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Procedure for Using Property View Images in Toolkit

Last Modified: 07/25/2008

Important: Property View is authorized for use in conservation planning. Printing maps with property data is OK. Do not distribute digital data.

Load Property View Data onto your Computer Workstation

  • Browse to F:Geodata\government_units
  • Right-click on the cnty2004 file, and click Copy
  • Browse to C:Geodata, and create a new folder called government_units
  • Right-click, and paste the cnty2004 file into the government_units folder

Add Tax Data to the View

  • Click the Add Data button
  • Browse to the Property View Database (C:Geodata\government_units\cnty2004\DATABASE\cnty2004.shp)
  • Click Add

Identify the Tax Map Number for a Particular Location

  • Open ArcMap in Toolkit, as usual
  • In the Table of Contents at the left, drag the cnty2004 layer to the top of the layers
  • Click the Identify button
  • Click on the cnty2004 point falling within the location of interest
  • Make note of the map number

Add the Tax Map Image File for the Corresponding Tax Map

  • Click the Add Data button
  • Browse to the Property View IMAGE files (C:Geodata\government_units\cnty2004\IMAGES)
  • Select the .tif image that corresponds with the map number
  • Click Add

Set the Tax Map Image Layer Properties

  • Right-click on the tax map image layer
  • Select Properties, click the Symbology tab
  • Under Show, click Unique Values
  • Double-click on the black color patch
  • Choose a bright color (white, green, red...)
  • Double-click the white color patch
  • Choose No Color
  • Click OK

Search for Tax Map Location using the Owner Name

  • Right-click on the cnty2004 database layer
  • Left-click on Open Attribute Table
  • Click Options > SQL Select by Attributes
  • In the Fields window, double-click on OWNNAME1
  • Click the '=' button
  • Under Unique Values, double-click on the owner's name (refresh the Unique Values choice list by clicking the Get Unique Values button)
  • Click the Apply button
  • Zoom to the selected feature (Click on Zoom In tool, then drag a small box around the highlighted feature). Using the Advanced GIS setting, click the Selection menu, Zoom to Selected Feature

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