Enterprise Systems & Analytics is a department within the City of Leduc that is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive mapping system and the use of technology that allows the city to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, reports, and charts.
Geographic Information System or GIS, is used to solve problems related to urban planning, environmental management, transportation, health care, economy, and public safety. GIS takes information from a database about a location, such as streets, buildings, water features, and terrain, and turns it into visual layers. The ability to see geographic features on a map gives a better understanding of a particular location, enabling planners, analysts, and others to make informed decisions about their communities.
Currently, the department maintains over 275 thousand pieces of mapping information in over 140 different categories. These pieces of information are used to respond to over 500 mapping requests per year. These requests come from citizens, businesses, city departments, community groups, nonprofits/academic agencies, and other government agencies.
