The Western Governors’ Association Cadastral Data and Policy Forum report notes several organizations which are successfully working with cadastral information, partnering with other agencies, distributing data over the Internet, and establishing Statewide coverage of cadastral information.

Alaska’s DNR Land Records web site http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/lris/landrecords provides free Access to most of the land records of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The site is a cooperative effort between Alaska DNR and the BLM.  There are about 27,000 Status Plats, 10,000 State Surveys and 24,000 Federal Surveys that are available from the site.

In the State of Nebraska two agencies have complete automated attribute data about their land.  In addition Nebraska is developing standards and guidelines for multipurpose land records systems.  The Nebraska State Surveyors Office assists local governments trying to automate mapping activities.

Clark County, Washington. provides a user searchable MapsOnline page.  This page, at http://www.rtc.wa.gov/ccgis/mol/property.htm, makes Land Parcels, Boundaries, and Survey Plats available on line.

The State of Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) maintains the Washington Cadastral Framework program, which strives for cadastral data consistency and coordination among more than twenty-five State and Federal agencies, counties, and businesses in Washington, http://framework.dnr.state.wa.us/framework/cadastre/partner/.  Activities include implementation of the Cadastral Data Content Standard and conversion of data to the data transfer standard.

The State of Montana’s Cadastral Mapping Project (http://gis.doa.state.mt.us/) is a public-private sector partnership to create, maintain, and disseminate a digital GIS land ownership cadastral database of the entire state.  The statewide digital land ownership database is created from PLSS coordinates and legal land descriptions obtained from the GCDB, the Montana Department of Revenue Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal System (CAMA) database, and private research which gathers deeds, certificates of survey, and paper maps from county courthouses for those areas which are not covered by the GDCB and Montana Department of Revenue information.  Integrating GCDB and CAMA information to produce digital land ownership parcels is accomplished by a series of programs known as the Montana Automated Parcel Program (MAPP), created at the State Of Montana GIS Services Section.

In Utah a partnership between BLM and the State is now providing GCDB data for over 90% of the State.