The US Census Bureau is asking local governments to help them to redefine their boundaries for more accurate census information. There WILL be differences between what you say the legal boundary is and what the Census Bureau has on file.

Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) is voluntary, but is strongly encouraged. So, why should local officials in your area respond to the BAS?

• Many municipalities have annexed area, correcting the boundaries should result in increased funding. The BAS has implications for the allocation of federal funds, and in some states, state funds as well.

Utilizing mobile computing technology, we are now testing our Tablet App to aid appraisers in locating properties and collecting data.

Reserve Modeler

The reserve modeler is a system consisting of software tools and techniques that allow the rapid analysis of coal reserves. This analysis can be used for numerous purposes:

• Property valuation
• Mineral Tax Reporting

• Mine Planning

Features

• Uses popular off the shelf software; ArcView, AutoCAD Map, and Surfer that you may already own.
• Quality and reserve data is stored in a relational database allowing for SQL analysis of the reserve data. (e.g. Show me reserves that are greater than 4 feet in thickness and less than 1% sulfur, and over 12500 BTU. These are dynamic queries, once the model is created, it can be analyzed and reused for any number of scenarios.

• Reporting both as tabular reports and thematic maps.

Data is Expensive even when it’s Free

There’s lots of “free” and inexpensive data out there, all you have to to is organize it.
Make it into maps and reports that make sense. For the Oil and Gas Professional you can find it online:

• Well Locations
• Well Logs
• Parcel Maps
• Parcel Ownership data
• Topographic Maps
• Roads Streets

• Aerial Photography

Mountain CAD created a WebMap for the City of Dunbar to provide citizens and businesses an interactive view of the city overlaid with zoning data.

The user can select any of 4 base maps including Google Streets, Aerials, or Terrain, and a USGS Topo map. Full zoom, pan functionality as well as identify and print support is included.

Technologies: GeoServer, OpenLayers, GeoExt, MapFish

See it live

The Dunbar Site

Eddie Young, Fayette County Assessor in conjunction with Mountain CAD will be doing a live demonstration of the Fayette Count Assessor Web Site on August 29th from 9:00 til 11:00. This presentation will be held at the Holiday Inn in Oak Hill, WV.

Fifteen West Virginia Counties and Growing

The County Information Portal

The Mountain CAD County Information Portal is a web-based application or Portal that allows users to search for Real Estate and/or Personal Property information contained in the WV County Assessor Integrated Assessment System (IAS).  This product can run internal to a courthouse or it can be a Web Page to allow users to do all manners of property research without coming to the courthouse.