GIS user scripts

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Send the GIS staff examples of code you have used to work with parcel, GIS linkage, or tax code area data, plus a description of the code. Also, share code that you used to enhance plat maps or other maps you create. Email us your samples and the associated information at gis@tax.idaho.gov. New content will be added as content is provided.

This resource is intended to help County and Tax District employees with script writing tasks when using ESRI software. These code examples will allow you to easily improve your ability to manipulate, create, query, and display spatial data.

Users will be able to copy the code to the proper place and edit it to fit their own data. Providing the code will help eliminate the need for users to know how to write code, but still be able to query and display data.

Available scripts

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Select by Attribute — Find all parcels in a Neighborhood [Added 5-Feb-2008]
Find all parcels that are in neighborhood and display them on in ArcMap or create a whole new layer from them. You must first join your parcel layer to the pcparc00.dbf from the GIS Linkage. From there you can find all the parcels with any value. more

Select by Attribute — Find Name - PCPARC00 Join [Added 17-Dec-2008]
Use this script to find a specific name. If names are not in your parcel layer you must have a join or relate to one of the GIS Linkage tables that has name, for example the parcel master table pcparc00.dbf more

Select by Attribute — Find Similar Names - PCPARC00 Join [Added 17-Dec-2008]
Use this script when you don't know someones correct name or want to find all the variations of a name. For example Smith, John may be entered differently. The person may go by John but his given name is Johnathon or Johnathan and that was used for the AS400 or ProVal. more

Select by Attribute — Not Appraised < 5 years [Added 23-Dec-2008]
This query will allow you to determine all the parcels that have not been appraised in 5 years or more. more