ADVANCEMENTS IN ADVANCEMENTS IN NATIONAL NATIONAL

CADASTRAL CADASTRAL ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

David Claypool – Ramsey County Minnesota

Bob Ader - BLM

National StrategyNational Strategy

nn National Cadastral StrategyNational Cadastral Strategy•• Improve the availability and quality of Improve the availability and quality of

real property information to support real property information to support decision making at all levels of decision making at all levels of government and the private sector.government and the private sector.

National StrategyNational Strategy

nn National Cadastral StrategyNational Cadastral Strategy•• Users and decision makers will be able Users and decision makers will be able

to access and use property information to access and use property information to meet their ongoing land record needs to meet their ongoing land record needs as well as broader more regional needs as well as broader more regional needs such as strategic planning and such as strategic planning and responses to emergency situations. responses to emergency situations.

National StrategyNational Strategy

nn National Cadastral StrategyNational Cadastral Strategy•• Partnerships and collaboration are an Partnerships and collaboration are an

absolutely critical element in attaining absolutely critical element in attaining the vision of a National Cadastral Data the vision of a National Cadastral Data Infrastructure. Thus, coordination and Infrastructure. Thus, coordination and collaboration where all participants have collaboration where all participants have an equal say. Issues are discussed an equal say. Issues are discussed openly and objectively. openly and objectively.

National StrategyNational Strategy

nn Eastern and Western Cadastral Eastern and Western Cadastral StrategyStrategy•• Active working steering committees with Active working steering committees with

eastern and western coordinators.eastern and western coordinators.•• Address issues specific to the east, such Address issues specific to the east, such

as hurricanes, and the west, such as as hurricanes, and the west, such as wildlandwildland fires and energy management.fires and energy management.

National StrategyNational Strategynn Eastern Cadastral StrategyEastern Cadastral Strategy

National StrategyNational Strategynn Eastern Cadastral Strategy DriversEastern Cadastral Strategy Drivers

•• facilitating economic growth, facilitating economic growth, •• authorizing the use of land resources, authorizing the use of land resources, •• maintaining livable communities, maintaining livable communities, •• providing for individual and community safety providing for individual and community safety

and security,and security,•• supporting public health systems,supporting public health systems,•• responding emergency situations more responding emergency situations more

effectively, andeffectively, and•• providing a community sense of well being.providing a community sense of well being.

National StrategyNational Strategynn Western Cadastral Strategy ObjectivesWestern Cadastral Strategy Objectives

•• Establish partnerships across government organizations Establish partnerships across government organizations

and private industry.and private industry.

•• Develop, update, and maintain “Core” level data Develop, update, and maintain “Core” level data

•• Integrate the collection and maintenance of cadastral Integrate the collection and maintenance of cadastral

data data

•• Develop and Adopt Common PracticesDevelop and Adopt Common Practices

•• Develop state strategies and detailed plans Develop state strategies and detailed plans

•• Establish and implement collaborative measures Establish and implement collaborative measures

•• Obtain additional funding resources to assist designated Obtain additional funding resources to assist designated

rural counties.rural counties.

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasks

nn State ContactsState Contacts

nn State ProgramsState Programs

nn Cadastral InventoryCadastral Inventory

nn Standard Compliance Standard Compliance

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasks

nn State ContactsState Contacts

NSGIC Survey for Contacts (Bill Johnson, David Stage and Bill Ferguson)

Nationalcad state contacts interface

IAAO – Department of Revenue contacts

NACo – Survey contacts

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasksnn State ContactsState Contacts

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasks

nn State ProgramsState ProgramsDavid Stage and Stu Kirkpatrick

to identify the best practices of state parcel conversion programs with an emphasis on facilitating parcel conversion from paper to digital maps in smaller communities.

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasksnn State ProgramsState Programs

Seven states have been identified as potential models: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

The Information Management Best Practices Criteria will be used as a basis to categorize criteria which are:

• Effect a measurable change in performance.• Be applicable to a broad spectrum of organizations.• Be proven in practice.• Utilize proven technologies• Ensure an acceptable level of control and risk

management• Match the skills and capabilities of the organization

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasksnn State ProgramsState Programs

The following information will be collected.A trend analysis contrasting states with and without

conversion programs.

• The quantity and sources of funding provided to the counties.

• The value land management agencies place on parcel data.

• Quantification of improved services and man hours saved if parcel data is available.

Simple descriptive statistics will be used illustrate value and trend analysis will be used to quantify differences.

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasksnn State InventoryState Inventory

•• StateState--byby--State SurveyState Surveynn state survey document on state survey document on Nationalcad.orgNationalcad.org

nn Review of critical counties in the westReview of critical counties in the westnn Survey method and process and Survey method and process and timingtiming

nn Federal Federal InventiryInventiry•• Added federal agencies this yearAdded federal agencies this year•• Federal agency web surveyFederal agency web survey

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasksnn Standard Standard

Compliance Compliance

Based on the Based on the compliance compliance grid forgrid for

Production Production data data

Total Percent (equal weight of all components)

Data Completeness

Domains of values

Data Relationships

Data Definitions

Estimated Percent

Compliant

Element

NSDI Inventory TasksNSDI Inventory Tasksnn Standard Standard

Compliance Compliance

Based on the Based on the core data core data criteria for criteria for Publication Publication data data

Data PublicationData Publicationnn Freely availableFreely available

Data StandardizationData Standardizationnn Reflects the Cadastral Core Data StandardReflects the Cadastral Core Data Standardnn Provides linkages to additional source informationProvides linkages to additional source informationnn Can be integrated across jurisdictional boundariesCan be integrated across jurisdictional boundariesnn Built from common and agreed to spatial definitions Built from common and agreed to spatial definitions

of common boundaries and common featuresof common boundaries and common features

Data DocumentationData Documentationnn Metadata documentation is currentMetadata documentation is current

Data Integrity (quality and currency)Data Integrity (quality and currency)nn Maintained and kept current by the data providerMaintained and kept current by the data providernn Shared stewardship approach to data maintenanceShared stewardship approach to data maintenancenn Allows for “merge on demand” or “grab and go” Allows for “merge on demand” or “grab and go”

which is the ability to combine information on an as which is the ability to combine information on an as needed basis from multiple sourcesneeded basis from multiple sources

Cadastral StewardshipCadastral Stewardship

• GoalsTo quantify the benefits of and applications for properly recovered and accurately surveyed corners on state boundaries

• ParticipantsColorado, Utah and Wyoming GCDB offices and cooperating state and county entities

Points of common control versus

Vertical

integration

StandardsStandards

nn Cadastral Content Standard UpdateCadastral Content Standard Updatenn GOS StandardGOS Standardnn Business Process ProfilesBusiness Process Profiles

Cadastral WorkshopsCadastral Workshops

nn Wild Wild LandLand Fire WorkshopFire Workshopnn Energy WorkshopEnergy Workshop