WHAT IS GIS?
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is used to automate, manipulate, analyze, and display geographic (spatial) data in digital form. The City of Rocky Mount's Information Systems Division maintains and distributes geographic data, analysis tools, and mapping products for use by the City's staff in their daily operations.

Data maintained by City GIS Staff includes political boundaries, land parcel information, infrastructure systems (street network, water systems, sewer systems), emergency response facilities, recreational facilities, and other associated data pertaining to city operations. Data is maintained in both computer-aided design (CAD) and GIS file formats.

The GIS staff also develop and maintain GIS databases and applications, provide technical and operational support for GIS-related hardware and software, and offer GIS training for city staff, as well as providing mapping products and services to the citizens of Rocky Mount. These services include our Online Interactive Map Viewer, available below.

DISCLAIMER Data and maps presented on these pages are intended for display and general use only, and are NOT intended for any legal representations or survey purposes. Said data and maps have been compiled from a variety of sources including recorded deeds, plats and other public records and data. Users are hereby notified that the aforementioned public primary information sources should be consulted for verification of the information they contain. The City of Rocky Mount assumes no legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be present. Any resale of this data is strictly prohibited in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 132-10. DOWNLOAD GIS DATA All datasets are offered in shapefile format NC State Plane coordinates, units = feet NAD 83 datum Address Points 2.8 MB shapefile (last updated 05-06-08) Building Footprints 5.5 MB shapefile (last updated 05-06-08) Municipal Boundary 84 KB shapefile (last updated 05-06-08) Parcels 9.5 MB Zip file (last updated 05-06-08) Street Centerlines 2.6 MB shapefile (last updated 05-06-08)

Five different mapping applications      are available: CITY ADDRESS MAP View an interactive map of the City. You can identify any address shown on the map by clicking on it with the Identify map tool. CITY PROPERTY MAP View an interactive map of the City. You can identify any property shown on the map by clicking on it with the Identify map tool. LOCATE A CITY ADDRESS Search for a specific property using a street number (address). The application will search our GIS database for any matching records. Matches will be displayed in a table from which you can choose to display a report containing property description, owner name and address, census tract, and many other items of interest. You can also view an interactive map of the property. Both the property report and the map can be printed. LOCATE A CITY PROPERTY Search for a specific property using a parcel-id number. The application will search our GIS database for any matching records. Matches will be displayed in a table from which you can choose to display a report containing property description, owner name and address, census tract, and many other items of interest. You can also view an interactive map of the property. Both the property report and the map can be printed. LOCATE A CITY STREET BY BLOCK Type in all or part of a street name - e.g., "CHURCH" or "CHU" - and the application will search the GIS parcel database for any matching records. All matches will be displayed in a table; each record in the table will contain the street name, left and right block ranges, and the County the street is in. The street listing can be printed.