Appalachian Ohio Geospatial Data Partnership Launches
Parcel Projects in Noble and Guernsey Counties
The Appalachian Ohio Geospatial Data Partnership (AOGDP) is pleased to announce that parcel data is now available online for Noble and Guernsey Counties.
The projects were made possible by AOGDP formed in partnership by Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District (BH-HVRDD) the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) and the Voinovich School at Ohio University.
“The Appalachian Partnership is a 15-county cooperative Geographic Information Systems group that works to level the playing field and bring Southeastern Ohio to the forefront of GIS in Ohio,” said Buckeye Hills Development Director Bret Allphin, GISP, who is also certified in GIS services. “The Noble and Guernsey projects were selected first because of the expanded activity related to ongoing shale and petroleum explorations taking place in the counties.”
Jim Mercer has been working with the land records research specialists from the shale industry for over twelve months. “This GIS parcel layer is in high demand in Guernsey County. Thanks to the AOGDP, the online parcel data is a reality,” said Mercer, Guernsey County GIS Coordinator. “Although Guernsey County relies on the MWCD to update the parcel layer on an annual basis, we are working toward the establishment of a county updated, authoritative GIS cadastral layer. I am engaged with the Partnership to make this happen.”
The cadastral layer maps commonly include details of ownership, precise location, GPS coordinates,
the dimensions, area, and the cultivations (if rural) of individual parcels of land.
The Noble viewer can be accessed at www.bhgis.org/nobleparcel.
The Guernsey viewer can be accessed at www.bhgis.org/guernseyparcel.
To learn more about the AOGDP, visit www.geospatialpartnership.org.
