Newly acquired Spring 2016 oblique, 360° aerial imagery is now accessible to the KGIS Maps audience. Acquired in the Spring of 2016 by the Knox County Property Assessor,  the EagleView - Pictometry imagery provides a fresh, updated look at our ever-changing Knoxville and Knox County landscape. (For example, Click here to compare the 2016 and 2014 images of the redesigned Fort Dickerson Park entrance.). To access the....READ MORE

 KGIS has updated all of the Printable PDF Maps on its website.  These new maps are simplified and easy to read.  They also contain clickable links to KGIS, Knoxville, Knox County, Knox County Schools, Farragut, and TN State Government websites.  For a more detailed view of a particular area on any given map, just click on the link to KGIS Maps below the map title!  Locate these free maps on the KGIS website by selecting Products>Hard Copy Maps>Ready Made PDF Maps, or Click Here. Please enjoy, and keep an eye out for new maps in the near future!

KGIS  upgraded its ArcGIS Server system this past weekend, moving to version 10.2.2 of that platform from version 10.  Because of certain architectural changes in how ArcMap interacts with map services, desktop users of ESRI's ArcGIS software may therefore experience "broken links" in the ArcMap documents (.mxd's) after the upgrade.  This mainly applies to aerial photography layers in your .mxd’s...CLICK HERE FOR MORE

MPC has recommended some changes to the FEMA Flood zones map on the KGIS viewers. Many people, even city and county staff cannot readily interpret what they see when they turn on the FEMA layers. To view the FEMA Flood Maps on KGIS Maps click here.

The KGIS Staff has created a web-based Topographic Contour Comparison Tool that will provide departments with a visual look at the different types, and vintages, of contour products being considered as a replacement and/or update to KGIS's aging Topographic Map. (now approaching 8 years old for the western half of Knox County). LiDAR data is a key ingredient to the Landbase Update program of KGIS, having been used for both the 2003 topographic map update (by Merrick) and the 2007-2010 update (by Sanborn). READ MORE