County unveils upgraded GIS site that links aerials, parcel records and elevation tools
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The board received a demo of a new GIS mapping website — deployed by Civic Vanguard — that links assessment data, multiple aerial-photo years, parcel search and elevation/measurement tools for staff and the public.
Charlotte County staff and the county’s new GIS vendor demonstrated a redesigned public GIS website that links parcel data, assessment records, historical aerial imagery and high-resolution elevation tools.
Jamie Christiansen, founder of Civic Vanguard, showed features including name or address search, parcel zoom, assessment-card links, historical aerial layers (2002–2022), measurement and drawing tools and centimeter-level elevation profiles useful for grading and site selection. Christiansen said the current aerials are 2022 imagery supplied by the state; the state performs county flyovers every three to five years through 9‑1‑1 funding and the next flyover is expected within months.
Staff said the assessment data feed is updated quarterly for parcel boundary changes and annually for assessment values. The new site has been live for about four weeks and is linked from the Charlotte County website; users can export PDFs of property information. Board members and staff praised the site’s usability and topographic tools for engineering and planning work.
The vendor asked for user feedback and said the company will maintain the site and accept suggestions for improvements.