Welcome to the
Fairbanks North Star Borough's Geographical Information System
(GIS). We hope you find our GIS to be a valuable
resource.
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New
Features – a list of new features and revisions since
release of new version in October, 2006.
If this is your first time here,
you might find the Quick Start
useful.
We strive to improve the
usefulness of this site. You will periodically see additions or
changes to the data available, and modifications to the interface
to make it easier to use. We welcome your suggestions for
improvement by contacting the
.
Comprehensive Help documentation
is available. To view the Help once you are in the GIS system,
click the yellow question mark.
Apologies in advance, but due to
staffing levels, the Borough cannot provide technical support for
our public users.
This GIS system is built
on ESRI's ArcIMS 9 Engine.
OBTAINING DATA
All GIS data
downloaded from the Fairbanks North Star Borough is subject to our
statement of Disclaimer and
Limitations. For permission to resell or republish the data,
please download the required
form and mail with appropriate fee to the number on the
form.
CD-ROM WITH BASE MAP &
GIS DATA . The
Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) sells a CD-ROM that contains
all of the AutoCAD base maps panels and nearly all of the GIS data.
The CD is updated once every two months. Contact the Community
Planning Department at 459-1260. Here is further information about
the CD-ROM. (Information is the existing hyperlink to http://co.fairbanks.ak.us/BaseMaps/cdinfo.htm
DOWNLOAD TAX ROLL
DATA. Text files are available for download: Real Estate
Public.exe - contains all active properties, owners, values, and
other data; Tax_Info.exe - all data in Real Estate Public.exe plus
two extra owner fields; Download Situs Addresses.exe - all street
addresses. These files are updated once every two months and are
available at: ftp://co.fairbanks.ak.us/Taxroll/
CD-ROM WITH SATELLITE
IMAGES . The FNSB sells all of the Quickbird satellite
imagery on CD, along with viewers for the images. Contact the
Community Planning Department at 459-1260.
Before you start
browsing our maps, please take a moment to review the following
information.
Read our disclaimer on the accuracy and limitations of
the data on the FNSB Geographic Information System.
Concerned about the availability
of personal data on our web site? Please review the Borough's
statement on the issue of personal vs.
private information on the FNSB web site.
If you are
not running Internet Explorer 5.0 or better, please view our
Requirementspage.
All
Fairbanks North Star Borough GIS and CADD data has been converted
from North American Datum 1927, Zone 3, US Feet (NAD 27 feet) to
North American Datum 1983, Zone 3, US Feet (NAD 83
Feet).
