GIS Day

Find out how Fairfax County is celebrating GIS Day.

Contact
Contact information on the location of the GIS & Mapping Department, office hours and other general information.

Location maps
A location map of the Government Center and other government buildings within Fairfax City. Included are driving directions to the Government Center. Also location map of the South County Center is online.

FAQ's
Read through a list of Frequently Asked Questions about GIS & Mapping.

Forms
Browse through the forms available on-line. You will find a price list, a CD products order form and a GIS data license agreement.

Metadata
Find the answer to your questions regarding the origin, accuracy and other factors about the data managed by the GIS Department.

My Neighborhood
My Neighborhood is an Internet mapping and information reporting application.   Its intended use is to let users know what features and facilities are available in and around their neighborhood.   Through the My Neighborhood application you can find information about parks, schools, libraries, fire stations, and other public facilities in your neighborhood.  You can also find general information about your location such as what supervisor district you are in, and other location specific data.

Map Gallery
Here you will find many common maps that are produced by the GIS & Mapping Department. The maps are letter size and available in many formats for downloading and printing.

Aerial/Ortho Photo Viewer
Here you can view Fairfax County by searching for an address or jump to one of the predefined "points of interest".

Digital Map Viewer
View property, zoning, topography or contour, sanitary sewer and Chesapeake Bay Preservation area maps on-line. These six map sets are on-line for you to download. Each map is a PDF file and each set is divided into 444 maps based on the County map grid.

DTA Parcel Finder
Find detailed information about property and view that parcel with the parcel viewer.

Fairfax Time Machine
Pick a highlighted area of the map to see an animation of that area from 1937 to 1990.

Street Index
The "Fairfax County, VA Supplemental Street Index" is a listing of all streets located within Fairfax County, Virginia and the City of Fairfax. Each street name in the index includes one or many associated address ranges. Each address range includes the corresponding "Fairfax County, VA Street Atlas" map number and Fairfax County tax map number. Street information in this index is current to February 2005.

Fairfax County's GIS & Mapping Department has many resources that are currently not available on-line. These items can be viewed, copied or bought at our "Front Counter". The GIS & Mapping Department is located in suite 117 on the first floor of the Fairfax County Government Center at 12000 Government Center Parkway.

Map Wizard
Allows you to create a map that can be centered on any property in Fairfax County.

Maps
Complete details about the maps available at our "Front Counter" are listed here. A visit to our Front Counter will allow you access to these maps.

CD Products
There are two GIS data sets available for sale in shapefile or coverage format. Also, you can buy maps on CD in PDF format.

Here you will find links to other mapping functions within the County web site or links to other jurisdictions web sites. We also have a collection of GIS and Mapping resources from the Internet.

Fairfax County related links
Local Jurisdictions links
Other GIS related links

The Fairfax County GIS Department's web site has many files that are Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) files. To properly view these files you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in installed. Click here to get the latest version from the Adobe web site.