Hunter
01/22/26
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will be upgrading their mapping software.
The Daily Iowan reports the Geographic Information Systems, or GIS, software is used by the county to track flooding, help residents find polling places, find map property information to track data and trends for general use, and more.
The current provider, the Environmental Research Institute, nearly doubled its licensing cost last year to over $63,000, prompting the county to purchase updated software despite the higher cost.
The new package will cost over $69,000 and increase to over $101,000 incrementally over three years, but then stay at that set price. Pricing includes the purchase of a server.
Johnson County GIS Coordinator Rick Havel says the new software is currently being used by nine other counties and 23 cities in the state. Information technology director Bill Horning says it will allow the county to produce a more wide range of products and services.