Patent ID: 8065352

Claim:
A method for retrieving and displaying geographic parcel boundary polygon maps comprising: receiving, by a server, a request for a parcel boundary polygon map for a selected parcel; searching, by the server, using a jurisdictional identifier, a multi-jurisdictional digital parcel map database for the selected parcel boundary polygon and the boundary polygons of adjacent and surrounding parcels, the database having information about individual land parcels normalized to a common spatial data protocol, including polygon data used to describe the boundaries of a plurality of properties, wherein the multi-jurisdictional digital parcel map database includes a plurality of records arranged in separate service area directories corresponding to multi-jurisdictional service areas within two or more states; transmitting the parcel boundary polygon map data for the selected parcel along with the adjacent and surrounding parcels to a client computer for display, wherein the transmitted parcel boundary polygon map includes the selected parcel polygon along with adjacent and surrounding parcel boundary polygons around the selected parcel.