The Knox County Register of Deeds Office has provided KGIS (and KNOXnetWhere) users with new "hyperlink" tools which provide access to recorded deed documents. By integrating the Registers' computerized imaging system with the Knox County Property Assessor's database (hosted on KGIS), users are provided with a map-based entry point to recorded deeds (from which some of mapped parcel boundaries are derived). For more information on how to access the new hyperlinks, click here.

Due to some recent software changes by the Knox County Codes Department, MPC's translation of the County permit data into the KGIS database has been temporarily halted until the translation/standardization routines can be re-engineered. In the meanwhile, City and Farragut permits continue to be added to the KGIS database on their regular monthly basis. (The MPC permit information is available for viewing via the KNOXnetWhere? Development Activity theme). For more information, click here.

Google Maps has implemented the "Street View" capability that allows users to virtually drive the streets of Knoxville from the comfort of their personal computer...now if we could get Google to do something about those gas prices. Click here for an example image (showing KGIS's office at 606 Main Street).

Google Maps has implemented the "Street View" capability that allows users to virtually drive the streets of Knoxville from the comfort of their personal computer...now if we could get Google to do something about those gas prices. Click here for an example image (showing KGIS's office at 606 Main Street).

KGIS has created another map theme within its KNOXnetWhere mapping site specifically for display of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24000 scale topographic maps (also known as the 7.5-minute quadrangles). Within the theme, users will be able to display current-day KGIS features (such as parcel boundaries) on top of the USGS quads, which continue to be a great cartographic reference even though they have not been updated since the early 1990s, when the USGS 1:24000 program ended. For access to other historic USGS maps covering other areas of East Tennessee, visit the Univ. of Tennessee Map Library's Online Topographic Resource.