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Cape Fear Council of Governments
Planning and Development Services

Geographic Information Systems

Your Cape Fear Council of Governments is now pleased to offer support services for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications to your Town or County. Like the field of GIS itself, our services are expanding and evolving to offer quality mapping project products and provide assistance that will best suit the needs of your local government. Mapping services and GIS data formulation are available and can be customized to each local government. So let us know today if we can help you better understand and interpret the geography and spatial relationships that exist in you r local government and surrounding areas.

The Cape Fear Council of Governments GIS staff has worked on numerous mapping projects and services, including:

  • Hazard Mitigation mapping for Columbus County, Belville (Brunswick) , Boiling Spring Lakes (Brunswick), Carolina Beach (New Hanover), Chadbourn (Columbus), Holden Beach (Brunswick), Lake Waccamaw (Columbus),. Ocean Isle Beach (Brunswick), Shallotte (Brunswick), Southport (Brunswick), and Tabor City (Columbus).

  • Demographic thematic mapping using Census housing, population and income data for the planned siting of a Youth Development Center in the Four County area.

  • Demographic thematic mapping of Low to Moderate Income and Minority Concentrations in Pender and Columbus Counties for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs.

  • Demographic thematic mapping of Pender County Highway 17 corridor using aerial photos, real estate values, minority concentrations, existing structure data, income, and wetland data to establish a project area for a CDBG Concentrated needs application.

  • Highway 421 industrial corridor (New Hanover and Pender) land development suitability mapping and analysis.

  • Land Use Plan Update mapping of Existing Land use and Land Classification in Lake Waccamaw.

  • Zoning data creation for GIS Zoning Map reproduction.

  • State Port Authority (Wilmington) mapping of 500 mile service distribution radius.

  • Pleasure Island Stormwater diversion project mapping for planned detention pond siting.

  • Population analysis for annexation study of Northwest adjacent areas.

  • Population analysis for annexation study of Bolton adjacent areas.

  • 2000 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) spatial and statistical analysis for Carolina Beach and Southport. (Carolina Beach CQR appeal successful!)

  • Land Suitability Analysis and mapping for CAMA Land Use Plans of Surf City (Pender), and Topsail Beach (Pender).

  • Land Suitability Analysis and mapping for Brunswick County CAMA Shoreline Access Plan.

  • Hazard Mitigation mapping for Caswell Beach (Brunswick) and Oak Island (Brunswick).

  • Tabor City CDBG water/sewer and demographics GIS data creation and mapping.

  • Rural Transportation Planning Organization mapping and spatial analysis support.

  • Phase II Land Suitability Analysis and mapping for CAMA Land Use Plans of Carolina Beach (New Hanover), Kure Beach (New Hanover) and Wrightsville Beach (New Hanover).

Upcoming projects and activities include:

  • Phase II analysis and mapping for CAMA Land Use Plans of Carolina Beach (New Hanover), Kure Beach (New Hanover) and Wrightsville Beach (New Hanover).

  • North Carolina One Naturally GIS open-space inventory and mapping

  • Brunswick County CAMA Land Use Plan projects

  • Rural Transportation Planning Organization mapping and spatial analysis support.

The Cape Fear Council of Governments maintains a constant effort in improving it’s range of Geographic Information Systems services and capabilities and would like to work with your local government’s next project. Give us a call to discuss whether our staff can provide the type of service you need or can suggest an alternative source.


Please contact us to find out more about the COG's role as a state data disseminator, and how we can help your community's projects.

Penny Tysinger, Director of Planning and Development Services
(910)395-4553, ext 206


Don Eggert, RPO Coordinator/Transportation Planning
(910) 395-4553,ext 203

Scott Logel, GIS Specialist
(910)395-4553, ext. 215

 

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