Geographic Information Systems

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GIS Mission Statement

To educate and empower City of Encinitas residents, staff, visitors, and regional partners by providing efficient, accessible, and high-quality spatial data services and solutions.

GIS Overview

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is responsible for administering, creating, maintaining, and operating the City’s GIS data, which is integrated throughout the City's GIS-centric business applications. Daily operations include: supporting the City’s enterprise GIS-centric business applications; creating and maintaining GIS map applications for the public; maintaining data in the GIS database; leading data capture/conversion projects; creating customized maps and reports for staff; assisting with mailings for City project notifications; and providing digital data and maps to City contractors, consultants, and the public.

At the City of Encinitas, GIS is used to…

Find out detailed site information
Assist the public
Perform all aspects of Land Records
Assist with the annual NPDES report
Manage Clean Water best management practices (BMPs)
Conduct dry weather monitoring
Inspect storm water complaints
Determine inspection prioritization
Assist fire personnel with response calls
Inspect fire hydrants
Assist in emergency operations
Map fire pre-plans
Manage coastal bluffs
Help make decisions in SAC meetings
Assist with plan check review
Manage affordable housing
Manage and maintain City assets
Comply with regulations
Help determine budget
Help determine project costs
Assist with project and event notification mailings

What is GIS?

A GIS allows you to integrate different layers of information, which means you can much more easily see the whole picture. GIS is used to help make many work processes more efficient and effective because approximately 80% of all business data has a location component. Linking location to information applies to many aspects of decision making in business and the community.

By providing staff the ability to query and analyze mapped information, staff are better equipped to provide recommendations on City policy, service improvements, and future community developments. GIS has become increasingly important to the work flow processes of the City by integrating data from all departments in a visual way and by providing interactive and user-friendly mapping and analysis capabilities.

City Maps

The following city maps are available for viewing or download. For better viewing on screen, you can right-click the PDF and select the Marquee Zoom tool (click to zoom in; ctrl-click to zoom out) or the Hand Tool (pan). In addition, if you would like to download and print, please note that these PDFs are meant for plotting on an E-size sheet which equals a 34x44 inch poster size. This print size is necessary due to the fixed text annotation of the map documents.