Preston County Assessor’s Office Mapping Program

Why is Mapping Important To Us? County Assessor’s responsibility Maps should reflect all changes Maps used to identify, describe and assess real estate parcels for taxation

What Have We Evolved From? County tax maps created by WV State Tax Department in 1960’s Original maps produced as ink on mylar In-office working copies were blue line reproductions Parcel changes performed by STD

Mapping Begins to Change GIS A new tool for more detailed information City style addressing Concern of safety and emergency agencies These concepts need to merge to benefit the community

The Past Year Auto Desk Map 6 WV State Tax Mapping Department digitize and label rural districts Corporations digitized and labeled in county

Catching Up Two years of past splits plus current transfers Instruction from county surveyor Graduate student from GIS Tech Center Insert and inset maps stitched in by STD

The Need for a More Versatile Program More flexibility necessary to produce tax maps in office Arc View 8 Training and conversion in process

The Coming Year Accumulated splits and changes Additional layer information Major goal Produce digital tax maps in finished format

Future Vision Linking GIS with new IAS New high resolution photography Center line shape files Additional layers

Beginning Again? Combining mapping and addressing with IAS Cooperation between assessor’s office and OEM Accurate, up-to-date information