIS) is housed in the Information Technology Services department and consists of the GIS Manager, GIS Programmer, GIS Database Administrator, and GIS Analyst. The CGIS staff members facilitate the coordination of GIS programs between city departments, as well as serving the general needs of employees and citizens, and supporting the GIS staff in other city departments.

In addition to these four positions, the City of Olathe employs four other full-time individuals in three departments. Development Services has one GIS analyst and one GIS Technician, Municipal Services has one GIS Analyst, and Public Works has one GIS Technician.


Development Services
Matt Steging - GIS Analyst
Chris Cannaday - GIS Technician

Information Technology Services
Carol McCoy - GIS Manager
Linda Beets - GIS Analyst
Scott Rice - GIS Database Administrator
Chris Welchhans - GIS Programmer

Municipal Services
Jeff Burch - GIS Analyst

Public Works
John Schroeter - GIS Technician

Development Services
Olathe GIS - Matt Steging
TOP		 Matt Steging - GIS Analyst

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
September 2002

Education:
B.S. Geography, Kansas State University (2001)

Experience:
In May of 2001, Matt moved to St. Cloud, MN to work for Geo-Comm, an E911 mapping company. He remained at Geo-Comm until September 2002. At that time, Matt was hired as the Address Coordinator/GIS Technician in the Olathe Development Services department. Two years later, in September 2004, he was promoted to GIS Analyst.

Duties:
At the City of Olathe, Matt provides GIS service and support for the Development Services and Neighborhood and Human Services departments. As the GIS Analyst, he works with the GIS Technician to create and maintain mappinglayers that make up the Development Services GIS, as well as layers commonly utilized by other departments and divisions. Some examples of these layers include planning case files, rezonings, annexations, code violations, and address information.
Olathe GIS - Chris Cannaday
TOP		 Chris Cannaday - GIS Technician

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
August 2006

Education:
M.S. Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University (2006)
B.S. Wildlife Conservation, Louisiana Tech University (1998)

Experience:
After graduating from Louisiana Tech in 1998, Chris joined the U.S. Army and served for four years as an Indirect Fire Infantryman (i.e. mortars). During that time he was stationed in Tongduchon, South Korea, and Ft. Carson, Colorado. He attained the rank of Sergeant in February of 2000. After finishing his term of service in 2002 Chris decided to leave the Army and went back to Louisiana to work on his Master’s degree. In graduate school, Chris began working on various natural resource projects in different parts of the state. After six months he was hired to test the effectiveness of a new wetland restoration technique using a combination of statistical and GIS analysis. In the spring of 2006 Chris finished his thesis and moved to Olathe, KS. In May he started working for Parks and Recreation as an intern on various GIS projects. He began working for Development Services full time as their GIS technician in August of 2006.

Duties:
As the GIS technician for Development Services, Chris creates and maintains mapping layers that make up the Development Services GIS, as well as layers commonly utilized by other departments and divisions. Some examples of these layers include planning case files, rezonings, annexations, and code violations.

Information Technology Services - Olathe GIS
Olathe GIS - Carol McCoy
TOP		 Carol McCoy - GIS Manager

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
September 2000

Experience:
Carol began a career in Law Enforcement in 1976 when she enlisted in the US Army as a Military Police Officer. After spending six years in Europe and attaining the rank of Sergeant, she opted to return to the United Statesand continue her career as a civilian Police Officer.
Carol served with the Leavenworth Police Department as a Patrol Officer and Field Training Officer, then went on to spend eight years as a patrol officer, undercover narcotics detective and station officer at the Overland Park Police Department.
In 1994, the Overland Park Police Chief recruited Carol, along with Gerald Tallman, to create the Department’s Crime Analysis Unit. Overland Park’s GIS Department was instrumental in the early (and continuing) success of the OPPD Crime Analysis Unit. Having been bit by the mapping bug, Carol went on to introduce Crime Analysis and Mapping to the Lenexa Police Department in 1996. Again, the support from Lenexa's GIS Department was crucial to the success of the program.

Duties:
Carol began her current tenure as GIS Manager for the City of Olathe in 2000. Since that time she has directed the implementation of ArcIMS and ArcSDE. In addition, she has advised other departments and divisions to identify ways in which they can leverage the city's GIS resources to better achieve their business goals, while providing the best possible service to the citizens of Olathe. Carol is responsible for the GIS division's budget and evaluates the staff members that serve as the core GIS group in the Information Technology Services department. She directly supervises these individuals and shares supervisory responsibility for the other members of the Olathe GIS staff, located in various departments throughout the city.
Carol participates in several committees and other groups at the department level and higher, including roles as a facilitator and as a member of groups that focus on leadership and technology.
Olathe GIS - Linda Beets
TOP		 Linda Beets - GIS Analyst

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
November 1985

Education:
B.S. Geography, California State University of Sacramento (1977)

Experience:
After college Linda worked for Migrant Education in Marysville-Yuba City, California. Her duties included tutoring migrant children, conducting home visits, administering standard tests, providing written reports to the school administration and teachers about the children, and translating for the parents. Linda returned to Kansas to work for MidAmerica Regional Council, in their Cartography department. While there she worked on the DIME maps, a forerunner of computerized mapping. After one year, she went to work for the City of Shawnee in the Planning department. At the City of Shawnee, she made maps for the Planning Commission, maintained the zoning and street maps, and worked on a city wide land use survey. In 1985, Linda went to work for the City of Olathe in the Planning department, (now a division of Development Services.) When she started at the City of Olathe, her duties included map creation for planning commission meetings, the creation and maintenance of zoning, water, sewer maps, and the routing of plats through the filing process. Her primary responsibility was the assignment and maintenance of addressing information for the city.

