Geographical Information Systems

City of Columbia Geographical Information Systems

In 1988 Boone County was selected as one of two counties nationwide to serve as a test site for the U.S. Census Bureau “TIGER” file. Working with the Census Bureau, the TIGER street files were used to form the basis of the City of Columbia's first GIS application in 1989.

On April 22, 1997, the City entered into an agreement with the County of Boone and Boone Electric Cooperative to share the costs and expenses of developing and implementing geographic databases that would allow each entity to more efficiently use and deliver parcel-based data. The GIS Consortium agreement provided for the conversion of the tax assessment parcel maps into a GIS digital format associated with the property assessment database. The Public Works Department contracted to have digital topography and planimetric databases created from the Boone County Assessor’s digital orthophotos.

The City of Columbia continues to develop and integrate new sources of GIS information and to acquire high quality digital aerial photography.

GIS Resources	Links to on-line maps, GIS data and digital aerial photography for Columbia and Boone County
GIS Data	City of Columbia GIS and Google Earth files available for download.
Comments & Suggestions	We appreciate hearing about the types of maps and GIS data that you find useful and would like to see made available on this site.

City of Columbia Geographical Information Systems

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