Welcome to the Swain County Property Appraiser Mapping Application help document.

The following topics are covered:

Navigation Tools

Searching Options

  1. Owner Name
  2. Parcel Number
  3. Location Address

Results

Navigation Tools

Zoom in on click:  When this button is clicked the map will zoom in at a fixed extent.

Zoom out on click:  When this button is clicked the map will zoom out at a fixed extent.

:  Click this icon to make it the active tool.  Then click on the map or drag a box around the area you would like to zoom to.

Pan:  Clicking the Pan  icon will allow you to click-n-drag the map to reposition the current view.

Zoom to Full Extent:  Clicking on the globe, will zoom out to the view the whole county.

Zoom To Previous:  Click this icon to return to the previous extent of the map.

Identify:  When you want to display parcel information you must first click the Identify icon , then click the desired parcel. A snapshot of the parcel data for the selected parcel will be displayed on the right.

Clear Features:  Click this icon to clear selections or mark ups on the map.

Print Map:  Click this icon to print the map.

 

 

Search Options

There are 3 ways to search from the mapping interface. To change the searching option select the desired option by clicking on the Search By option.

The default option is to search by Owner Name

Enter the desired owners name in the text box. After typing the first 4 letters of the name the Results section will open and a grid will appear with results that update until you are finished typing.

 

If you would like to search by Parcel Number, click on Parcel Number. You will see the text to the left of the text box change from Owner Name to Parcel Number.

Enter the desired Parcel Number in the text box. After typing the first 8 numbers of the Parcel ID the Results section will open and a grid will appear with results that update until you are finished typing.

 

To change the searching option to Location Address. Click on Location Address.

Enter the desired Address or Street Name in the text box. After typing in the first 4 characters of the address the Results section will open and a grid will appear with results that update until you are finished typing.

 

 

Results

Once you have typed your values into the search box, you will see the following Grid.


Selecting Zoom To will zoom the map to the selected parcel and open up the Parcel Information Table.

Selecting Open will open a PDF file for printing.