Unfortunately, Pictometry's project manager, Jim Kanaley, has informed KGIS staff that its LiDAR mission on behalf of KGIS and KUB is still only 70% complete as of today, April 14, 2015. Therefore, considering the high level of "leaf-on" conditions, which adversely affect the accuracy of the end product, KGIS has called for a suspension to the project. The LiDAR mission had called for flying all of Knox County and KUB's service area outside of Knox County at a precision to support generation of 2 foot contours. Read More...

The planned ArcGIS Server upgrade for this upcoming weekend (March 28-29, 2015) has been canceled to allow for further testing and adjustments to existing code.

KGIS staff have recently identified a mission-critical application that is using web services hosted on KGIS.ORG, but which has not been fully tested.  Therefore, it is important that the upgrade task be delayed in order to assess the impact.  A new revised upgrade schedule will be released later (and posted onto this site.) READ MORE..

KUB has recently added a new interactive Construction Projects map that highlights the utility's large construction projects (those having a scheduled duration of two weeks or greater). The map separates out each project according to the utility type (water, sewer, gas or electric), and allows one to "click" on the map to retrieve more details about each. For News Release, click here. 

From the Boyd Harvey House nestled deep in the southwest corner of the county to the Arnweyn House that stands a stone’s throw from the Holston River, Knox County is home to many antebellum structures, sites, and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new theme in the KGIS Maps website—powered by data compiled by MPC staff—makes finding those historic places as easy as clicking a mouse. MORE..

Now that HTML5 has become more widely supported, Google has announced a timeline for their discontinued support for Microsoft's Silverlight plug-in.  This will take place in 3 phases over the next 9 months with support being completely removed by September 2015.  Click here to see how KGIS plans to adjust to the upcoming changes.