Duties:
At the City of Olathe, Linda is a GIS Analyst in the Information Technology Services department. She is part of the core GIS group that supports the other departments and divisions. Linda primarily works with the Olathe Fire deapartment and the Parks and Recreation department. She supports the daily operations of these departments by providing maps and web-based applications.
Olathe GIS - Scott Rice
TOP		 Scott Rice - GIS Database Administrator

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
November 2003

Education:
M.A. Geography, University of North Carolina Charlotte (2004)
B.S. Geography (minor in Biology), Northwest Missouri State University (1998)

Experience:
While in Charlotte, Scott started as an intern and became a regular employee of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, as a GIS Analyst. In the summer of 2000, he moved to southern Maryland and worked for one year asa civilian Navy contractor. Scott worked in the Office of Environmental Planning at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, MD, as a GIS Analyst and Programmer. In the summer of 2001, Scott returned to the Kansas City area and began working for a consulting firm in downtown Kansas City, MO. In that role, he provided technical and project support for approximately sixty field offices, as a GIS Analyst.
Scott is currently an ESRI Authorized Instructor for Introduction to ArcGIS and is one of only 12 ESRI Authorized Instructors in the United States for Introduction to Programming ArcObjects with VBA.

Duties:
After joining the City of Olathe in November 2003 as the GIS Analyst for Olathe Municipal Services, Scott transferred to the Olathe Police Department in May 2004 where he was a GIS Programmer/Analyst. He was primarily responsible for supporting the daily operations of the Olathe Police Department, as well as maintaining the department's Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software, which utilizes GIS map layers and Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) technology. In August 2005, Scott became the GIS Database Administrator in the core GIS group. He is responsible for creating, designing, and maintaining the Olathe GIS spatial database, including the administration of ArcSDE. In addition to his role in the Olathe GIS division, Scott supports other city departments, and like Chris, is often called upon to utilize his programming skills to support other IT efforts.
Olathe GIS - Chris Welchhans
TOP		 Chris Welchhans - GIS Programmer

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
July 2001

Education:
B.S. Geography, Kansas State University (1997)

Experience:
After graduating, Chris stayed in Manhattan and continued to take classes. During that time he was an intern in the Riley County Appraiser's office. At Riley County, Chris worked to improve county-wide center line and subsequently developed an atlas for first-responders. In February 2000, he left Riley County to work for a consulting firm in Kansas City, MO. At that time, Chris was part of a small staff of Software Developers and was primarily concerned with custom GIS applications. Prior to leaving, he had the opportunity to work with ArcIMS, (the web-based mapped system from Environmental Systems Research Institute,) and helped the City of Olathe setup their first web-based mapping application.

Duties:
At the City of Olathe, Chris is one of two GIS Programmers and is primarily responsible for creating customized desktop and web-based GIS applications. He also supports the efforts of the other staff members by assisting with projects where needed and by enabling them to create their own web-based applications.

Municipal Services
Olathe GIS - Jeff Burch
TOP		 Jeff Burch - GIS Analyst

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
January 2005

Education:
Master of Liberal Studies (GIS emphasis), Fort Hays State University (2003)
B.A. Political Science, Fort Hays State University (1999)

Experience:
After graduation in 2003, Jeff accepted a temporary Federal appointment to Valles Caldera National Preserve near Los Alamos New Mexico, as a GPS/GIS Technician. This appointment consisted of using a GPS to create a valid and field-verified coverage of the road network within the Preserve.

Duties:
At the City of Olathe, Jeff supports the daily operations of Customer Service, Sanitation, Water and Sewer groups in Municipal Services. His job responsibilities include supporting several IMS sites used to disseminate GISinformation to a large number of people, creating a variety of maps, performing spatial analysis, and working on developing a geodatabase.

Public Works
Olathe GIS - John Schroeter
TOP		 John Schroeter - GIS Technician

Serving the citizens of Olathe since:
January 2003

Education:
B.S. Geography (minor in Business), Northwest Missouri State University (2002)

Experience:
John started at the City of Olathe during the summer of 2002, as an intern in the Public Works department. After graduating in the fall of 2002, he became a full-time employee of the Public Works department. He continues to take classes and further his education in pursuit of a Masters in GIS.

Duties:
At the City of Olathe, John responds to daily GIS requests from all divisions of the Public Works Department. Additional responsibilities include maintaining the Stormwater database, as well as the creation and maintenanceof the Snow Route maps and the Pavement Condition Index street map layer.

Interactive Mapping Applications

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Use of the Interactive Mapping Application web sites is subject to the Terms of Use.

For more information about the Olathe GIS Division and our Interactive Mapping Applications, click here
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Development Services

Benefit Districts Information

This site combines benefit district information with planning and base map data for the City of Olathe.

Planning Information

This site combines the Olathe base map data with map layers that provide specific information related to planning and development of areas within and adjacent to the City of Olathe. Some examples of the planning and development information include zoning classifications, district boundaries, planning case locations, and more.

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Information Technology Services - Olathe GIS

Public Information Web Site

This site contains general information about Olathe. Find an address, locate a park, or view an aerial photo of Olathe. These are just a few of the commonly used features of this site. The layers of information displayed here represent what we consider to be our base map data.

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Public Works

Storm Water Information

This site contains detailed information about the city's storm water management system. In addition, this site also provides detailed information about the city's sewer and water systems.

Street Maintenance Information

This site contains information about road closings, displayed on an interactive map of Olathe. You'll also find information about the Adopt-A-Street areas, pavement condition and other road construction and maintenance activities.