Using the Elko County GIS WEB Service

Using the Elko County GIS WEB Service

SKIP TUTORIAL ? GO TO ELKO COUNTY GIS WEB

? Disclaimer the Elko County GIS WEB Service is intended for informational purposes only. The map does not represent a survey. It is compiled from official records, including surveys and deeds. Legally recorded documents should be used for detailed legal information.

? Opening Page ? shows a map of Elko County and surrounding area. It contains tools that allow further exploration of the county.

Use these tools to customize the view (use explained below)

Use these buttons to explore Elko County, (use explained below)

Incremental Zoom In

Zoom In/Zoom Out Slider

Incremental Zoom Out

Reset to North Orientation

Move Map N, S, E, or W Rotate Map, Click and Drag

Zoom to Extents

? Button Usage

Left-Click the Button to reveal a list of options or enter a search parameter.

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Left-Click this button to select a basemap. The default is the latest aerial imagery.

Imagery Captured in 2010 (default) Imagery Captured in 2006 24K, 100K, or 250K USGS Quad Maps (scale dependent) Small Scale Landform Map

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Left-Click this button to select an area of interest. Map will zoom to the extent of the

selected feature.

Drop-Down allows selection of a Town/City (alphabetical order).

Drop-Down allows selection of a Subdivision (alphabetical order), not all subdivisions are mapped.

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Left-Click to open search input box.

Click to Search by Parcel Number (nine digits only). Click to Search by Address. Click to Search by Township, Range, and Section.

Book #

Parcel #

Appraiser Parcel Number = 001 001 001

Page/Block #

? Entering a 9 digit number will zoom the map to that one particular parcel. Only one parcel is assigned to any given parcel number.

? Entering a 6 digit number will zoom the map to all of the parcels that are located on that Book and Page/Block.

Place Cursor in the input box Type a 6/9 digit number Click Search or press Enter

Place Cursor in the input box Type the desired address Click Search or press Enter

Hint ? if you receive an error message loosen the input parameter, leave the street type (Ave, St, Ct,....) out of the name, you can also type just the first few letters of the road name. A Search for "550 Court St" can be found by entering "550 Court" or "550 Co". The inherent search parameters are not very strict so don't limit yourself if the first search doesn't give the desired result.

Place Cursor in the input box Type Township, Range, and Section in the appropriate box Click Search or press Enter key

The "N" in Township and "E" in the Range input boxes must be included for the search to work. Hint ? sections 1 thru 9 must be entered as 01 thru 09 in the Section input box.

? Map View Customization Tools ? can be used to change how the map window looks.

Toggle the visibility of the Map Legend

Toggle the visibility of Bookmarks

Toggle the visibility of the Overview Map

(Appears in the lower right had corner)

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The Map Legend defines how layers are shown in the map. It allows the user to change the visibility of a layer. A in the box indicates that the layer is on and should be visible in the map. A

grayed legend item indicates that the layer state cannot be changed due to the current scale of the map.

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Bookmarks allow the user to create and go to custom bookmarks. To add a Bookmark ? place the cursor in the input box Type a name for the Bookmark Click the

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To go to a saved Bookmark Click the saved name To delete all Bookmarks Click Clear

? Obtaining Parcel Information ? parcel data for each mapped parcel in Elko County can be viewed through the Elko County GIS WEB Service. The data that will be shown is the same that is available from the Elko County Assessor Real Property Inquiry page. o To view the data you will have to zoom or search to the parcel of interest.

The blue outline indicates a selected parcel

Select the parcel of interest by Left-Clicking on it with the cursor. After selection the parcel will be repositioned to the center of the map. o Hover the cursor over the selected (cyan) parcel. A box showing attributes of the parcel will appear. Click the Link: Elko County Assessor Information

The Parcel Detail page from the Assessor Inquiry page will be shown. It has all of the functionality inherent to the Assessor page.

o Using Images in a Document o This tutorial assumes that the user has the Microsoft Snipping Tool and MS Word. o A snipping tool for Windows XP can be found on the Internet. o The explains how to put an image in a MS Word document, but can be used to put an image in about any modern windows application that allow copy and paste.

o Use the Elko County GIS Web to zoom to a parcel of interest.

Snipping Tool

o The Snipping Tool available from the Assessories Folder in the start menu. In this case we will use the Snipping Tool to capture the Elko County Courthouse block and place it in a word document. The procedure shown will be standard for Microsoft programs and should work in most 3rd party programs that allow Cut and Paste.

o Click the Snipping Tool

Click and Hold Drag a box to the

Green Arrow

o The result should look something like this.

o Click anywhere on the image o Press Ctrl + c (copy) o Open a Word document

o Click in the document and Press Crtl + v (paste). The image has been pasted in to the document The Snipping Tool was used cut and paste all of the images you see in this tutorial.

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