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The Carteret County GIS division is part of the information technology division of the Carteret County, North Carolina government. The GIS provides county staff and citizens with a wide array of geographical data and maps. The GIS falls under the umbrella of the information technology (IT) department, which is headed by IT Director Ray Hall.
Carteret County is a county located in coastal North Carolina. At the 2010 Census, the population of Carteret County was 66,469. The County seat of Carteret County is Beaufort. Carteret County is the whole of the Morehead City, NC Micropolitan statistical area and is part of the New Bern-Morehead, NC combined statistical area. Communities found in Carteret County include: Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Bogue, Cape Carteret, Cedar Point, Emerald Isle, Indian Beach, Morehead City, Newport, Peletier, Pine Knoll Shores, Atlantic, Broad Creek, Davis, Gloucester, Harker’s Island, Marshallberg, Bettie, Cedar Island, Gales Creek, Harlowe, Lola, Merrimon, Mill Creek, North River, Ocean, Otway, Salter Path, Sea Gate, Sea Level, Stacy, Stella, Straits, Smyrna, Wildwood, Williston, and Wiregrass.
Carteret County uses the Geographic Information System (GIS) to keep track of changes to land in the county. The GIS system is updated daily to reflect new changes to the land in Carteret County. The system also incorporates aerial photographs, which are updated regularly, but not daily.
Carteret County uses ConnectGIS, which is a geographic information system that is designed to manage geographic data. This system captures, stores, manipulates, analyzes, manages, and presents geographic data. While the larger ConnectGIS system handles data from a larger area, the Carteret County GIS is focused on geographic data in Carteret County.
The maps and data created, compiled, stored, and analyzed by the Carteret County GIS serve multiple functions. They are used by other county agencies to track changes in the county, which may be used for purposes of tax assessment, school boundary lines, voting, infrastructure, disaster planning, or other governmental functions. The tracking system allows the county to monitor current information, track historical changes, and predict future growth and changes.
One of the important roles of the GIS system is its role in emergency services, including 911 mapping. In fact, one of the GIS specialists is also in charge of integrating geographic changes into the 911 system, to ensure the speediest emergency response by first responders in Carteret County.
County residents and visitors may also access the Carteret County GIS system in a number of ways. You can find a gallery of online maps at the Carteret County GIS Map Gallery, which is available at: http://www.carteretcountync.gov/694/GIS-Map-Gallery. You can find downloadable compressed files containing GIS data at: http://www.carteretcountync.gov/684/GIS-Data-Downloads. You can request a custom GIS map at: http://www.carteretcountync.gov/FormCenter/Information-Technology-23/GIS-Custom-Map-Request-Form-82.
The most basic way to access maps through the Carteret County GIS system is to use the ConnectGIS web hosting property portal at https://carteret.connectgis.com/Map.aspx. This website pulls up a basic map of the entirety of Carteret County. The user is then able to select or unselect different criteria, in order to customize this basic map. This format allows users to tailor ready-made maps for their own uses.
Users can tailor base data to include: address points, parcels, centerlines, subdivisions, major roads, hydrants, rights-of-way, boundaries, core banks, noise contours, accident potential zones, grid lines, and various counter lines.
Users can tailor jurisdictions by: city limits, townships, county zoning, commissioners districts, voting precincts, voting tabulation districts, fire districts, and rescue districts.
Users can turn on or off features that show: schools, environmental, texts, and images. Schools will allow users to show all schools or to highlight any combination of elementary, middle, and high schools as well as the Board of Education. Environmental data includes: soils, effective flood zones, FIRM panel, and preliminary flood zones. Highlighted text can include: PIN, acreage, parcel dimensions, and lot number. Images can include aerial photos from selected years.
In Carteret County, North Carolina, the GIS Administrator is the head of the Carteret County Government’s IT Department. The current IT director is Ray Hall. He can be reached via email at: ray.hall@carteretcountync.gov.
You can reach the Carteret County GIS division during business hours, which are Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm EST:
302 Court House Square
Suite 112
Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: 252-728-8506
Fax: 252-504-7836
Website
You can find a gallery of online maps at the Carteret County GIS Map Gallery, which is available at: http://www.carteretcountync.gov/694/GIS-Map-Gallery.
You can find downloadable compressed files containing GIS data at: http://www.carteretcountync.gov/684/GIS-Data-Downloads.
You can request a custom GIS map at: http://www.carteretcountync.gov/FormCenter/Information-Technology-23/GIS-Custom-Map-Request-Form-82.
You can reach IT director Ray Hall at ray.hall@carteretcountync.gov.
Other GIS Staff include
Allen Willis, GIS Manager allenw@carteretcountync.gov
Anja Collette GIS Specialist anja.collette@cartertetcountync.gov
Maureen Doughterty GIS Specialist & 911 Addressing Coordinator maureend@carteretcountync.gov
Ray Hall is the current Carteret County, IT Director. He oversees Carteret County’s GIS system. The GIS Manager is Allen Willis. The Carteret County GIS division is part of the information technology division of the Carteret County, North Carolina government. The GIS division is used by other county departments to fulfill geography-dependent roles and tasks. In addition, the GIS can provide residents and visitors with a wide array of geographical data and maps. Much of this information is available online through the county’s existing map systems, but, when information is not already available, users can request custom-made maps from the GIS division.