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Track: Local/State Government, Cadastral, Land Records
Chaula Jain
York County
PO Box 66
6 South Congress St
York, SC 29732
Telephone: 803-684-8554
Fax: 803-684-8550
E-mail: none listed
Applying GIS to Resolve Issues in County Government
Defining Issue: How York County Government uses GIS in its various departments like the Tax Assessor's Department, the Department of Zoning, and most recently the Department of Voter Registration and Elections. GIS Solution: The GIS Division with the help of L. Robert Kimball and Associates of Ebensberg, PA, has developed several need-based applications to assist the above-mentioned departments. Methodology: The Tax Assessor's Department uses the application to edit and update parcel records for the County. A user can access the data by either the owner name or the tax map ID number and can print the relevant information and parcel map. These printouts can also be used for sending tax notices. 1996 was the year of elections. GIS maps were used for the management of the County elections, and GIS tools were used to analyze the results. The Department of Zoning can access the main GIS server by tax map ID number and view the information. This information is very useful to the public, especially to
end users like realtors and developers. Software: The main software used for all the above applications is ArcInfo for UNIX. All the applications are built with AML. The data are obtained from existing AutoCAD files, DBASE and from L. Robert Kimball and Associates.
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