CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT GRM CAMA SYSTEMS INTEGRATE WITH PICTOMETRY TECHNOLOGY GRM CAMA SYSTEMS FROM THOMSON REUTERS ALONG WITH PICTOMETRY—HELP JURISDICTIONS INCREASE ACCURACY OF ASSESSED PROPERTIES County assessing officials across the globe continually seek better ways to provide their jurisdictions with the most accurate assessments using the most equitable means possible. Yet, the integration of a resourceful software system with Thomson Reuters GRM CAMA technologies offers a solution for insuring accurate data collection so that no property owners pays less taxes or more taxes than they should. By adding Pictometry— a Thomson Reuters business partner—to their GRM CAMA systems, Thomson Reuters clients are easily identifying new and improved properties which in the past may have been difficult to accurately assess because of man- made obstructions such as fences, closed gates, and other visual limitations. In the process, the system is a tool in providing additional revenues for their jurisdictions. “Using GRM customCAMA with Pictometry we can see just about everything, everywhere,” said Jack Flenniken, Director of Residential Valuation for Hillsborough County, Florida. “We’ve been able to find properties or improvements that previously were virtually impossible to see because of inaccessibility and obstructions. Pictometry gives us all the images and measurements and GRM customCAMA does the rest.” Rob Turner, Hillsborough’s Property Appraiser, agreed. “From the start, GRM customCAMA has been a very effective and thorough system for our county,” he said. “Now, with the integration of Pictometry we’ve been able to save time and money by reducing the number of site visits, while at the same time we have added more than six million dollars in valuation to our assessment rolls. The process of integration of Pictometry into our Thomson Reuters system was very easy, giving us a very powerful tool in our ongoing effort to accurately and fairly assess all of our county’s properties, assuming officials know that accurate data collection can be expensive. But this methodology is both accurate and affordable. ” Pictometry’s geo-referenced aerial imaging and software captures 3D images that can be used to measure buildings and verify footprints of properties right from an assessor’s office. The combination of high resolution oblique and orthogonal imagery, coupled with electronic Field Study and Change software reduces the amount of site visits while easily measuring the square footage, perimeter and height of any structure from the convenience of the assessor’s staff desktops. In Indiana’s Vanderburgh County, a GRM ProVal client, Thomson Reuters configured the Pictometry software as an easily accessible tab folder within the GRM system. “As county budgets continue to get tighter and tighter we have to find ways to do our jobs better with less,” said Bill Fluty, Vanderburgh County Assessor. “The integration of Pictometry into our GRM ProVal system is the best current technology available—an indispensable tool in this TAX AND ACCOUNTING, GOVERNMENT grm.thomsonreuters.com