Data & Pricing

GIS Service Pricing

• Custom Map Design Rate: $60 per hour ($15.00 minimum) Print Cost per page.
• Standard Prints: Standard Prints only involve the media costs.
• Geographic Analysis: Work related to database development, analysis, or manipulation will be billed at a rate of $100.00 per hour ($30.00 minimum).
• Shipping: Appropriate postage will be added to all orders requiring shipping.
• Alternate Formats: Maps can be delivered in digital formats. Custom map design and analysis rates would apply.

GIS Digital Data Costs

• License Agreement: All data transactions require a single license agreement prior to delivery.
• Data Format: The data will be provided in either shapefile or geodatabase format.
• Coordinate System: All data will be delivered in Iowa State Plane South NAD83.
• Payments: Make checks payable to Des Moines County GIS Commission.
• Shipping: Media and shipping costs are included in the pricing below.

Real Estate

• Selected Parcel Polygons
  Without attached data: $50; $0.01 per parcel
  With attached data: $50; $0.05 per parcel
• Parcel Polygons Countywide
  Without attached data: $500
  With attached data: $1,200
• Subdivisions
  $50

Public Land Survey

• Complete PLSS in Shapefile format: $50

Administrative Boundaries

• Political Townships and Corporate Limits: $50
• Voting Precinct: $50
• Schooling Districts: $50
• Fire Districts: $50
• TIF Districts: $50
• Zoning/Land Use: $50
• Flood Plain Data: $50

Transportation

• County Road Centerlines (addressed): $250
• Railroad Centerlines: $50

Orthophotography (Countywide)

• Color Countywide Aerials (SID Format)
  2015: $1,200
  2012: $1,000
  2010: $500
  2009: $200
• Color Aerial Single Image (SID Format)
  2015: $40
  2012: $150
  2010: $150
  2009: $50
• Single Image Conversion to Desired Format
  2015: $50
• Individual JPEG Tiles 1 or .5 mile square
  2012: $50
  2010: $30
  2009: $10

Miscellaneous Layers

• Any additional layers not listed: Contact for more pricing information

Cost Exempt List for Data Purchasing

The following types of organizations are exempt from GIS data costs. Exempt organizations are still required to sign a Geographic Datasets Licensing Agreement and may be subject to standard processing fees.

• Des Moines County GIS Commission Member Entities
• State Agency
• Federal Agency
• School District
• Tax Supported University or Community College

Contractors may be granted access to the data at no cost if they are conducting work on behalf of an exempt organization. The exempt organization must make a formal request for the data and have a signed license agreement on file with the Des Moines County GIS Commission.