GIS 225 - GIS Applications for Tax Assessors (4 CR.)

Provides an introduction to the use of GIS in the local government tax assessment process. Students learn to apply common GIS technical skills to property valuation and the defense of assessed values. This course also teaches how to create spatial queries, produce maps, generate statistics, manipulate tabular data, use charts, and employ other technical skills in major topic areas including special regulations, ratio studies, comparable sales, and parcel data development and maintenance. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 5 hours per week.