SidwellMaps.com IS the e-commerce website for The Sidwell Company of St. Charles, Illinois, a company specializing in geographic information systems (GIS), cadastral mapping, aerial photography and digital orthophotography, and photogrammetric services, as well as GIS Web Services including website creation, implementation, and web hosting.

SidwellMaps.com was born in October of 2000 as a resource for commercial users to view and print selected portions of any of the 47,000 parcel maps covering over 57 Midwestern U.S. counties that reside in Sidwell's archives.   In May of 2002, aerial photography access was offered to subscription users in most coverage areas.

Beginning in January 2003, SidwellMaps.com added online, credit card purchasing for recent aerial photography prints covering Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties in Illinois. Additional products and instant, online subscription access capabilities will be coming soon.

Current features of SidwellMaps.com are:

• Online use of existing Parcel maps and Aerial Photography** coverage
  ( Our current subscription access to SidwellMaps.com )
  ** Aerial photography add-on service available for most counties. Additional fee applies.
  
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• Online information and ordering for:
  • Parcel Maps - also known as Tax Maps:
    * Line maps - featuring property lines only
    * Composite Maps - featuring property lines & aerial photography combined
  • Aerial Photography Images
    *  Search & View our 2003 & 2002 Aerial Photography
             - (2002 for Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, & Will Counties in Illinois)
    - (2003 Aerial Photography for Kane and Kendall Counties in Illinois)
  • County Tax Map Atlases
  • Composite Map Atlases
  • Custom Tax Map Atlases - School District Coverage, Township Coverage, and more
  • Subdivision Indexes
  • Township Maps
  • County Index Maps
  • Mapping Tools and Accessories
  • Photo Mosaics - large area coverage on one aerial print (Cities, etc.)
  • Scenic Aerial Photography Prints - Chicago Lakefront, Great America, and more


• An information resource to help increase your knowledge about maps:
  • What is a parcel identification number?
  • How to read parcel map features

And there is more to come.....

We hope you will find this site useful in meeting your commercial mapping needs and that you will check in often to experience updates and enhancements to the site as we move forward.  Of course, your comments and suggestions are always appreciated.  If you would like to see specific features or information added to the site, please let us know at info@sidwellco.com.  Thank you.