1. Web Tutorial Using Maps Polk County Assessor June 9, 1999

2. Example: Commercial Query Searching for all –fast food restaurants (33-RSTRAUNT-FST) –between the 4000 block and 5000 block of SW 9th, Des Moines, IA

3. Query Results Fast Food Restaurants between 4000 and 5000 SW 9th, Des Moines, IA.

4. Report Options - Checkboxes Use the checkboxes to select or deselect the report options

5. Assessor Card with Map & Photo Note: yellow shaded area is selected parcel

6. Using the Map to Move from Parcel to Parcel Click to select another parcel

7. Moving Around Results

8. House Number on Map May disagree with house number in database because –there is more than one building on a parcel –it is a duplex –the posted building number is different than the official house number

9. Building Footprint Building footprint determined from the latest flight of aerial maps. New construction may not be reflected because aerial may be out-of-date. Building footprint indicated by light gray lines.

10. Map Characteristics Parcel lines are red Lot lines are blue Blue #’s are lot measurements in feet Text for house #’s and street names are black “ stands for same as last measurement

11. Get Bigger Map

12. Defaults for Bigger Map Screen Size Scale 1/1200 (1”=100 ft)Size (in pixels) 480 x 360

13. Map Example 1/2400 (1”=200ft) Measurements dropped at this scale

14. Map Example 1/4800 (1”=400ft) Provides larger viewing area

15. Map Example 1/9600 (Zoomed Out) Provides largest viewing area

16. Map Example 1/600 (Zoomed In) Zooms in viewing area

17. Parcel Area larger than Viewing Area

18. The End