8/10/23

How to measure elevations and heights of trees or structures using BrownDog

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A fairly common question is, "What is the elevation of this location?" or "How tall is this ____?" ( building, structure...
10/20/22

Letting the BrownDog Out: A better way to use BrownDog on a smart phone or tablet

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Although the main BrownDog GIS map does work on smart phones and tablets, there is a free app that you can install to improve the experienc...
11/14/19

What's coming in 2020

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In 2020, the Brown County Land Information Office will be publishing several new GIS datasets including: Aerial photos from the 1990 flig...
4/30/19

Changes to Land Records & GIS systems

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On the first week of May 2019, Brown County is transitioning from our AS/400 land records and tax system to a new system (LandNav by GCS Sof...
2/20/19

New 3-year plan

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If you're interested, a new 3-year plan is posted here  (Click here to download the Brown County Land Information Plan 2019-2021.PDF ) ....
1/18/19

GeoPrime is no more

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After being on life support for the last couple of years, we finally pulled the plug on the old GeoPrime mapping site.  Anyone who tries usi...
1/9/19

How to add layers to the BrownDog map

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When you first open the BrownDog online GIS map , you see a lot of map layers along the right side of the screen.  These are the layers that...
10/12/18

Parcel details hard to read? Here's what to do:

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When you search for a parcel in BrownDog, the resulting parcel gets highlighted in orange.  Some people like this highlight, others don'...
10/10/18

How to View Aerial Photos in the BrownDog map

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Here's how to view aerial photography in the BrownDog map : 1) Scroll down on the Layer List on the right, then check on the air photo...
9/28/18

How to print from the BrownDog map

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Here is how you can print maps (or create your own PDF) using the BrownDog online GIS map: 1. Open the BrownDog online GIS map (click here...

How to turn off land owner names and make the parcel details (such as lot dimensions) more prominent

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When zoomed in, the  BrownDog mapping app defaults to show parcels labeled with land owner names.  A lot of people prefer this 'plat b...
6/28/18

Access archived parcel data from 2005, 2010, and 2014

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You can view Brown County parcel records as "snapshots in time" .  This includes parcel data from 2005, 2010, and 2014.  These dat...
12/15/17

GeoPrime... BrownDog... Why more than one GIS mapping app? Which one should I use? Does one have more current data than the other?

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Common questions I get lately, along with short answer plus a bit more explanation for those who really want to know more detail: Why does...