In an effort to constantly improve Image Mate Online, we release a new version about once a month. All of the changes we make are listed below. Keep an eye on this page if you want to know what’s new in IMO.
Fixed: Images were not showing on the PRC's when the ImoProxyServer was used. This now corrected.
Fixed: Show all images for users with admin access for option ShowImageFirstOnly.
Fixed: ShowImageFirstOnly now correctly shows only first image for public viewing.
Fixed: PRCS are now working when there is no sales history data.
Fixed: Creating new owners in sales history on a parcel now correctly saves the address of the owner.
Changed: sales history extension has been replaced with parcel history extension.
Fixed: Searching the sales history data for an owner name containing an apostrophe caused an error.
Fixed: Tax map numbers on the Tax Maps page included extra numbers.
Added: Split IMO’s search options into basic and advanced search modes. You can switch between them at will, and IMO will remember the type of search you prefer.
Added: Added a new option to the Tools menu for creating a new sales history parcel.
Changed: The external map links now use latitude and longitude to find the parcel instead of the parcel’s street address.
Changed: Search results now show only one row per parcel when owner names are hidden.
Changed: The property details page now shows one PRC button per site type. It also shows a PRC button when a parcel doesn’t have any sites.
Fixed: In certain conditions, it was impossible to delete an image using IMO’s Image Management extension.
Fixed: The order of images was incorrectly changed when deleting an image using IMO’s Image Management extension.
Fixed: Some buttons on the property details page that should have been hidden were incorrectly shown for historic parcels with a commercial site or no sites.
Fixed: The Safari web browser crashed when clicking the jump link on the Sales History Information page.
Added: Added the ability to search for parcels by either an entire municipality or a specific assessment district.
Added: Added the ability to configure the news text, site disclaimer, and tax disclaimer from the administration pages.
Changed: GIS integration can now be limited to only be available for public or private user accounts.
Fixed: All of the pages in Image Mate Online now render correctly in Internet Explorer 8.
Fixed: Fixed a bug in the residential PRC template.
Fixed: Fixed a bug with image viewing permissions.
Fixed: Taxable values were not being shown to Firefox users.
Fixed: Property details links would not always be displayed at the top of the comparables results page after paging back and forth.
Added: Added a new administration page for exporting property information to a CSV file using a customizable format.
Added: Added support for hiding private images from public users.
Changed: Orphaned images can now be found using a partial tax ID number.
Changed: IMO only shows the disclaimer page once per day now instead of once per login.
Changed: Changed tax payment pages based on feedback from Washington County.
Added: Added an API for getting information about Image Mate Online and the V4 Extract.
Fixed: Some documents that shouldn’t have been visible could be seen when they were orphaned.
Added: Added real-time feedback to property search page to make it easier to find the property you’re looking for.
Added: Added support for limiting the visibility of documents and images filed under the general “Document” image type.
Added: Added agricultural district information to the property details and printable report pages.
Fixed: Improved the resizing algorithm used for photos and image thumbnails.
Changed: The account number search field can now be shown either above or below the tax ID search field on the property search page.
Added: Selected rows on the comparables search results page are now highlighted to make it easier to see which ones are chosen.
Added: Added links to see the full details for a property to the comparable property view page.
Added: Custom messages can now be displayed on all of the tax information pages. These messages can be entered by administrators and hidden or shown as desired.
Added: Image Mate Online can now show property account numbers stored in RPSv4.
Changed: Changed the layout of the edit and delete image pages (part of the Image Management extension) to require less scrolling.
Added: Image Mate Online can now be configured to integrate with a custom, external tax calculator instead of the one provided by IMO.
Fixed: Creating a new sales history entry for a property with a comma or forward slash in its street no longer causes an error.
Added: Both the base property class for the parcel itself and its site property classes are shown on the property details and printable report pages, and on generated PRCs.
Fixed: Unhandled errors occurred on the user statistics admin page with certain versions of SQL Server.
Changed: Links for additional parcels involved in a sale are only shown if there is data available.
Fixed: Clicking the Owner/Sales link on the property details page would cause an error on some properties.
Added: Added the Sale Type to the other sale information shown on the property details page.
Added: Added the ability to choose which accounts’ statistics are shown on the User Statistics administration page.
Changed: Updated photo navigation on the property details to be faster and easier to use.
Changed: Changed the layout of the sale information shown on the property details page to be easier to read.
Fixed: Vertical photos were stretched too wide on most pages.
Fixed: Photo descriptions for some photos shown on comparable page were wrong.
Added: Added a configuration option for whether or not the link to the municipality’s home page should open in a new window.
Changed: Changed the fonts used for headings and data to improve readability and fix a printing bug in Firefox 3.
