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Move Over, Housewives. The Real Franklin Lakes, NJ is About to Go Live.

By Alannah Dragonetti

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey has served as the beautiful backdrop for  high-profile reality television shows, including MTV's My Super Sweet 16 and Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey. For years, the Borough’s real family-friendly atmosphere, stellar school system and other assets have been overshadowed by the genre’s carefully constructed “reality”.

 

GovPilot

 

Move over, housewives. The real Franklin Lakes is about to go live.

Coming soon to Franklin Lakes’ official website: the Borough’s very own geographic information system (GIS) map.

 

A font of accurate, up-to-date civic data, the GovPilot-developed GIS map is a refreshingly factual representation of life in Franklin Lakes. Color-coded map layers illustrate information pertaining to the following rules, regulations and resources:

 

  • Ground Water Recharge
  • Historic Fill
  • Hydrants
  • Land Use
  • Roads
  • Streams
  • Soils
  • Transformers
  • Utility Poles
  • Water Bodies
  • Water Mains
  • Zoning

 

Built for optimal convenience, easy-to-navigate filters allow for custom views, so residents can see the data sets they need and none that they don’t.

 

Finally! An accurate depiction of life in Franklin Lakes.

 

GovPilot GIS: all reality, no drama. Schedule a consultation through the button below and learn what GovPilot can do for you!

 

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