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Granite County staff preview internal GIS viewer; public version to follow
Summary
County staff and Civic Lens demonstrated an internal geographic information system (GIS) viewer for county employees that consolidates parcel, zoning, floodplain and service-district information; commissioners were shown functionality and told a public-facing version is planned within weeks.
Granite County commissioners on Wednesday were shown a working internal version of a new GIS viewer developed by Civic Lens that consolidates county parcel data, zoning, floodplain layers and local service boundaries.
The county’s planning and information staff and Civic Lens developer Joe Rhodes demonstrated the web app and walked commissioners through search, layer toggles, property detail panels and measuring and printing tools. The internal build is intended for county staff; a public version will redact “sensitive information” but look and act similarly, Rhodes said.
The demonstration emphasized single-property lookups — by address, owner name, tax ID or geocode — that return a parcel panel with structure photos, law/fire/EMS districts, voting precincts, school and hospital district membership, and floodplain overlays. "Don't try to build a fence using the property lines on this — they're not that accurate," Rhodes said during the demo, referring to a standard GIS disclaimer the tool displays.
County staff said the viewer will help day‑to‑day inquiries at the treasurer and clerk and recorder’s offices and assist Linda in floodplain and planning work by pulling state-updated cadastral parcel data into the map. Commissioners asked about reporting and extraction functions; staff said more complex reporting (for example, a list of all county roads within a commissioner district) would be produced from ArcGIS or via off‑map data queries rather than the viewer's search interface.
Staff and Civic Lens said they used recent feedback from county users to tweak the interface; the demo followed a session with county planner Chad Lanus, Sarah Graham and others. Rhodes said the team plans to publish a public-facing version on the county website “probably within the month” after final edits and a disclaimer review.
Commissioners and staff discussed adding clearer disclaimer language so map layers do not imply county maintenance or an easement and agreed to limit the public version to Granite County data only. Staff said they will coordinate with Linda and Blaine on final language and on routine maintenance and updates tied to state cadastral updates.
The county did not take a formal vote on the application during the demonstration; staff said roll‑out and maintenance will be handled administratively.