Fixed: Clicking the Back button in Internet Explorer after performing a sales comparable search left the Sale Price and Sale Date fields disabled.
Added: IMO can now show information for historic and deleted parcels. Historic and deleted parcels are clearly marked, and you can limit searches to only active/reactivated or only historic/deleted parcels.
Added: Scanned cards (in PDF format) shown on the Sales History pages can now be non-printable.
Added: Added a new administration page for configuring tax information that lets you hide specific types of taxes for municipalities when you don’t have data for them.
Added: Added a test to make sure cookies are working. If they aren’t, a notification message is shown when you try to log in.
Changed: Redesigned the news administration page.
Changed: Redesigned the printable report.
Fixed: The news administration page caused an error when it couldn’t find or write to the news file.
Fixed: The help link didn’t work on some remote sites.
Changed: Year used to get assessment values in tax calculator is now configurable.
Changed: Changed tax information display for Westchester County.
Changed: Added support for direct image access to PRC creation.
Added: Added support for showing different assessment years to public and private users.
Added: The V4 Extract version number can be seen by hovering your mouse over the data updated date on the property search page.
Changed: Redesigned the help system to be easier to read, browse, and print, and updated its contents.
Changed: Modified the assessment years administration page to be easier to use.
Fixed: When the municipal seal couldn’t be found IMO showed a missing image instead of the alternate text.
Fixed: The change password page didn’t always behave correctly.
Changed: Renamed square footage column on comparables pages for commercial properties.
Fixed: Some building conditions were incorrectly reported.
Added: A confirmation message is now shown on the assessment year administration page when saving settings.
Changed: The user interface for the assessment year administration page has been updated to be more clear and easy to use.
Changed: The tax calculator has been upgraded to support many more types of taxes.
Fixed: Some users couldn’t successfully log in the first time when IMO was configured to show a disclaimer.
Fixed: Searching for an invalid printkey in the Sales History extension didn’t show an error message.
Fixed: The printable report page displayed an error if no assessment years were shown.
Fixed: Due to a change in 8.04.2, linking from Manifold GIS sites to IMO was not working correctly.
Added: Added support for hiding village taxable information on the Tax Info page.
Changed: The public login link is now above the private login form and is formatted to stand out better.
Changed: Assessment roll years are updated without requiring an application restart.
Changed: A notification message is shown now if the person logging in does not accept the disclaimer before clicking the Continue button.
Changed: The comments text box on the New User administration page now allows multiple lines of text.
Changed: The image management link shown on the Sales History Information page no longer says “Manage” if the current user is not an administrator.
Changed: The Tax ID text box is now selected by default when the Sales History Search page loads.
Fixed: Text in the Sales History lot size was not allowed to be uppercase.
Fixed: The Sales History print page said “All Records” even when only one record was selected.
Changed: Image dates are now updated whenever they are modified via IMO’s image management module.
Fixed: Images moved via IMO’s image management module were not always shown correctly in RPSv4.
Changed: Pressing the Enter key on the comparable property search form starts a search instead of resetting the form.
Fixed: Full market value was shown on the printable report when it wasn’t shown on the property details page.
Fixed: Sale dates weren’t shown on the comparable property sales search results page.
Added: Added support for displaying multiple seals with individual links.
Added: Added support for viewing building permit data when it is available.
Added: Added the ability to limit displaying the LiveLink link on the property details page to users with login accounts.
Changed: Available subject property inventory data now shown for sales comparable search results for “unsold” subject properties.
Changed: Reformatted some of the sales information shown on the property details page.
Changed: Neighborhood codes are now included in comparable searches by default.
Added: You can link directly to any page in IMO now. If you’re not logged in you will be asked to log in and will then be brought where you were trying to go.
Added: Added support for configurable tax map number formats.
Fixed: If a disclaimer is specified, it is always shown whenever somebody accesses IMO for the first time.
Fixed: Some comparables searches caused errors.
Added: All matching results are returned for comparable searches and are split into multiple pages.
Added: Added inventory information to the printable report page for commercial properties.
Added: Added Full Market Value and Legal Property Description to printable report page for all properties.
Added: Added grid east and grid north to the property details page.
Added: Text notes are now shown with a note icon on the Image Management all images page.
Changed: Search hints for owner names aren’t shown if owner names are not visible.
Fixed: Some commercial desirability codes were not displayed correctly.
Fixed: Some deed dates entered into the Sales History extension caused an application error.
Fixed: Replacing an image using the Image Management extension didn’t change the file’s extension.
Fixed: Logging out from the disclaimer page didn’s always result in a successful logout.
Fixed: Images added through IMO’s Image Management extension were not visible in RPSv4.
