This ad appeared in my news feed. They say they show property lines, buildings, etc., with 24-hour service across the US.
Their plans are "non-certified" but are advertised to be used for building permits.
There seems to be no way for them to do this except using local government GIS data, and we know how accurate a lot of that is.
Seems shaky.
I haven't run into it personally but I've had coworkers tell me they've submitted google earth pics for building permit site plans before, so maybe it really is considered sufficient in some places.
Probably OK for conceptual, but if anything is even close to setback I hope the reviewers would question it. On that note the comments I get from planners like "it doesn't match the GIS, because THEIR GIS isn't up to date, i.e. C/O Pheonix has their own property data GIS (everyone else ties into the Maricopa County Assessors GIS) I am constantly told that my property owner info doesn't match theirs and I need to correct mine.
Building permits are often conceptualized drawings.
I don't like doing them so I have little concern about them.
Regulations can get so oppressive that building becomes so expensive few people can do it.
One factoid I recently heard (no conformation is offered) is that permits cost 60% of the final expense of house construction in some Canadian provinces.
From my experience lately that wouldn't surprise me if true.
What do you do when they say it doesn’t match. I will often pull in the shape files for planning purposes only. Gets me in the area. I then use the deeds or plats to compile for crews. I have all that assigned to different layers including the attribute text from the GIS files. Sometimes I am lucky and it’s correct but often it is not. When it’s correct it saves me pecking the keyboard to put text on the final deliverable etc. but so often it is not up to date.
