About Jasper County GIS

Jasper County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) began in Emergency Management for their 911 applications. Many geographic layers were developed, most importantly being the street centerlines and address points. Other layers developed were municipal boundaries, fire hydrants, taxing districts and other layers of geographic information used that are used with the County's 911 system.

In the Spring of 2006, the County flew new aerial photography. The rural areas were flown at a 1 foot pixel resolution and the urban areas (Joplin area and Carthage) were flown at a 6 inch pixel resolution.  In the fall of 2006, Jasper County contracted with the Schneider Corporation to convert the cadastral layers. The cadastral layers include the parcels, lots, blocks, subdivisions and sections.

The County hired a GIS Coordinator in February 2007 to coordinate the county's GIS efforts. The position and a portion of the program is being funded by a Environmental Protection Agency grant obtained through the Health Department to help with efforts to identify and cleanup in the Superfund site areas.

In February 2008, the Beacon GIS maps and data web site was unveiled. This website will provide a lot of valuable information to the public.