Někdo zná dobrý zdroj pro parcelní polygony ve West Virginia?

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<\/HEAD>Mám všechna data PLSS pro okolní státy, ale WV má katastrální systém založený na starém metes and bounds. Mám polygony pro daňové okresy, ale potřebuji menší pododdělení, která si myslím, že jsou daňové parcely? Nemusí to být zdarma, ale chci to ve vektorovém formátu, žádné .tif obrázky starých naskenovaných map, a snažím se to mít všechno v jednom nebo několika velkých souborech, místo abych to dělal okres po okrese. Má někdo dobrý zdroj pro tyto? Díky moc!!<\/P><\/BODY><\/HTML>

Zeke · Answer

I used to have this data years ago in a previous job, but can't recall where I got it. Maybe we bought it. Anyway, what I was told is that WV used to have legal descriptions based on the old colonial days, e.g. '300 feet northwest of the big oak tree, then to the southern bend in Yancy Creek', or some such. This wasn't very accurate, and trees fall, streams move, etc. So at some point WV said screw it, measured all their parcels and said 'This is it'. I've been told by surveyors that other new England area states have/had the same problem.

SeanO_Brien · Answer

I can't say I'm familiar with West Virginia GIS Data, but from my experience, there isn't usually an all encompassing parcel dataset available. Counties are usually responsible for their own parcel data, and that's the source you'll usually need to go to. Even a state like Indiana, which has very robust and public GIS dataset isn't 100% inclusive (yet). Some counties don't want to give it up, and some counties are so small in population that they don't even have digital parcel data. There are some exceptions for a region having parcel data, such as the Minneapolis-Saint Paul region which has parcel data for the the 7 county metro area.

I hope someone here can point you in a better direction, but it unfortunately may come down to going county-by-county to get the data you want.