Mastering the Collection of Open Data The City of Johns Creek, Georgia, incorporated in 2006 with a population of fewer than 100,000 people and a mission to “be the exception.” It now uses a mobile app created by Esri partner Mapillary and ArcGIS ® Open Data to give entrepreneurs a wealth of free information and literally drive traffic toward local businesses. The Challenge Johns Creek needed to collect and maintain comprehensive location data for public and private assets on city streets. However, capturing every street sign, traffic signal arm, power pole, and street light manually with a GPS unit wasn’t feasible given the time frame and the city’s limited staff. As the city has a track record of being an early adopter of new technology, the GIS team was eager to address thi

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