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Frequently
Asked Questions
What
is RLID?
What purpose does RLID serve?
How do I access RLID?
What are the system requirements for RLID?
What is the Detailed Property Search?
What
is Lane Maps?
What is the Deeds & Records Index?
What is Taxes Balance Due?
What is the Springfield Lien Docket?
What is Map & Tax Lot History?
What is Eugene Zoning History (CELAND)?
How current are the data in RLID?
Why copy data into a data warehouse like
RLID when it already exists in other systems?
Where can I find information about the
data available in RLID?
What is Lane Query?
How
do I find out more?
What
is RLID?
The
Regional Land Information Database (RLID) is the central resource
for most land-based information in Lane County. The system
comprises a data warehouse of regional land information and
a growing number of web-based applications for viewing, querying,
analyzing, mapping, and reporting the information.
RLID
is a regional system managed and developed by a consortium
of agencies in Lane County, Oregon. These agencies have cooperated
in development of geographic information systems (GIS) and
data for more than 30 years. Consortium members include the
cities of Eugene and Springfield, Lane County, the Eugene
Water & Electric Board (EWEB), and the Lane Council of Governments
(LCOG).
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What
purpose does RLID serve?
RLID
was originally developed to provide access to data residing
in a number of non-Y2K compliant mainframe systems including
the regional site address reference system (ADLIB), County
Tax Assessor System (TAIMS), Deeds & Records Index (RECORX),
and geocoded land information (ADGEO).
Today,
in addition to facilitating access to regionally important
land information, RLID is bringing a new generation of geographic
analysis tools to the Internet and opening doors to new ways
of viewing and analyzing regional land information. Further,
regional collaboration on the project is improving intra-agency
data integration and streamlining regional data sharing and
maintenance.
The
web-based applications of RLID provide user-friendly tools
for basic data viewing, query, analysis, mapping, and reporting.
By using a browser for access, RLID provides a low-cost method
for agencies to distribute common information and tools, and
for consortium members to reduce total costs for installing,
maintaining, and licensing individual workstation (PC) software.
Member agencies are also developing their own applications
to access information and extract RLID data to populate other
business systems. In addition, access via the internet has
eliminated the need to provide dedicated data lines for remote
and commercial users.
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How
do I access RLID?
RLID
is accessible via an intranet for local government users on
the regional network. Access for non-partner government and
commercial subscribers is via the internet at www.rlid.org.
For information on RLID subscription features and costs, click
here.
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What
are the system requirements for RLID?
Due
to the map and graphics content on the RLID site, a minimum
internet connection via 56K modem is needed.
PC
users should use Internet Explorer 5.5 sp2 or higher for optimal
performance. Netscape Navigator 6.0 or higher can be used for some RLID content
but is not recommended.
Macintosh
users should have mixed success using the current version
of IE or Netscape Navigator depending on the particular
RLID content they are accessing.
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What
is the Detailed Property Search?
The
Detailed Property Search allows users to access and report
on extensive property information. Accessible data includes
site address, land use, zoning, administrative and political
boundaries, environmental conditions, property ownership,
land and improvement values, taxes, property sales, and building
characteristics. The system also provides access to available
associated image information such as tax maps, subdivision
plats, partition maps, and irrevocable petitions. The data
are queried from RLID, which contains the best available regional
geographic information.
Four methods of property selection are provided:
- Owner
name
- Site
address
- Lane
County assessor account number
- Assessor
map and tax lot number
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What
is Lane Maps?
Lane
Maps is an online interactive mapping and query system currently
based on GeoNorth's MapOptix 4.0 software. The system allows
users to explore Lane County and find information from a map
view or from database queries. A wide variety of data can
be viewed including aerial photography; U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) maps; terrain, environmental, administrative, political
boundary, and tax lot information. Additional features allow
users to create custom sets of properties of interest and
print maps or export data into other desktop applications.
Lane Maps also generates user-specified buffers around properties
of interest to select surrounding properties for notification
mailings or other property analyses.
Lane
Maps has the following system requirements:
- Internet
Explorer 5.5 sp2 or higher browser
- Minimum
display resolution of 800 x 600 (1024 x 768 strongly recommended)
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Small fonts display option
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What
is the Deeds and Records Index?
