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Preston County Assessor’s Office

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?.

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Preston County Assessor’s Office

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  1. Preston County Assessor’s Office Mapping Program

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

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

  6. 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

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

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

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

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

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