The area is coated with several inches of snow Monday after the first snow of the season.

In Overland Park, Monday also was the day the city launched the newest version of its online Snow Operations Map. City of Overland Park spokesperson Meg Ralph said the new tool is meant to better track and communicate how snow plowing operations are going in the city.

The hope is that this one will give us a better opportunity to tell the story of what's going on and what our crews have been doing over both the short-term and the long-term periods, Ralph said.

Ralph said the maps data comes from GPS transponders on snowplows that show their real-time location and status. She said the need for a more efficient map and tracking system was evident after their maps couldnt keep up with all the multi-da

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