Anderson County

Geographic Information Systems

Online Mapping

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Data is updated daily.

Use Ctrl+F5 to make sure that you have the latest version of the map viewer

Basic Navigation

  • Drag to pan
  • SHIFT + Click to recenter
  • SHIFT + Drag to zoom in
  • SHIFT + CTRL + Drag to zoom out
  • Mouse Scroll Forward to zoom in
  • Mouse Scroll Backward to zoom out
  • Use Arrow keys to pan
  • SHIFT + Double Click to Center and Zoom in
  • Click to Identify Features
  • + key to zoom in a level
  • - key to zoom out a level

Toolbar

Click on the Zoom In tool on the toolbar and then drag a rectangle of area where you want to zoom.

Clicking on the Zoom Out Button allows you to draw a box on the map and the map will zoom out by the ratio of the extent of the box to the extent of the map.

Click on the Pan tool on the toolbar and then click on the map to move in the direction you want to go. You move the mouse in the opposite way from the direction that you want to go, so if you want to move the map east you click on the right part of the map and drag your mouse left, moving the map right.

Clicking on the Zoom Full Button zooms the map out to extent of the county.

Clicking on the Zoom Previous Button zooms the map to your previous extent.

Clicking on the Zoom Next Button zooms the map to your Next extent if you had previously clicked the Previous button.

Clicking on the Clear Button, clears all the map graphics on the map and removes any search results that you may have had in the Report or Results window.

Clicking on the Print Button brings up the print dialog. (See printing topic for more details)

Click on the Identify Tool on the toolbar and then click on the location on the map where you want to find GIS data. The Identify results appear on the left panel, in the Report window.

*In order to identify features on the map the layers need to be turned on.

  • Click on the Streetview Tool in the toolbar to activate the tool.
  • Click on the map near a road
  • The application will then translate the map coordinates on the Anderson County Map to Lattitude/Longitude and pass the infomration to Google Street View in a new tab
  • If the location has Street View images they will appear on the new tab.
  • If the page is blank, then most likely the location is not in the street view database.

Google Street View

Note: For most roads in the county Google has created streetview images. However not all roads have been driven. If the dialog window comes up with a blank image then you may have to select a new location.

Clicking on this tool will open a dialog that allows you to measure an area or a distance.

Measurement Tool
  • Choose your Tool (Area or Distance)
  • From the drop down menu on the right select the output units you would like. The default is feet.
  • Start by clicking on the map
  • Double click on the map when you want to finish.
  • To delete the last point you made hit the ESC button on your keyboard.
  • You can change the unit of measurement when you have completed the shape and the tool will display the new unit of measurement below

Printing

*If no features are selected in the map, the print dialog will only show you the print layouts available that do not include a data report

If you have a selected feature in the map and that feature type has a report, in this case Parcels, then the print dialog will display both the standard print layout without a report and the print layouts with a report.

  • Enter a title, choose a layout format and output format
  • The map scale is set to the current scale of the map.
  • All print reports will open in another tab, so you need to have popup blockers diabled for this site. Please see the documentation for the browser that you are using to determine how to enable popups.
  • The default output format for the print layout is PDF

Searching for Information

Basic Searches

parcel search

The Webviewer's primary focus is looking up parcel information, so the initial search panel's first two searches are targeted to look for parcels by the most common information items: Owner Name and TMS Number.

The third search allows you to search for a street.

The last search allows you to search by an address.

  • The Address search initially searches our system's E911 Addresses
  • Once a single address is found or selected, it will then search for the parcel where the E911 Address is located
  • If there are multiple records found in the E911 Address search, you will need to select the one you want.
  • It is possible that all of the Address Points are located on the same parcel.

Advance Search Tab

The Webviewer's primary focus is looking up parcel information, so the Advanced search panel is targeted to look for parcels using some of the other more common fields in our GIS System.

Notes

  • Market Value is a numeric field, so please do not use characters in the search

Bookmark Search Tab

The bookmark tab is designed to allow you to navigate the map by zooming to a place like a subdivision or a township.

We have set up a search for a Tax Map Grid and a search for a subdivision

In the subdivision search, you can narrow your search by the type of subdivision (residential subdivision, mobile home park, etc. )

The subdivision search uses auto complete functionality to search the database. It begins after you type in the first three letters of the name. The control will search for any subdivision containing whatever you typed into the textbox.

Query Builder Tab

The Query Builder tab allows advanced user to search on a selected set of information items in our GIS System.

  • You select the layer that you want
  • The field you want
  • And the value you want
  • You can search on multiple fields by hitting the "AND" or the "OR" button and changing your field and value
  • Use the ">>>" button to insert the field/value combination into the query builder's text area
  • You can also write the where clause yourself by typing the where clause into the text area
  • The county uses a Microsoft SQL Server database, so the SQL Statement should comply with T-SQL.

Search Results Panel

Once you execute a search, the search results will display in the Results Panel.

  • Only 1000 records can be selected at a time
  • You can export the records to a csv by clicking on the excel icon in the search results toolbar
  • For parcels, we have formatted the results in a simplified manner, so to see all the data items for a parcel you'll need to click on the details link
  • For other data, the results will be presented as a grid
  • You can view the records as a grid dialog that displays in a modal window by clicking on the grid tool in the search results toolbar
  • If only one record is found, the application will display the details panel by default

Details Panel

The details panel display a single record in the database with all the fields

  • You can either use the search tools or the identify tools to view records in the details panel
  • If you are using the identify tool and you select more than one data item, the panel will have navigation buttons on the top of the panel to let you go through each record that you selected
  • All results have a zoom to button and the feature will be highlighted on the map
  • All results also have a clear button that clear the search results and the detail panel (this is the same as clicking on the clear button on the main toolbar)
  • For a few layers, we allow you to buffer the feature and search for parcels that meet the criteria of the buffer (see buffer tool below)
  • For Parcels, we also have an Adjoiners tool that will select all the parcels that touch the selected parcel

Buffer Tool

Clicking on the buffer button in the details window, will bring up a dialog to allow you to search by a distance from the selected feature.

  • Parcels will be selected by the distance that you choose
  • To narrow the results, you can choose to add more search criteria such as market value range, owner's name, etc.
  • The buffer polygon will show as long as the buffer dialog remains open
  • The buffer dialog uses a JQuery Dialog control. It is not modal and can be moved around to wherever you want so that you can refine your search multiple times if you want

Map Layers

You can change the basemap by clicking on the basemap buttons on the top right corner of the map.

These layers are always the bottom layer in the map

You can turn on and off any other layer in the map by using the table of contents panel.

For some layers, we allow you to adjust the transparency of the layer. Just use the slider bar to make the layer more or less transparent.

A legend will display below the item in the table of contents

To see the legend without all the other control items, choose the legend panel in the Layers Tab

Browser Support

This website is compatible with the following browsers:
  • Chrome icon Chrome
  • Firefox icon Firefox
  • Safari icon Safari 3+
  • Internet Explorer icon Internet Explorer 10+

Requirements
  • Javascript must be enabled
  • For Printing and Exporting data you must allow popups for this site

About Map Viewer

This site is written using ESRI's Javascript API for ArcGIS Server.

The site was designed by:

Highland Mapping Inc.
Banner Elk, NC 28604
828-898-7720