Humboldt County, Nevada Assessor's Office
Thacker Pass is one of the most significant development areas in Nevada and represents a major multi-billion-dollar lithium project with long-term impacts on land use, infrastructure, assessment, and county planning. For the Humboldt County Assessor’s Office, a project of this size creates a unique challenge: the area can change quickly, and those changes need to be documented, reviewed, measured, and understood accurately over time.
FinBee TAC’s Thacker Pass Targeted Imagery Program is designed specifically to support the Assessor’s Office with high-resolution aerial imagery, 3D data, GIS-ready deliverables, and owned project datasets focused on the areas that matter most. Rather than relying only on broad subscription imagery or outdated visual records, Humboldt County can receive targeted aerial collections around the active project footprint, access roads, infrastructure corridors, graded areas, building sites, utility improvements, and surrounding parcels.
A major advantage of FinBee TAC’s platform is the ability to deliver detailed 3D data and measurable visual models. Using advanced unmanned aircraft systems, high-resolution imagery, and 3D mesh processing, FinBee TAC can create accurate digital representations of structures, terrain, pads, roads, stockpiles, and visible site improvements. This gives assessor staff the ability to review and measure many features directly from their desktop instead of relying solely on field visits.
For assessment workflows, this is especially valuable. The 3D mesh and imagery tools allow structures and improvements to be measured with a high degree of reliability, with structure measurements typically within approximately 5 square feet or less when collected under proper project conditions. This allows the Assessor’s Office to review building footprints, visible additions, site improvements, height-related features, graded areas, and other measurable changes with confidence.
This level of accuracy can change how assessor staff work. Instead of sending field crews to verify every visible change, staff can first review the project area remotely, measure structures, compare current conditions to previous collections, and prioritize fieldwork only where it is truly needed. This helps improve efficiency, reduce unnecessary site visits, and create a stronger visual record for property review and assessment support.
The program also supports change tracking over time. As Thacker Pass develops, new roads, structures, utility corridors, grading, drainage features, pads, and other improvements may appear across the project area. FinBee TAC’s repeatable collection model allows the Assessor’s Office to compare current imagery and 3D data against prior collections, helping staff identify where meaningful changes have occurred and where additional review may be needed.Another major benefit is the data ownership option. Humboldt County is not simply paying for temporary access to imagery that may disappear when a subscription ends. With owned deliverables, the County receives long-term control of the collected imagery, 3D data, and GIS-ready outputs. These datasets can be retained, reused, compared year after year, integrated into county GIS systems, and shared internally as county needs evolve.
Although the primary purpose of this program is to support the Humboldt County Assessor’s Office, owned deliverables may also create value for other county departments. GIS, planning, emergency management, roads, public works, and other departments may benefit from having access to the same accurate visual record of one of the most important development areas in the region.
FinBee TAC’s targeted approach also gives the Assessor’s Office flexibility. Each year, flights can be planned around the areas with the greatest assessment value, including active construction zones, new improvements, access roads, expansion areas, utility corridors, and high-change parcels. This allows the County to focus its budget on the areas where updated data matters most instead of paying for unnecessary countywide collection.
The Thacker Pass program demonstrates how high-resolution imagery, accurate 3D data, reliable measurement tools, and county-owned deliverables can modernize assessment workflows around large-scale development. For Humboldt County, this creates a practical desktop review system, a long-term visual record, and a more efficient way to monitor one of Nevada’s most significant projects.