County GIS · Parcel viewers · October 18, 2026

Minnesota County GIS Websites: Parcel Viewers by County

Which parcel map software each Minnesota county uses (87 of 87 verified), how to search the common viewers, and a link to every official map.

Looking for Minnesota county GIS websites? Minnesota has 87 counties, and their official parcel maps do not all run on the same software. Knowing which viewer a county uses tells you what the search box expects and where the parcel report is.

If you look up land in more than one Minnesota county, you will notice the parcel maps don't match. That is because each office chooses its own software. Below, all 87 Minnesota entries in our directory are listed with the viewer each one uses, plus tips for the most common types.

Minnesota at a glance

• Entries in the directory: 87
• With a verified public parcel viewer: 87
• Beacon (Schneider Geospatial): 32
• county web map: 31
• ArcGIS Web AppBuilder: 12
• ArcGIS Experience Builder: 8
• ArcGIS: 2
• ArcGIS Map Viewer: 2

The most populous counties

Most lookups happen in the largest places, so here is what their maps run on.

How to search the most common viewers in Minnesota

Beacon (Schneider Geospatial) (32 entries, e.g. Benton County, Blue Earth County, Brown County)

1. Open the link to the Beacon site from Schneider Geospatial. If a terms or disclaimer window appears, agree to it to continue.
2. Use the search bar to look up a street address, an owner's name or a parcel ID. Beacon sites usually also have a dedicated property search page.
3. Click a lot on the map and then open its report for assessment and property details.
4. Use the layer and basemap controls to add aerial photos or other layers the county publishes.

county web map (31 entries, e.g. Aitkin County, Anoka County, Becker County)

1. Open the county's own web map.
2. Search for the property or pan and zoom to it.
3. Click the lot to bring up what the county publishes about it.
4. Look for print or measure tools if you need a quick map or rough size.

ArcGIS Web AppBuilder (12 entries, e.g. Big Stone County, Clearwater County, Dodge County)

1. Open the official map link from the county's page. The viewer is built with ArcGIS Web AppBuilder; if a disclaimer pops up, accept it to continue.
2. Use the search widget, usually in the upper left, to find a street address or parcel ID.
3. Click a parcel to open its info window.
4. The widget bar holds extras such as the layer list, basemap switcher, measure and print tools.

Every Minnesota entry and its viewer

Before you rely on what you find

Online parcel lines are drawn for tax mapping, not surveys, so they can sit a few feet off the real boundary. For anything legal, such as a fence, a sale or a dispute, use the recorded deed and a licensed surveyor. To check flood zones, soils or wetlands for a spot you found, open it on the Platbookmapper Land Map, which pulls FEMA, USDA and U.S. Fish & Wildlife layers.

See also: Minnesota on Platbookmapper.

Related guides

• Minnesota landowner maps for hunting
• How to use Beacon property search

Sources

• Platbookmapper county GIS directory (the live data file behind our county pages, pulled October 18, 2026). Viewer types are read from each official map's web address.
• U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county totals, Vintage 2023 (July 1, 2023 estimates)
• County seats: Wikidata (county seat property), cross-checked against Census place names.