March 2010

More scanned tax maps are being uploaded for 2010.  Keep checking the tax maps page for updates.

The CEAO Stormwater Conference was March 9-10.  Counties with a good GIS benefit in EPA's storm water management mandate.

February 2010

The GIS Informational Meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 18 at 9:00 am at the GIS Office has been postponed to Thursday, March 18 due to weather.

Updated tax map scans are online for Bellaire, Flushing and other areas.  Keep checking for updates.

Those who attended Jim Williams' session at the Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio Annual Conference recently know the name Israel Ludlow, one of the early Ohio surveyors.  Mr. Williams told me he has been asked to speak at the upcoming Land Records Conference in May.  He is writing a book on the early surveys, building on the works of Sherman, with which all Ohio surveyors are familiar.  His passion for knowledge and legend of those times seems unmatched.

The February OMEGA newsletter states that "Census forms will be in mail boxes starting March 15.  It is important for federal programs and legislative representation that every person is counted.  Please promote the Complete Count effort."

National Surveyors Week is coming up March 21-27.  It is promoted by the National Society of Professional Surveyors to protect and advance the surveying profession.  For a very good review of early surveying in Ohio , take a look at The Official Ohio Lands Book on the State Auditor's web site at http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/Publications/ (file is a 9 MB pdf).

January 2010

More 2009 scanned tax maps have been provided and uploaded to the GIS site for Pease, Pultney, Washington and Wayne Lots and Somerset Sections.  Updates for 2010 scans have begun, with uploads completed for Colerain and Union Sections and Union Lots.

At the OGRIP Forum January 25 we learned that there are no definite plans for a future statewide aerial project. Talks may resume in the Spring of 2011 to plan the next mission.  Previously it was expressed that the lesson learned from the first OSIP project was that half the state is too much to fly at once - quarters may be more manageable.  In the meantime, "OSIP1" pricing holds until the end of this fiscal year.  Belmont County received imagery in September, 2009 from the 2007 aerial mission once funding delays for QA/QC were overcome by the state.

Census forms are to be mailed in February and March.  Here is an interesting list of 50 ways that census data are used.  A recent NACo article mentioned announcements of broadband funding are delayed until late in February.

The Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio Annual Conference is coming up February 11-13 in Cincinnati.