Creating Common Interest Community Maps

Jeffery J. Jensen, PEUNLV College of Civil Engineering

Outline

• Future in GIS

• Goals

• Problems

• Solutions

• Outcome/Results

• Discuss various GIS tips along the way

Future in GIS

• Continue Growth in Web Services– ArcIMS and ArcMap– MapGuide and AutoCAD (not there)– Web Map Services (WMS)

• MapServer by UMN• ArcMap and AutoCAD Map connections

– Google Map/Earth – KML• “To release is to choose” Hristo Deshev

– Ongoing development cycle

Future – ArcIMS and ArcMap

Future – ArcIMS and ArcMap• www.esri.com/imssites• Must publish ArcIMS

services through the web• Where 2.0 Video:

Google/ESRI Keynote http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/05/where-20-video-googleesri-keyn.html

Goals• Help identify all encumbrances on a parcel

– Deeds, Plats and Title Reports– Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions

(CC&Rs)– Bylaws of the Homeowners Associations

• Identify boundaries of Common Interest Communities– Master Homeowners Association, Sub-

associations

The Players• Ombudsman’s Office• Secretary of State• Business License• Neighborhood Services• Property Managers• Public Works• Recorders and Assessors• Enforcement• Realtors

Problems - Tabular• No Common Names or ID

– Plat – Subdivision Map– SOS Entity Name– Developer’s marketing name of neighborhood– Business License, DBA– NV Real Estate Division (RED)– Realtors, MLS

• Disconnected Databases– No common relate field between databases

Problems - Spatial• No Physical Address

• Plat Map = HOA Boundary– Not Always– One HOA but Many Subdivision Units

• Master Association and Sub

Solutions - Tabular• Create Index

– GLVAR• MLS database

– AssocName, Subdivision1, Subdivision2 fields

– NVSOS.gov• Business Entity Search

– SOS Entity# (Corporation#), URL, Resident Agents Address fields

• Standarized ID – SOS Entity#

Solutions - Spatial• Sub-associations Polygon Layer

• Create using Assessor Parcels and MLS, SOS and RED databases

• Subdivision – dissolve based on ADTYPE and/or PCLSUBD

• Master Associations• Create by dissolving Sub-association Polygon Layer• RED database has Excel spreadsheet relating Parent to

Child

• GLVAR• MLS database

– Create point layer using Lat/Long– APN field, join with Assessor Parcels point layer– Address Matching with SCL

Solutions – Creation & Edits• Option 1: Tabular

– use ArcMap geoprocessing tools (dissolve) to generate HOA boundaries

• APNs change – need AOPARCHILD.TXT (pedigree of parcel creation)

• ArcMap Bugs – “to release is to choose”

• Option 2: Spatial – ArcMap edit session, copy/paste parcel

features from Assessor layer• Recommend, being used by City of Henderson

Solutions – Spatial, Create Index

• Clark County Recorder• CC&Rs• Bylaws??

– PDF index• Adobe Acrobat

Recorder – CC&Rs• Metadata

– Custom Properties• Acrobat Professional (convert TIFF to PDF, OCR,

Metadata)• EXIFTOOL• Verypdf• Windows PowerShell

– Search• Windows Desktop Search• Google Desktop Search

CC&Rs Search Results

Publish HOA Maps• Google Map

– Safe Software FME– Convert Shapefiles to kml

• Zonums.com/shp2kml.html– Issues when building many polygons

Subassociations

Attribute of Parcel

Outcome/Results• Can Be Done

– Create subassociation boundaries– Master HOAs

• Dissolve Subassociations

– hyperlink Recorder’s CC&R TIFF images

• Need a Better Solution– Bylaws

• Must contact each HOA, no central database• Getdocsnow.com

Questions

Jeffery J. Jensen, PEUNLV College of Civil Engineering

jefferyjjensen@gmail.com

mobile: 702-327-9294