Officials say the program will be used as a planning tool.
NORWAY – Town government will soon have access to high-speed, quality geographical information of the area as a new mapping system moves toward completion.
The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments is working to implement a geographical information system that allows quick access to any information, mostly natural resources now, put into the system.
In a demonstration of the system last week, AVCOG’s Fergus Lea showed selectmen some of the system’s many uses.
“It’s a planning tool and a guide,” Town Manager David Holt said. “We’re not going to use it to settle boundary disputes.
“If we do tax maps on it and link up with other maps, property owners would know if their property is in a flood zone or in shoreland zoning,” he said.
He said the town would also be able to map out soil, drainage and wetness areas.
A map of all the roads in town can be presented.
Holt said information kept on rural roads since 1995 has already been entered into the system. He said it will help the road commissioner and town officials make decisions concerning replacement of water and sewer lines.
Paris and Oxford are sharing the development costs for the GIS system being developed by AVCOG. Norway’s share was $7,500, which was approved at the town meeting in 2002.
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