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