Franklin shire Ohio, Auditor Joe Te...

Franklin shire Ohio, Auditor Joe Testa is working with officials from other local sway agencies to streamline the acquisition of data and enhance the existing database of the Columbus GIS.

The GIS consists of 2371 aerial photographs, planimetric maps, appraisal maps and two-foot contour maps. Built and maintained by way of the auditor's real estate assessment store it contains 69 data layers including roads rivers, buildings and parcel values. Beginning in January 1995 the auditor's office made the entire GIS database available in succession CD-ROM, and both the public and private sectors await each quarterly release.

This is an important task in a shire of more than a million residents, 540 square miles and approximately 350000 parcels of real estate. The shire which grows an average of 5000 to 8000 parcels through year, was the first in the state to begin mass producing this information for public-use access.