Municipal Assistance Program (MAP)
GIS Outreach To Municipalities
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Participants: MERI, Bergen County Municipalities: Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Little Ferry, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Ridgefield, Rutherford, South Hackensack, Teterboro; and Hudson County Municipalities: Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen and Secaucus.
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 The Municipal Assistance Program (MAP) is an initiative developed by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) to assist District municipalities. A component of this program is to transfer Geographical Information System (GIS) technology and pertinent geographic layers to participating municipalities. This program is administered through the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI). District municipalities receive GIS infrastructure that includes current and relevant datasets. These datasets include: property boundaries, roads, land use, zoning, census data, municipal assets (i.e. utility related data) and aerial images. In addition, a comprehensive training program for municipal staff followed by technical support and refresher seminars is also part of the program. Services to municipalities under this MAP component include the following:
| Services Provided |
Parties Involved |
Status |
| Development of custom ArcIMS/web-mapping applications |
MERI-GIS Group & member municipalities |
GIS data layers are accessed through these web-mapping services - all but Jersey City is complete |
| Feature class/data development |
MERI-GIS Group & member municipalities |
Data continuously updated - specifically, parcel & owner information |
| GPSing of Municipal assets |
MERI-GIS Group & member municipalities |
The GIS Group and members of the Fleet Vehicle Division are capturing all municipal assets (i.e. catch basins, outfalls, manholes, etc.) |
| Training of Municipal Staff |
MERI-GIS Group & member municipalities |
All 13 towns have completed training to use the GIS tools provided by MERI - Jersey City will come on-line as soon as all data layers are complete |
The GIS Group has been proactive with the member municipalities, specifically in the capture of critical data through the use of hand-held GPS units (shown below). For example, fire hydrants of a town can be mapped to show their location and integrity. Other projects that the GIS group has been been working on are assisting the Rutherford Shade Tree Committee in inventoring their shade trees. This project will last through the summer of 2008.
 
In addition to the data collection and field work provided, an array of web applications are created for the municipalities to view geo-spatial information on the web. The data can be accessed through the following URL at http://meri.njmeadowlands.gov/gis/maps.html . In order to access the Municipal Map Viewer, please contact the MERI-GIS Department at (201) 460-4612. Passwords to access this information are sent out to towns at the end of every quarter (January 1 to March 30; April 1 to June 30; July 1 to September 30; and October 1 to December 31).
The completion of each town's data collection was divided into four phases:
Phase 1 - Carlstadt, Moonachie, Secaucus, Teterboro
Phase 2 - East Rutherford, Little Ferry, North Arlington, Ridgefield, Rutherford
Phase 3 - Kearny, Lyndhurst, North Bergen, South Hackensack
Phase 4 - Jersey City
Number of Towns completed as of January 2008: 13 Towns
Bergen County
| Municipality |
Phase Completed |
Completed (Year) |
GIS Complete |
Training
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IMS |
ERIS |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Carlstadt |
Phase 1 |
2003 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| East Rutherford |
Phase 2 |
2004/2005 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Little Ferry |
Phase 2 |
2004/2005 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Lyndhurst |
Phase 3 |
2006/2007 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Moonachie |
Phase 1 |
2003 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| North Arlington |
Phase 2 |
2004/2005 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Ridgefield |
Phase 2 |
2004/2005 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Rutherford |
Phase 2 |
2004/2005 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| South Hackensack |
Phase 3 |
2006/2007 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Teterboro |
Phase 1 |
2003 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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Hudson County
| Municipality |
Phase Completed |
Completed (Year) |
GIS Complete |
Training
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IMS |
ERIS |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Jersey City |
Phase 4 |
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X |
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X |
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X |
| Kearny |
Phase 3 |
2006/2007 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| North Bergen |
Phase 3 |
2006/2007 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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| Secaucus |
Phase 1 |
2003 |
X |
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X |
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X |
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