The
Deeds and Records Index provides a lookup index of documents
recorded in Lane County and corresponding document images.
The index is updated nightly and is
a good source of information on recent property transactions
and recorded events. Recorded information and images can be researched
using the following:
- Grantor
or grantee name
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Instrument or document number
- Instrument
type and year
- Map
and tax lot number
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What
is Taxes Balance Due?
The
Taxes Balance Due Application provides a real-time connection
to the Lane County Assessor's taxation system for the purpose
of calculating taxes owing or outstanding tax balances on
specified properties. The application generates a tax report
that contains selected assessor property information and the
tax balance as of a user-specified date. This application
is not available to all RLID users.
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What
is the Springfield Lien Docket?
The
Springfield Lien Docket Application provides a real-time connection
to the City of Springfield's lien docket system for the purpose
of calculating outstanding liens on specified properties within
the city. The application generates a report containing lien
docket summary information including the assessment payoff
amount, interest and penalties as of a user-specified date,
and payment installments and status.
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What
is Map and Tax Lot History?
The
Map and Tax Lot History Application provides a simple look-up
utility for records of renumbered assessor tax maps based
on information from the former *ATMAP mainframe application.
The *ATMAP system was not Y2K compliant and was turned off
at the close of 1999. While more recent Lane County tax map
renumbering events are not currently maintained in RLID, plans
call for improving the currency and usefulness of this application
in the future.
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What
is Eugene Zoning History (CELAND)?
The
Eugene Zoning History Application provides a simple look-up
utility for records of city zoning changes based on information
from the former CELAND mainframe application. The CELAND system
was not Y2K compliant and was replaced by a new system called
ONTRACK. Eugene zoning change events subsequent to 1999 are
not currently accessible from this application. Ongoing regional
efforts continue to make RLID zoning records 100 percent consistent
with Eugene's ONTRACK system.
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How
current are the data in RLID?
The
timelines of RLID data are dependent on three principal factors.
First, the data maintenance schedule for the source system
(varies from one system to another). Second, the frequency
with which the files are extracted or copied for RLID ranges
from nightly to weekly. And third, the delay time between
when a data file is copied from a source system and when it
is loaded into RLID, normally 2 to 3 days.
Key
data files are extracted and updated in RLID with the following
frequency:
Site addresses (weekly)
Tax lots/boundary information (weekly)
Assessor files (weekly)
A&T tax maps and plat maps (weekly)
Deeds and Records Index and Images (nightly)
Map layers (Lane Maps) (weekly)
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Why
copy data into a data warehouse like RLID when it already
exists in other systems?
Data
are copied into RLID from source systems maintained by the
respective member government agencies within the region. Many
of these systems do not support external access for security
or performance reasons. They are also not typically designed
to support the kinds of queries RLID supports, making it difficult
for regional users to use the information for their own purposes.
Copying
selected data to the RLID data warehouse facilitates integration
of the data, making it easier to view information from different
systems. Agency users have the choice of independently accessing
the RLID data warehouse through their own applications or
using the existing RLID web applications.
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Where
can I find information about the data available in RLID?
The
Regional Data User Guide contains
a limited amount of information (metadata) about the data
provided in RLID. Work is ongoing to expand the data documentation
content of the User Guide. To access the User Guide application,
click
here.
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What is Lane Query?
Lane Query is an online adhoc query tool. It allows users to create reports containing up to 1,000 properties, based on multiple user-identified requirements. The reports are customizable, allowing the user to select what fields he/she wants displayed, and in what order. The wide variety of user-specified selection criteria include: property location, property values, building characteristics, acreage, zoning, sales price, and sales date; there are also many other fields to choose from. Reports can be printed from HTML, or downloaded to Excel, providing the user with additional editing capability. Lane Query allows users to create:
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Custom mailing lists
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Comparable sales reports
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Reports on properties which meet the user's land and/or structure criteria
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Many other customized reports
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How
do I find out more?
Use
the Contact Us link on the site or send an e-mail message
to rlidh@lane.cog.or.us.
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