Most projects start with collecting basic information about the project site. Typically, one of the first places engineers and surveyors will go is a Geographic Information System (GIS) website.
You’ve probably heard of GIS, but may not know what it is. According to a major GIS software vendor, ESRI (http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis/overview#overview_panel):
A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.
GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.
Two popular GIS sites for getting information in Tennessee and Knoxville are:
- Knoxville GIS (KGIS) http://www.kgis.org/KGISMaps/Map.htm
- Tennessee Office for Information (OIR) GIS Services Property Viewer http://tnmap.tn.gov/assessment/
You can find a lot of mapping and data by using search terms like property owner name or street address.
If you have any questions about your property or project contact LandTech and we’d be happy to help. http://landtechco.com/home
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Dear Jay,
thanks for the shout-out; we appreciate any feedback from the surveying community, especially in regards to the Survey Control web sites..also, I thought I’d let you know that LandTech’s home page still has some old hyperlinks (to KGIS) that need to be updated to our newer KGIS Maps and home page…(it’s on the LINKS page of your website)…thought I’d let you know…
take care,
Keith
Keith,
Thanks for the feedback.
Keith,
Thanks for letting us know about the old links, they have been fixed. We use many different GIS mapping sites in the course of our work, and I have to say that KGIS is among the very best. We appreciate this great service!
Mike
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