Added: GIS applications can now send only a 20-digit SBL instead of both a SWIS and SBL.
Added: Added the ability to move all historic cards with a Sales History property when it is moved.
Added: Added statistics and search criteria information to the comparable pages.
Added: Street Name search field now provides a list of all matching street names.
Changed: Lot sizes in Sales History are now stored per record instead of per property.
Changed: School exemption total now includes STAR exemptions.
Fixed: Public access users couldn’t set their preferred tax map type when multiple types were configured.
Fixed: Logging out from the change password page didn’t actually end the user’s session.
Fixed: The Remember Me option didn’t work if the user name contained a space.
Fixed: Notes attached to a Sales History property weren’t deleted when their property was deleted.
Fixed: In some cases it was impossible to change the assessment year information.
Fixed: No results were returned when a comparable sales search included a sale price.
Fixed: An application error occurred on some servers when accessing the administration page for creating new tax calculator taxes.
Added: Added a tax calculator that allows people to see how their assessed value affects their taxes, and also makes it possible to see tax estimates if RPS160D1 data is not available.
Changed: City tax information extracted from RPS160D1 files are now shown on the tax bill page when available.
Changed: Removed extra spaces before the data on the property details page.
Changed/Fixed: The password encryption algorithm has changed for additional security and to fix a problem with certain passwords. Passwords are seamlessly upgraded during the login.
Fixed: Moving a Sales History record to a property that didn’t have any records caused an error.
Fixed: Sales History lot sizes are once again not required.
Added: Added the ability to only show a property’s first photo to the public and non-administrators.
Added: All comparables search ranges and which search fields are pre-filled are now configurable.
Changed: Tax information for the current year is always shown on the tax information page, regardless of selected assessment years.
Fixed: Some pages in IMO did not honor custom port numbers.
Fixed: Release 7.12.1 caused inventory data and some parcel data to no longer display correctly.
Fixed: The acreage shown in the Land Breakdown Section in PRCs was off by a multiple of one hundred.
Changed: Time and server resources required to create a PRC have been greatly reduced.
Changed: Available historic 160 tax information can now be viewed on the tax info page by clicking the Display Historical Tax Information link.
Changed: The tax bill page can now be viewed for any year with tax data.
Changed: The image type and default comment for 5217s is now “RP5217.”
Fixed: Owner names and addresses on the Sales History print records page wrapped lines too often.
Fixed: Names of files and folders created using Image Management were not the correct length.
Fixed: The sale date shown at the top of PRCs was not the date of the most recent sale.
Fixed: Some text on PRCs was clipped.
Added: Added a new administration page for configuring renewable exemptions.
Added: There is now a log in link in the menu bar when using public access so users with accounts can log in.
Changed: The “No Image Available” image has been replaced with text on the comparables report page.
Fixed: Release 7.11.1 caused special district units to be multipled by one hundred.
Fixed: Some Sales History records could not be reordered after being moved to a different property.
Added: Links to GIS and LiveLink can now be configured to open in a new window or to use the existing window.
Fixed: Release 7.11 caused the County section of the tax bill page to always be empty.
Added: There is now a login link for public users on the login page when public access is enabled.
Added: Added an information page that explains some key assessment terms with links to the ORPS website. It is hidden by default.
Added: The data shown for special districts can now be customized.
Changed: Exemption and special district data are now shown for all years that taxable values are shown.
Changed: The “No Image Available” image has been replaced with text on the property details and report pages.
Changed: Image retrieval speed for sites using the ImageProxy has been improved.
Fixed: The Print Report button on the comparables result page didn’t work in Internet Explorer when less than 3 comparable properties were shown.
Fixed: Resequencing failed for some images that didn’t use the SWIS-SBL-sequence name format.
Fixed: The number of stories in a building now comes directly from the RPSv4 database.
Added: Image Mate Online can now be extended to add the ability to create Property Record Cards.
Added: The property’s lot size, coordinate locator, and lot/town/range are now shown on the Sales History print record page.
Added: The porch and garage data shown on the inventory page can now be hidden.
Added: The heading for the property search results column being sorted is now highlighted.
Changed: All of a property’s tax information is now consolidated on the Tax Info page.
Changed: Tax rates shown on tax bill page are now per-thousand instead of percents.
Changed: The Tax ID button has been renamed to Property Info
Changed: Full and half bathrooms have been separated into different fields.
Changed: Sizes are now displayed in whichever format is available (square feet, acres, or dimensions).
Changed: Property search results layout has been updated to be easier to read.
Changed: Default sort order for property search results is now SWIS and tax ID.
Changed: STAR exemptions are now subtracted from the School Taxable value.