Press Release · February 5, 2020 · Minneapolis
Pushpin announced today that it had completed a parcel change detection project with Shawnee County, Kansas. The county competitively selected Pushpin for the project via a request for proposal (RFP). Under the contract, the county leveraged Pushpin's machine learning platform for identifying property changes. Pushpin compared 75,143 parcels in aerial imagery from 2014 and 2018 and identified 7,769 changed parcels (10%). Pushpin estimated an annual property tax increase of $2,413,980 associated with these changes.
"The appraiser's office selected Pushpin for our parcel change detection project because Pushpin's accuracy is excellent and their service is much faster and cheaper than the competition," said Steve Bauman, County Appraiser, Shawnee County. "Pushpin helped us identify numerous property changes such as additions and new construction that were not in our permit database. Their specific identification of the changes enabled our staff to focus on the higher priority changes such as new construction and garages first."
"It has been a pleasure working with Shawnee County and helping them accelerate their property assessment workflow," said Randy Milbert, President, Pushpin. "Shawnee County was the first in the state to leverage our machine learning platform in a county-wide project. We look forward to helping them in future years."
About Shawnee County Appraiser's Office
Shawnee County is located in northeast Kansas. It has a population of 177,934. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state capital and county seat. The county appraiser's office is assigned the task of appraising real estate and personal property for tax purposes. The office's mission is providing uniform, fair, and equitable appraisals of all real and personal property in compliance with the laws and guidelines of the state of Kansas. For more information, please visit https://www.snco.us/ap/.
About Pushpin
Founded in 2015 and based in Minneapolis, Pushpin believes that people and computers intelligently combined can solve difficult mapping challenges better, faster, and cheaper than the alternatives. Pushpin works with tech-forward customers and partners to dramatically increase automation, accelerate workflows, and decrease costs. Pushpin applies patent-pending deep learning algorithms to aerial and satellite imagery to identify parcel changes, extract building footprints, and estimate impervious areas, and more. Pushpin's clients include Maricopa County, Arizona; Lee County, Florida; Hillsborough County, Florida; CoreLogic; Nearmap; and many others. For more information, please visit https://pushpin.us.