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1. What is ChescoViews?

ChescoViews is an online GIS application that provides read-only access to the County’s Land Record information. There are various search tools to help locate properties / parcels. Maps can also be printed from this application.

2. How do I access ChescoViews?

  

ChescoViews Link

3. What can I see in ChescoViews?

Roads, parcels, municipal boundaries, zip code boundaries, floodplains, streams, lakes, railroads, contour lines, soils, wetlands, subdivisions, and aerial photography.

4. What information do I need to have in order to search in ChescoViews?

You can search by:

•  Address 
• Owner Name 
• UPI number 
• PIN number 
• Street Name 
• Municipality 
• Street Intersections 

Items that are selected will be highlighted with a red outline and the map will zoom to them. If more than one feature is selected, then the map will zoom to include all features.

5. How do I navigate around the map?

CHesCoViews allows you to Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Pan. These functions make ChescoViews similar to other online mapping applications. There is also an ‘Identify’ tool that allows you to click on a feature and get more information about it.

6. Why can't I see all of the map layers?

Certain layers will only be visible when you are zoomed in to certain scale levels. If you have a layer turned on in the Table of Contents but do not see the layer on the map, try zooming in closer.

7. How do I get the legend to appear on the map when printing?

In the window where you specify the size of the map, click ‘No’ for the 'Searched Data’ box.

8. What browsers will work for ChescoViews?

ChescoViews will run in Internet Explorer (IE) 11, FireFox 35.0, and Chrome 40.0.2214.115, IE 9 and 10.

ChescoViews will not run in IE 8. 

ChescoViews has not been tested in Safari in a Windows environment. As such, Chester County makes no guarantees on whether it will work in this environment or not.  ChescoViews has not been tested in an Apple operating system (OS) environment.

9. Who do I contact for questions relating to ChescoViews?

Please feel free to email us at [email protected] or call 610-344-6096