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The Ramsey County GIS Users Group Statement of Purpose Who is the Ramsey County GIS User Group? The Ramsey County GIS Users Group (RCGISUG) is an alliance and partnership of municipal governments and watershed management units who make use of Geographic Information Systems operating within Ramsey County, Minnesota. The RCGISUG was originally created as a 401(c)(3) in May of 1995 and established both a Joint Powers Agreement and cost-sharing process between itself and Ramsey County in Fall 1997. The User Group operates fully autonomously from Ramsey County, but partners with the County in a mutually beneficial, peer-to-peer relationship to leverage their shared talent, innovation, and fiscal resources. What are our goals and objectives? To provide a better service to the public by enabling elected officials and management the ability to make more informed decisions based on a wealth of public information which can be processed, analyzed, and displayed by GIS technology. To enhance members access to data, techniques, and knowledge to more efficiently and affordably than would be possible by individual effort. To contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of the GIS data being maintained by all units of government operating in Ramsey County. To promote collaborative relationships through data and knowledge-sharing between organizations. To establish and maintain cost-sharing programs between organizations who wish to create and maintain enhanced GIS data. To cooperate and work effectively with metropolitan and regional organizations in the promotion of GIS technology. To ensure access to up-to-date and accurate geospatial data including parcel data, taxation and assessor information, socioeconomic data, aerial imagery, oblique imagery, LIDAR, contours, natural and constructed features including building outlines, street centerlines, trees, water, driveways, parking lots, and related data.