What is GIS?
The City Of Killeen currently is in its final stages of development of the Geographic Information System (GIS).

GIS is a tool that links information about a location to a map that shows the location. The technology is comprised of computer hardware, software, and data which can be inputted, stored, updated, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed by the user. City employees will use GIS for the rapid retrieval of information regarding City properties and assets and as a valuable tool for analysis, planning, decision-making, and problem solving.

When you turn on your lights tonight, chances are a GIS is helping to insure delivery of electricity to your home. If the lights don't come on, GIS is probably being used to identify the problem. Packages you send out and receive are often routed with the help of GIS. If you go onto the Internet and use maps to plan out the best route to your vacation destination, chances are a GIS is making this information possible.

GIS enables us to look up information quickly. Traditionally, to answer a simple question on zoning, we would leave our offices to go to file records and the map record to locate the pieces of information required. Now Zoning personnel log on to GIS, call up the address and input their specific information request (query). The answer is there in seconds instead of hours.

Discover Trends and Patterns
The City Of Killeen now uses our GIS to evaluate accidents within our jurisdiction. Patterns are made clearly obvious through specific queries on location, season, time of day, and even the gender of the driver. We can also use our GIS to analyze changes in land-use that will help us plan for traffic and utility improvements.

GIS Technology Improves Customer Service
The City Of Killeen can provide a Web based GIS to offer these many benefits to our citizens and visitors. Information regarding our street system, properties, parks, bus stop locations, zoning, and other data are available to everyone and are being expanded constantly.