County Recorders and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

the Corner Point Attribute
which corresponds with county recorder data


The box below illustrates in red the attribute from the Corner Point entity of the Cadastral Data Content Standard which correspond with data commonly used by county recorders.

cnrpt.GIF (3664 bytes)

Corner Point - A Corner Point is a point, which marks the ends of Record Boundaries or the extremities of a Legal Area. A Corner Point may or may not be monumented and is any representation of a Corner.

Monument Type - The Monument Type describes the material, composition, and other characteristics of the physical corner marker, if present. The monument type may also be an indication of the cartographic symbol the Corner Point is representing, if the Corner Point is derived from a digitized representation. Domain: Aluminum Cap, Aluminum Marker, Axle, Bolt, Brass Cap, Cap-And-Bolt, Concrete Post, Disk, Fence Post, Iron Pipe, Iron Post, Marked Stone, Metal Rod, Nail, Pk Nail, Rebar, Rock, Rock Cairn, Steel Pin, Tree, Water Cap, Wooden Hub, Wooden Stake, free text.

Monument Type corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders:  monument description


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Table Of Contents - County Recorders and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

Links to the other Cadastral Courses:
Learning The Cadastral Data Content Standard
Cadastral Information For GIS Specialists
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