Enhancing Parcel Exploration with Historical Images and Information

www.CityMaps.Phila.Gov/ParcelExplorer

Enhancing Parcel Explorationwith Historical Images and Information

Joan Decker, City of Philadelphia Department of Records

Megan Heckert, Avencia Incorporated

ESRI User Conference 2007 June 21st 2007

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Background

• Established 1951 to ensure that municipal records are appropriately controlled and managed

• Set records management standards for all City departments

• Manages key records operations and services: City Archives, Records Storage Center, Recorder of Deeds, central reprographic services

• Manages public access to municipal records

• Official tax registry

• Collects realty transfer taxes and document recording fees

• Maintains real property database and tax maps

City of Philadelphia, Department of Records

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Background

• Nearly 600,000 parcels in city

• 5,500 linen registry maps

• Converted to digital format

Goals for new system:

• Public access

• Easy search by address or registry number

• Maintain annotation from registry maps

ParcelExplorer

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Parcel Explorer Start Page

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Historic Maps – Hexamer Locher 1860

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Parcel Histories – Parent/Child Relationships

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What has this meant for DOR and system users?

Users:

• Enables easy access to parcel-level data

• Incorporates information from several agencies

• Access to historic information

DOR:

• Streamlined record-keeping

• Minimized time spent dealing with basic parcel inquiries

• Several hundred subscribers = several thousand dollars revenue in first few months

ParcelExplorer

www.CityMaps.Phila.Gov/ParcelExplorer

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ESRI User Conference 2007 June 21st 2007