The Geographic Information Services (GIS) Division

The Pierce County GIS Division designs, develops and maintains County-wide Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geographic datasets and business applications.

Interactive applications:

CensusView2000
This is a portal to the Pierce County census data collected during the 2000 Census. Data highlights include information about population, diversity, age & gender, and households & families.

Discover Parks in Pierce County
Need to find a park close to you? DiscoverParks provides eight different ways for you to locate a park in Pierce County. Park maps, drive directions, and facilities information are all available through DiscoverParks.

GIS Data Express
Find available GIS data and write a request letter.

Pierce County First Source
Pierce County's First Source is your first source for human resources. Search by helpful list, category, agency, keywords, address, zipcode, or city to find a comprehensive list of local human resource providers.

Pierce County's Map Gallery
The Pierce County Map Gallery allows you to easily print and view standard County maps.

Public GIS
An Interactive Internet Mapping Application of Pierce County.

Survey Control and Monuments
The Survey Control and Monuments website allows users to locate survey monuments and benchmarks on an interactive map interface. Seven types of searches have been included to provide the user easy access to survey reports about selected monuments. The user can also generate reports of bearing and distances between monuments or interactively between points clicked on the map.

Other applications developed by Pierce County GIS include:

Responder

Pierce County Emergency Management

The web-based Responder System contains information, floor plans, pictures and aerial maps of schools and public facilities. The data can be accessed by emergency personnel in the field via wireless modems.

Public GIS

Pierce County's interactive Internet mapping application. It enables citizens to view the location of County data on a map.

CrimeStar.AIR

Pierce County Sheriff's Department

CrimeStar.AIR is a web-based GIS application that contains crime incidents and interest areas. Sheriff deputies use the system to locate sex offenders and view crime patterns.

CountyView

CountyView is a desktop geographic information system. The software is based on ESRI's ArcView and is customized for Pierce County data and applications.