Data updates are loaded into the MetaMAP map server daily. Most other internet sites only have periodic updates to their web servers weekly, monthly, or even quarterly. The database on the Franklin County Auditor's internet server is updated every 24 hours. This system is also unique because of the speed. When a user requests a map, index map, and associated parcel data, the system takes only 2 to 3 seconds to pass the information to the user.
Any additional time is strictly transmission time.
Because of MetaMAP's efficiency, an expensive server was not needed. Everything runs on a 450 Pentium Windows NT based data server. Although the system has only been in place a short time, it is already producing between 3,000 and 5,000 maps per day. It has enabled us to redefine public access to vitally needed data, and put us in the upper echelon of GIS providers on the internet. The auditor's office oversees the GIS database for Franklin County, Ohio.