KGIS has created a new COVID-19 Maps & GIS Resources page designed to provide access (and links) to various maps (and GIS resources) pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially relevant to Knoxville and Knox County. The information gathered on this page comes from other publicly-accessible websites hosted by federal, state and local organizations. In general, KGIS relies upon the Knox County Health Department website for the latest, and most authoritative guidance. 

The National Geodetic Survey is planning to create a new State Plane Coordinate System of 2022 (SPCS2022) that will replace the NAD 83 spatial reference system that is currently being used by KGIS, and the mapping \ surveying community throughout Knoxville and all of Tennessee. A free webinar about the NGS's activities is planned for Dec. 12, 2019. CLICK HERE for more information. 

KGIS welcomes another new member to its Policy Board - KUB's President / CEO Gabriel Bolas! Mr. Bolas becomes only the fourth Knoxville Utilities Board leader to serve on the Board of KGIS since it was founded 33 years ago. KUB General Manager Ed Hoskins helped to establish KGIS in 1985. He was followed by Mr. Larry Fleming in 1993, and Ms. Mintha Roach in 2004. Mr. Bolas replaced the retiring Ms. Roach at the October 2018 KUB board meeting. (Click here for more information). Welcome to the team, Gabe!

KGIS welcomes its new Policy Board member - Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs! Mayor Jacobs becomes the fifth Knox County leader to serve on the Board of KGIS since it was founded 33 years ago. Knox County Executive Dwight Kessel helped to establish KGIS in 1985. He was then succeeded by Executive Tommy Schumpert, then Mayor Mike Ragsdale and then most recently by Mayor Tim Burchett. Welcome Aboard Mayor Jacobs!

MPC has updated the Traffic Count data and you can see the new information for 2016 on KGIS Maps, click on the Traffic Counts under Other Maps. For more on the Traffic Counts click here to go to MPC Traffic Counts.

KGIS receives the final corrected 2016 Aerial Photography flown by The Atlantic Group, LLC back in March 2016.  Atlantic fixed a few issues and calibrated the color to remove some of the green and red color. These corrected aerials are available on all KGIS Mapping Applications, ESRI ArcMap Image Services, and TIFF images. 

Please contact KGIS at (865) 215-2641 if you have any questions or problems accessing the new aerials.

The Office of Neighborhoods (OON) is proud to announce the launch of a Neighborhood Groups map layer on KGIS. With support from KGIS and the City of Knoxville’s Engineering Department, OON was able to map the boundaries of approximately 100 neighborhood groups throughout the city.

Also, KGIS and OON have created the “Neighborhood Groups Viewer” --- an application that allows the site visitor to get a bird’s eye view of neighborhood group boundaries, search for groups, import other map layers, and perform other functions. For tips on using the Viewer, click on the “Help” button and download the PDF document.

The  City of Knoxville's Engineering & Public Works department has unveiled a new Capital Improvements map application highlighting the locations of current construction and design projects. The application is based upon Google Maps, and provides hyperlinks to PDF documents further describing the scope of each project. KUB also provides an interactive map (based upon the same mapping technology as KGIS) highlighting its larger capital Construction Projects. (click here for more information)

We have made a significant upgrade to our website Read More about it HERE. 

The Aerial map theme has been updated in KGIS Maps, and in other web-based sites such as City Survey Control, to reflect the recently flown 2016 ortho-photography (acquired from The Atlantic Group LLC). 

Previously, the Aerial theme had reflected spring 2014 vintage photography. To gain access to that original 2014 data, users can click on the 2014 Aerial theme located under the Historical Aerialscategory of Map themes (see image). READ MORE....