Lancaster County, PA Completes Phase 1 of NovaLIS Land Records Management Implementation

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Charlotte, NC – NovaLIS Technologies - the leader in the supply of GIS-centric land information management products to government - and business partner Timmons Group successfully completed Phase 1 of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania implementation of the NovaLIS product suite.

The main goal of the project is to migrate from a legacy mainframe application to a more cost-efficient and technically advanced system for the management of its 180,000 parcels. To accomplish this evolution, Lancaster County selected NovaLIS Assessment OfficeTM, Land Development OfficeTM, and Parcel EditorTM products. In moving to the integrated NovaLIS product suite, the County will streamline and improve its ability to manage the maps and land records information.

“NovaLIS and Timmons have been wonderful,” says Deputy Director Dee Dee Maguire, Lancaster County Property Assessment. “They have been extremely reactive to our questions, good with follow up, and very helpful. We are really looking forward to the next phase of the project, and getting other County departments involved as we add other NovaLIS modules down the road.”

The first phase of the three-phase project, the tax administration module of Assessment Office, went live in late 2004. It was successfully used last month to generate the County’s tax bills.  Phase 2 includes implementing Land Development Office, and integrating it with Assessment Office, ESRI’s® ArcGISTM and Parcel Editor for GIS maintenance. The final phase, which is scheduled for completion by end of 2005, is the implementation of the computer assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) portion of Assessment Office.

“The people at Lancaster County are great to work with, which is making our first Pennsylvanian implementation with NovaLIS extremely smooth,” says Steve Benner, Project Manager for Timmons Group. “From the customer’s perspective, they are not working with two separate companies, there is simply a strong Lancaster team that includes the County’s own highly knowledgeable staff.”

Assessment Office, Land Development Office, and Parcel Editor are part of the GIS-centric NovaLIS suite of integrated land records management products. Assessment Office provides assessors with an affordable, off-the-shelf CAMA System enabling them to do their job more efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day basis. Land Development Office is designed to automate local government growth management practices. Parcel Editor is an out-of-the-box land records maintenance extension for ESRI’s ArcMapTM.

About Timmons Group
Timmons Group is a leading provider of innovative GIS-enabled technology solutions.  Its clients include state and local governments and utilities.  Timmons develops web solutions, implements land records systems for assessment, planning, and addressing, inventory utility assets, and builds utility asset management systems.  Timmons also helps clients manage IT costs with efficient deployment strategies for web solutions, GIS implementation, and overall IT architecture.  Timmons Group’s industry partners include ESRI, NovaLIS Technologies for land records solutions, and Azteca Systems for utility asset management and work order systems.  Its clients are served from offices in Richmond and Hampton Roads, VA, and State College, PA.
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About NovaLIS Technologies
Established in 1992, NovaLIS Technologies designs and delivers products that streamline land records management and improve access to information relating to property valuation, property taxation, land tenure, cadastral mapping, and land development. ESRI Canada, ESRI Inc., and Leica Geosystems jointly own NovaLIS. NovaLIS’ corporate headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Regional offices are strategically located across the United States and Canada. NovaLIS is committed to providing land and government agencies with outstanding business solutions. Through its network of partners, NovaLIS works with corporations, agencies, and national, regional, and local governments worldwide.
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