G.I.S. is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of combining all these spatial and attribute data sets into a simple and easy-to-use system where city employees or city residents can view and understand what is being shown to them and that it is current and accurate geo-spatial (map) information to all city departments, Otter Tail County, and other agencies and the general public.

G.I.S. technology provides a flexible set of tools to perform the diverse functions of city government by providing the data management tools needed to help accomplish the task of managing vast amounts of geographic-based information. G.I.S. technology makes data sharing among other city departments easy so that the whole organization can work as a single enterprise.