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The Parcel Is Born on the Map: Real GIS & CAMA/Tax Integration

A parcel is created in the GIS. That same parcel number is input into an appraisal software package, and again in a tax administration application. At some later date, joins and relates are created within the GIS that tie the parcel on the map to the associated tax and appraisal data. At this point, we’re frequently surprised that our “integrated” system has mismatches wherein not all mapped parcels are accounted for in the tax and appraisal data sets. So why is that? The solution is to establish integration at the point of data entry, where we can enforce business logic to ensure that data sets are consistent; create the parcel number in one place, and propagate it through the enterprise while ensuring data integrity -- let each software application create records in their own database to ensure internal data integrity, while triggering parallel events in related databases to ensure enterprise wide reliability. This session will present a plan to meet these goals.