Franklin County Auditor's: GEOSpatial Technologies
The Franklin County Auditor's Geographic Information System (GIS) was launched in February 1987 and has evolved into a suite of GeoSpatial Technologies leveraged by the office to answer complexed geographically based questions. The goal of the Auditor's GIS is to create a single source of digital data, containing both mapped and tabular information, captured from an accurate base map.
The important and time-consuming task of appraising each of the 430,000 parcels of real estate within the county is an ongoing process that demands extensive information management capabilities provided by various GeoSpatial Technologies managed by the Auditor's office.
These GeoSpatial Technologies enhance the appraisal process by greatly increasing the auditor's information storage, retrieval, inventory and analysis capabilities, ultimately resulting in equalized taxation for the taxpayers of Franklin County.
These same technologies are accessible by the public in a variety of ways but most notably through the Auditor's Property Search site where users can access up to date and complete mapping and tabular information for each property within the county, a comprehensive aerial photography library dating back to the early 2000s, and our interactive street level photography known as StreetSmart.
While the primary focus of these technologies is to support the appraisal of real property the number of uses go beyond the core mission of the Auditor. Many of the datasets used by Auditor staff are provided for download on a nightly basis and can be leveraged by other county agencies, local governments, private industry and citizens alike.