Local - McLean County GIS Map Server "Open For Business!"

The McLean County GIS has just released the "beta" on-line mapping application that will provide citizens of the McLean County access to geographic data and mapping capabilities, that to this point has only been available to governmental bodies. According to Mike Ireland, City of Bloomington Township Assessor -

The McLean County GIS consortium's public web site has the most up-to-date mapping information available for McLean County, and the good news is it's FREE!

The McLean County GIS Internet Map Server site (click here) will allow you to look at spatially referenced data. When using it, you can click on layers such as streets, buildings, and subdivision boundaries, to name a few. Some map features display automatically and will turn on and off depending on how far you are zoomed in or out on the map. According to Mike Ireland's email, these are are some of the highlights and details;

• A fully interactive interface that allows you the user to be in control of how your map will look.
• Search by address or parcel number (with or without dashes)
• Each parcel can be directly linked to a public record by using the "See Related" links in the upper right corner
• Deeded acreage if available is displayed as DEED_AC. When not available COMPUTED FT can be used. COMPUTED FT is a computer generated calculation based on drawn line work. COMPUTED FT should be considered to have an error of +/- 2%
• By selecting the layer list, color aerial photos, building foot prints, and many other attributes can be displayed.
• You will notice some layers come on or off just by using the zoom tool.
• Printing maps to a PDF is a snap and they can even be emailed if required.

So what's the bad news? You will notice there are no lot dimensions on these maps.

The Good news is they will be appearing soon, ( 4-6 weeks).

For now, the McLean Co. GIS site is being hosted privately. This limits what data and tools we can offer.

The GIS consortium would like you to try the site "as is" and let us know you thoughts, what you like, and what you'd like to see improved. This is a work in progress but the basics are as you see them and use them.

By mid summer, the Consortium should be hosting the maps on our own server.

When we make the transition to an in-house hosted server more attributes and functionality can be added. Until then enjoy using this really powerful and wonderful tool.

If you have any questions feel free to contact: Michael Ireland, CAE Assessor , COBT 607 S Gridley, Ste A Bloomington, IL 61701 309-828-6016

How can I learn to use the maps? We recommend looking at the following prior to launching a map: Quick tutorial or help system (This and more help is also available within the application.) The McLean County Geographic Information System (McGIS) is a cooperative effort of a number of local government agencies with the common goal of providing better information with less duplication of effort. Through cooperative resource management McLean County GIS is developing a county-wide geographic information system to better serve the public and to aid in many local government decision making processes. Appraisal , Real Estate , Appraiser , Blog , Technology ,Bloomington , McLean , Regulation , Illinois , Realtor , Home Inspection , GPS