Unprecedented Revaluation Successful

Some might say it couldn’t be done, but it was.  Using the latest remote sensing imaging tools, the most advanced mobile computing technology, and the expertise of professional commercial appraisers, over 5000 commercial properties were reviewed and value-confirmed or re-valued in just three weeks.  Six commercial appraisers met in Kansas City , Kansas , in February 2006 to review their assigned areas using GPS-enabled tablets with all the necessary GIS and CAMA data.  Then, working from their own desktops across the country, they used a Web application linking orthos, oblique aerial imagery, street-view images, GIS and CAMA data in order to confirm that the data was correct, and if not, correct it and calculate a new value on the server back in Kansas City.  The project included a software application which will allow the county to review and QC the work done.