Maps are intended to be "Downloaded" to your computer,
Not Viewed while Online using your Web Browser.

Users attempting to view Tax Map files while Online, using their Web Browsers. 
May encounter various Printing or Viewing problems that are out of our control.
Such problems have been associated to various Web Browser "Plugg-ins"
which have been  installed on their computers.

When prompted to Open or Save to disk, Save To Disk.
Then you can choose where on your Hard Drive you want the map files to be saved.
Then use your imaging software to view the downloaded maps.

Your Windows 95 or Higher Imaging Software can be used to view these files.
or using
Imaging software capable of reading Tif files with the newer LZW compression.

A 30 day trial version of Paint Shop Pro for Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 or XP 
can be downloaded from www.jasc.com

Maps are "not" intended to be viewed Online.
Users may experience many issues that are out of our control.

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Please be Advised these instructions were written in 1997-1998 prior to our Online Parcel Database.
When the Maps could only be accessed using our Tax Map "Download" Sections.

It is now easier to use our Online Parcel Database to Look for and Download
Tax Maps and search for Subdivisions, Street or Route Information.

(Click here)
[Online Parcel Database]

You can go to the County Index Map Page.

If you know the district of the tax map you need, move your cursor to the name of that district and
left click on it once. This will take you to a Download Page for that district.

Now find the number of the map needed and left click on it once to begin the download process.

If you do not know the map you need, but do know the location of something near it.
Use the County Index Page link which is located on the County Index Map Page
to look up the Area or Subdivision Name, Street Name
or
County Road Route Number.

For a detailed example of how to use the County Index Page
see the bottom of this page.

After the information needed has been found, return to the  County Index Map.
Placing the cursor on the district name needed, left click your mouse button once.

This will take you to the maps and related information available at this time for that district .
Once there you need to find the map number and left click on it once.
This will start the download process.

A Download Window will appear with an open file folder with papers moving from left to right.
This is part of a necessary process for you to receive data from our website.
To complete this process may take a few seconds or may last for 30 - 60 seconds.

When prompted to Open or Save to disk, Save To Disk Then click Ok.

When a file is opened online it takes just as much time as it does to actually
download the file. Once the file is downloaded to your hard drive it will be available for future
use when needed, without having to go online and download it again.

Then a "Save As" Window will appear which will want you to determine where on your computer
you want the map files to be saved.
You can accept the defaulted map number or rename the file, then click Save.

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Maps are intended to be "Downloaded" to your computer,
Not Viewed while Online using your Web Browser.

Users attempting to view Tax Map files while Online, using their Web Browsers. 
May encounter various Printing or Viewing problems that are out of our control.
Such problems have been associated to various Web Browser "Plug-ins"
which have been  installed on their computers.

If the Downloaded Tax Map file has been identified as a
"tiffDocument" it will not function properly in your software.

Resulting in some software not being able to read the file.

To correct this, retype the map number with a .tif where Explorer has the number as the file name.
Then proceed as normal with your download.
The file will then open as expected.

This may be a problem with Explorer or the way in which individual computer's have been
configured to read certain files.

No such problem has been observed when using Netscape Communicator.

If your downloaded file is identified as the Windows Default Icon.
You may need to:
1.  Associate a program to read the file.
2. Need to edit the file extension to a .tif

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If a "tif image file" or "tif" is indicated in the "Save As" Window or a Image Program Name,
such as Paint Shop Pro etc., then proceed with the download by determining the
location where the file is to be saved.

Select Save and a Download Window will appear giving you the amount of the file that has
downloaded and the estimated time to complete the download.

When the download is complete the map can then be viewed using software
that is capable of reading a tif file with LZW compression.

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Please be Advised these instructions were written in 1997-1998 prior to our Online Parcel Database.
When the Maps could only be accessed using our Tax Map "Download" Sections.

It is now easier to use our Online Parcel Database to Look for and Download
Tax Maps and search for Subdivisions, Street or Route Information.

(Click here)
[Online Parcel Database]

We want to download a Tax Map of Ashton Estates Phase I.
But we do not know where it is located in  Monongalia County.

After clicking on the links below, click your back button at the top of your browser
to return to this page and continue with the next link.

Go to the County Index Map Page which will give you access to the various
District Download Pages and to the Link for the County Index Page.

Next click on the County Index Page link which will take you to a group of Indexes.

Now select the Subdivision and Area Index link which will take you to a alphabetical
break down of subdivision and area information that is available at this time.

Now select the "A-B" Group which will provide you with a list of information that you
will need to scroll through until you come to the name you are searching for.

In this example we have found Ashton Estates Phase I to be located  in
Clinton District on Tax Map 3a.

Now go to the County Index Map Page place your cursor on the district name "Clinton"
Click your left mouse button once to go to the Clinton Download Page.
Now find Tax Map Number 3a, Click your left mouse button once, this will begin
the download process.

A similar process would be used to look for a street, road or route by clicking on the
County Index Page link which is found on the County Index Map Page.

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When you are at any of the District Download Pages you will find a
District Index Frame located on the left of your screen.

This Frame contains a Thumbnail Image of the (13) tax map districts that are available.
These give you access to the other download pages without having to go back
to the County Index Map every time you need to change tax districts.

We hope the above information will be of assistance in the use of our Website.

John O. Ferguson Jr., Monongalia County Mapper

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