ESRI ArcGIS Integration for Local Government

Agencies own great GIS data but it often sits apart from daily work. Staff retype addresses, hunt parcel IDs, and print maps. Citizens cannot see location context in permits, cases, or requests. That slows everything down.
ArcGIS map integrated with permitting and inspections in a city dashboard

What We Deliver

GovOwl provides ArcGIS integration as a service so your map data drives operations.

  • Address and Parcel Intelligence: Validate addresses, auto-attach parcel IDs, owners, zoning, and APNs to records.
  • Two-Way Feature Sync: Read and write to ArcGIS Feature Services for permits, inspections, violations, and work orders.
  • Map-Driven Workflows: Start cases from the map, draw polygons for areas of interest, and batch create tasks by selection.
  • Field Awareness: Show inspector routes and case clusters on mobile. Cache tiles for low-signal zones.
  • Public Transparency: Embed web maps on portals so residents can see case status, permitted projects, or service closures.
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What We Integrate

  • ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise: Web Maps, Feature Layers, Hosted Feature Services.
  • Esri Geocoding and Routing: Address validation, reverse geocoding, travel time.
  • Your Authoritative Layers: Parcels, zoning, floodplain, code districts, council boundaries, utility overlays.
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How It Works

  • Discovery: We inventory your services, layer schemas, and map documents.
  • Design: We map business objects to feature layers and attributes.
  • Build: Secure OAuth2 connection, webhooks for change events, and REST API jobs for nightly syncs.
  • Test and Tune: QA with sample records, performance tuning, and usability checks with staff.
  • Launch and Train: Short videos and office-hours for planners, inspectors, and front-desk teams.

Security and Governance

  • Least-privilege OAuth2 with role-based access.
  • Read-only or read-write by group.
  • Audit logs of map reads and attribute updates.
  • No data lock-in. You keep ArcGIS as the system of record for spatial data.

Common Use Cases

  • Permitting: auto-populate parcel and zoning details, show impact buffers on maps.
  • Code Enforcement heatmaps of complaints, cluster patrol routes, violator history by parcel.
  • Citizen Engagement public map of active permits and cases with filters and status.
  • Reporting spatial dashboards for trends by district, corridor, or buffer.

Why GovOwl

We focus on practical, fast wins. You get GIS connected to day-to-day work without another platform to learn. We integrate, automate, and leave your ArcGIS in control of the map.

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Ready to connect your map to real work? Book a demo and we will review your layers and a quick integration plan.
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