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Geo-History Symposium Philadelphia

Department of Records
GIS and Parcel Mapping:
Georeferencing, Edgematching
and Annotation

December 2005
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City Environment
 Commitment to GIS

 Infrastructure

 Policies

 Standard Software – ESRI product line

 Facilitates the Exchange of Data among City Agencies

Parcel Layer – Accuracy / Quality
 Scanned

 Geo-referenced
 Orthophotography

 Control Points

 Edge-matched
 Seamless Integration of Map Sheets

 Expanded ability to scroll across entire City

 Increases usability

 Annotated

 Engineering Accuracy Preserved

Typical DOR Parcel Registry Map
More than 4,800 Maps Tile Across Philadelphia
3 Parcel Registry Maps Located in Tile 14
Georeferencing 3 Individual Parcel Maps

Area of Parcel Map Overlap

Georeferencing with Orthophotography
1. Curb lines are extracted from orthophotos
2. Scanned parcel maps are scaled and rotated to line up with curb lines
Another Perspective on Georeferencing
Pre Edgematching and DPR
Post Edgematching and DPR
Scanned Parcel Registry Map
Existing GIS Parcel Features
Parcel Features Viewed with Annotation
Highly Accurate Parcel Layer as Citywide Base Map

Department of
Records
GIS Parcel Layer
Parcel Maps Leveraged by Applications

 Internet Parcel Explorer

 Photo Archives

 Culture Browser
 Thank You!

City of Philadelphia
Department of Records

Acknowledgement
M&M Solutions LLC