This site is written using ESRI's Javascript API for ArcGIS Server.
The site was designed by:
Highland Mapping Inc.
Banner Elk, NC 28604
828-898-7720
www.highlandmapping.com
Map navigation using the Toolbar:
 | Click the Map to draw a box. The map will resize to fit the box. The smaller the rectangle the more you will zoom in. |
 | Clicking on the tool will zoom the map out by 2.5 times the extent. |
 | Click the and drag the mouse in the opposite direction that you want to go. |
 | Click on this image and the map will zoom to the extent of the County. |
 | Zooms to your previous extent |
 | Zooms to next extent |
 | Identify a feature on the map. By clicking on a feature a tool tip dialog will appear at the approximate location of the click. The default target for the tool is a Parcel Feature. To change the target, choose from the list in the panel on the left. If you need to change the tolerance of the click you change that by setting the tolerance value from 1 to 5 at the bottom of the panel. The lower the tolerance, the less buffering of the point occurs. For more information click here. |
 | Shows the tool bar that allows you to select a parcel by point, line or polygon. This toolbar dissappears if you click on another tool on the toolbar. |
 | Click this button, shows the Zoom to Coordinate Panel in the left side bar. |
 | Click this button, shows the Draw Tools Panel in the left side bar. |
 | Clicking this button clears all of the selections from the map. |
Changing Background Layers
Use the above buttons to switch the background on the map.
The Map button is the default view and it contains boundary lines, but no Aerial Photography.
The Imagery 2008 button turns off the boundary lines, parcels, roads, etc and just shows the Aerial Photography as of 2008.
The Imagery 2004 button turns off the boundary lines, parcels, roads, etc and just shows the Aerial Photography as of 2004.
The Hybrid button shows the parcels, roads and the last Aerial Photography Image layer that you had on in the map. The default image layer is the 2008 Aerial Photography.
To show the 2004 Imagery and the parcels, you must click the 2004 imagery button and the then Hybrid button. This sets the imagery layer for the map to the 2004 Imagery. To switch back to the 2008 Imagery, you will need to click on the 2008 Imagery button, and then the Hybrid button.
The buttons at the top right of the screen will allow you to navigate through some of the most important side bars on the site.
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Use the zoom slider to zoom in and out on the map.
The arrow at the top zooms you in one level. The arrow at the bottom zooms you out one level. The levels are predefined. You cannot zoom the map in between the levels of the zoom slider. |
So for instance, if you want to search by owner name you would choose the Owner Radio button and then type the name of the owner in the text box.
The blue text below the seach text box will tell you what you will be searching on and give you an example.
As you type, our GIS repository database will be search and a list of values will be returned in the drop down box.
You do not need to choose one of the values from the drop down list. For instance if you want all the people with the last name "Thomas", you would type in "Thomas" and hit Search, ignoring the values returned in the autocomplete drop down list.
Note: Account number does not currently have an autocomplete drop down list.
Note: To clear one of the boxes, just click on another radio button.
Advanced Search Option:
The advanced search dialog, allows you to search for a set of parcels by using more than one search criteria.
By default the search will search the entire county for the records that meet your search criteria. By using the narrow by location drop down menu at the top, you can narrow your search by the extent of the current map extent. Choosing Inside map extent select only parcels that are entirely within the map extent. Choosing Touches Map extent will select any parcel that is touches the map extent. So it would include larger parcels that only are partially in the extent.
Another way to find a parcel is to zoom in and use the 
Identify button on the main tool bar.
Using the identify button on the toolbar allows you to interactively query features using the mouse. The default target layer is Parcels.
You can change the target layer using the radio buttons that appear in the sidebar on the left when you click on the tool. The target layer represent one or more datasets in our GIS system.
Using the Tolerance control at the bottom of the identify panel, allows you to increase or decrease the search buffer that is applied to the mouse click. Larger numbers means a larger search radius to look for features. This is helpful if you are zoomed way in or are querying points.
If you happen to select more than one feature, the list of features are listed at the top of the call out box. You can click on the link to display the information for that feature. Similarly, for identify targets that represent multiple layers in our GIS System (i.e. Political Boundaries, School Districts) you may also click on the link to show more information about that entity.
If multiple records are found, there will be a list of parcels listed in the side bar. The numbers on the side of the results correspond with the numbers on the map. The number point can be clicked on to display the information about the parcel.
The number point uses the centroid of the parcel's extent envelope. This may mean that for irregular shaped parcels, the point does not lie within the parcel.
Use the search result menu to zoom to the extent of the selected parcels. For selection sets larger than 10, the application will zoom to the extent of the entire selection set not just the parcels showing in the side bar.. Use Show Results as Table to show the entire selection set in another page. Use the Export to Excel link to export the entire selection set to an excel document.
Clicking on the owner name, will open more information about the parcel.
Use the detail menu to perform functions about an individual selected parcel. You can zoom to the features extent, link to the property record card. Find adjoining parcels, and create an HTML report with a map.
The data is updated each weekday morning at 2am.
The last update date on the main screen will tell you the last date when the data was refreshed.
We run a batch process in order to get the data from the Tax System into the GIS system. This data is a snapshot of the data from the Tax system and may not reflect immediate changes.
Need meta data for the Parcels here...