ncboman-

[LampLighter]

I don't get the Acme Mapping link you provided. I go to it, but all it seems to be is info about the program. How do I actually GO TO the map to start using it ??????

[ncboman]

It's kind of aggrevating because you have to start anew each visit but well worth the effort, esp the hybrid, topo, and mapnik features.

try this link;

http://mapper.acme.com/

otherwise type Acme Mapper 2.0 into google and go from there.

let me know if it works for you now.

btw, you can remove the box by clicking the spinning globe and bring it back up by doing the same. Click the 'mark' feature in the box to mark a spot. Notice the gps coordinates change as you move around. You can pinpoint locations this way from your gps or from the map. Great feature. You'll figure out the features with use.

:)

[LampLighter]

Yes, it works. Very awsome. Put it in my favorites.

[Bushman]

NCB, a terrific map site to be sure. I spent 2.5 hours this morning "exploring" my hunting areas via the seat of my pants. I have not figured out how to get a specific way point for a specific spot from the map and I'm not sure that it can even do that. I can get close by moving the map left/right/up/down to where the + is and marking that spot, just not fine tuning it from there. Thanks for that link.

[Twanger]

Very nice NC. I've been using other mappers, but this one is very good.

Here's a couple...

http://www.flashearth.com/

http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/

[venado]

The Acme mapper and the NOAA are both using the same "sattelite" pictures. The detail of Google Earth is far superior in an area where I hunt and live. I don't know how it is in other areas. It seems to me that GE does about everything a hunter would want with one exception which is calculate acreage which can be done with Acme. It wasn't immediately clear to me if you can draw lines (fences/roads) or hunting spots on your map with the map programs, but it is very easy with GE.

[ncboman]

let you guys in on a little secret, but doan go tellin everbody.

You can go to any county public access website (at least in NC) and access maps of parcels and easily look up who pays the taxes on any property.

as an example I'll post my county links;

Chowan County (http://www.chowancounty-nc.gov/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={A4158BC9-9E35-47F0-B1AD-859F43ED14F8})

click on GIS Online

GIS Online (http://www2.undersys.com/choweb/chowan.html)

and a zoomable map appears where the info can be obtained.

Game wardens use this on a laptop when checking for written permission by matching the name on the permission slip with the name of the taxpayer of property he observes a hunter on.

most useful for obtaining permission and knowing property lines. :cool:

;)

[Rock Chuck]

Idaho seems to work differently. I've been trying to find the owner of a small parcel across a canal from me. The public records just take me in circles and I finally got to a page that said to go to the court house and look.

[ncboman]

I was wondering if the GIS property tax system applies to every state but I haven't got that far into it yet.

I get snail mail from timber companies about some property I have in another county and wondered how they knew. Now I'm pretty sure they use the tax info. In that respect I'm not sure I like it or not. :rolleyes:

[Bushman]

Rock Chuck I think that is how WI. works too. The Register Of Deeds for the county has all that information available. A plat book is a big help too and any library has those for the local area. They don't give addresses though, so some detective work is called for. With all the information available today, it is near impossible to hide. They had a piece on the news last night where an electronics guru tried to cover his tracks and hide for a year and he couldn't do it.

[venado]

ncboman, in my first attempt I didn't find the GIS info here in TX at the county level. It may be that I don't know where to look but I suspect that we simply are not that "digital" yet.:mad:

[dave-t.]

My wife and I poured through our county's website until we were able to pull up our plat layout and was able to print it off. It was a cheap fix for a little property dispute we were having.