Cobb County provides a variety of maps, apps, and geogrpahic to encourage community engagement and innovation. We have moved beyond the normal desktop GIS to a full mobile deployment for use on smartphones and tablets in the field. The mission of Cobb County's Geographic Information System (GIS) is to create, operate, and maintain an efficient, cost-effective geographic information system through the use of specialized computer, mapping and digital aerial photography technologies in support of the Board of Commissioners, elected officials, and county departments. Cobb's GIS will collaborate with other government and non-government entities to provide responsive and useful location-based services to customers. The GIS is organized as a balanced, distributed system, with both county departments and a central GIS core group working together to ensure the effectiveness of GIS. The majority of spatial database development, maintenance, analyses, and mapping take place within the departments. The county departments have the flexibility to organize their departmental GIS units to meet their mission goals and fulfill their commitments to the countywide GIS.