Data Comprehension

Overview During evaluation your clients have been known to search for an address within the parcel or assessment layers and come up short. This does not mean we do not have this address, it means that the address is not physically populated in thes...

Introduction A common misconception is that a parcel has a one-to-one relationship with an assessment record. In many cases that is correct, however, there are many times where this is not the case and you will need to adjust your logic when the...

A common question that comes up is, "What is the difference between situs and secondary addresses?". Situs address is the address that is assigned by the tax assessor on the tax record. Secondary addresses are other addresses at that loca...

Introduction An issue that frequently arises when working with tax parcels is that a single property can comprise multiple tax parcels, each with a set of assessor attribution. This is very common with commercial and industrial properties, bu...

The LightBox identifier is a permanent and universal identifier for data that creates powerful connections to LightBox’s information model.

Introduction The topic of Stacked vs Flat parcels can be found throughout LightBox documentation. It is important to understand the differences. Difference between "Stacked" and "Flat" parcels? Stacked parcels occur when multiple properties...

Introduction Within the LightBox SmartFabric Core and Premium products the following is provided, a parcel layer, a building layer and a building to parcel relation table. Understanding how to use these datasets will provide a better data experi...