Cadastral Information For GIS Specialists

Part Two

Cadastral Information


ca·das·tre \k_’dast_(r)\: an official register of the quantity, value, and ownership of real estate used in apportioning taxes.

ca·das·tral \k_’dastr_l\ (1) of or relating to the records of a cadastre: concerned with an assembling or keeping of records necessary to a cadastre; (2) of a map or survey: showing or recording property boundaries, subdivision lines, buildings, and other details.

cadastral survey – a survey which creates, marks, defines, retraces or reestablishes the boundaries and subdivisions of the public lands of the United States.

Cadastral information sometimes is thought of as simply the corners and boundaries resulting from land surveys, and the descriptive information found in surveyors’ notes.  Expanding on that, cadastral information may be regarded in the context of the extent of the land, and sometimes also the value of the land, especially as related to taxation.  Given a little more thought, cadastral information is considered to include the owner(s) of the land, and how the land might be used.  Cadastral information includes all of these, and more.  The following discussions elaborate on the “and other details” noted in the definition above.

The Depth and Diversity of Cadastral Information

Example - Wyoming Coal Leasing and Private Land
    Coal
    Oil & Gas
    Ownership
    Surface Ownership and Subsurface Mineral Rights
    Wildlife, and Summary

GIS Themes and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

A Local Parcel Map Example

A Local Zoning Map Example

Parcel Related GIS Functions – Nevada BLM Land Sale Example

Using Cadastral Data In A GIS
    The Cadastral Data Set
    The Case Of The Misplaced Boundary Marker
    Data Reliability At The Canyon Of The Ancients National Monument


Table Of Contents - Cadastral Information For GIS Specialists


Links to the other Cadastral Courses:
Learning The Cadastral Data Content Standard
County Recorders And The Cadastral Data Content Standard
Surveyors And The Cadastral Data Content Standard


Presented by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, and

the Federal Geographic Data Committee Cadastral Subcommittee