County Geographic Information System taking shape

WHITMAN COUNTY –Whitman County's GIS project continues, since its start last fall, to create a layered database for county geography; from roads to streams to private land parcels.

Jeff Marshall, project engineer, a 22-year Whitman County Public Works employee, leads the Geographic Information Systems project.

“A little over 40 percent through now,” he told county commissioners Monday, referring to the first phase.

A total of 12,500 private property parcels have been mapped so far.

“They are just slogging through parcels,” said Marshall, noting consultants FLO Analytics of Seattle, who are wor...