County Tourism
data maintenance and management services to county tourism agencies.
Using GIS In Your Job
Using GIS in your Job
WTH provides a comprehensive program of GIS services for county tourism.
Some benefits of using GIS in your Work:
- Work more efficiently in locating and promoting your tourist places and events.
- Have the ability to preserve, share, and pass on your accumulated knowledge to others.
- Be able to save money and make more informed decisions.
- Be able to better prepare for planned events and tourist promotion with local businesses, tourism planners, elected officials, and the general public.
Convert your paper maps and what’s stored in your head into a more permanent digital record.
WTH has over 20 years of experience in converting paper plans and maps into GIS layers that can be stored, backed up, searched, and shared with others.
Collect accurate asset locations in the field.
WTH’s Think GIS software interfaces with Trimble GNSS products for accurate and precise asset location in the field. With Think GIS Editor, collected points are entered directly on to the map.
Integrate your local utility data with available State and County aerial photos and GIS layers.
WTH builds maps that include the most accurate county and state aerial photography and GIS layers rather than rely on generic national maps
GIS Products and Services
GIS Products and Services
Some of the WTH GIS products that are used for county tourism include the following:
Think GIS Editor – Think GIS Editor can be used
to develop preplans for county fairs and festivals and to map county recreational areas, tourist attractions and local businesses that cater to travelers and tourists. Think GIS editor includes a number of built-in tools including the ability to create elevation maps, and a basic work order tool. Think GIS Editor can be used in the office and in the field and provides maps with or without an Internet connection.
Think GIS User – Think GIS User is for laptop viewing and can operate offline where Internet connections are weak.
ThinkGIS.com and WebGIS Sites – ThinkGIS.com is a Cloud based version of Think GIS that allows for private map viewing on any computer device that has in Internet connection. It is ideal for locating and displaying temporary booths, activities, and public facilities, as well as the public safety and parking preplans for an event.
WTH can also create a public WebGIS map to promote county parks, trails, museums, sports facilities and local business that depend on travelers and tourism.
Think Library – Think Library provides a Cloud based database that can store plans, layouts, photos, videos, as georeferenced files that can be privately viewed on any computer device with an Internet connection.