A portion of the Minnesota's statewide PLSS base map is shown below. This view is a small part of the 1:100,000 scale Worthington quadrangle. Similar coverage is complete for the entire state of Minnesota. This is an illustration of simple presentational use of cadastral data. For more information about Minnesota data, see the Minnesota Land Management Information Center Web site.
 
 

For example, for the number 14 in the light blue area of Section 31, the "1" indicates the first quarter section, and the "4" indicates the 4th quarter quarter section.

Other information shown on this map includes Township and Range numbers shown along Town and Range lines highlighed in red.

The Minnesota maps include other information such as county code, number of government lots, government lot numbers, acres, and comments.

The main advantages of bringing presentational uses of cadastral data into conformance with the Standard are:

• reduction of or elimination of duplication of data used by numerous agencies
• increased clarity of communication about cadastral matters between cooperating organizations

(Worthington quadrangle sample data for this example was provided by the State of Minnesota Land Management Information Center, Division of Minnesota Planning. The data received from Minnesota was imported into ArcView and designed in ArcView for the above illustration.)

Now use the links below to return to Section 3 which led to this example, or to go to any of the other Sections or Modules.

Links to the Course Sections and Modules: [Quick Reference] [Introduction] [Section 1: Purpose and Benefits of the Cadastral Data Content Standard] [Section 2: How the Standard Was Developed] [Section 3: Other Standards and Related Activities] [Section 4: Data Modeling Techniques, Rules and Diagram Conventions] [Section 5: Crosswalks, Translations, and Examples] [Section 6: Understanding Compliance with the Standard] [Section 7: Maintenance of the Standard] [Section 8: User and Technical Support] [County Recorder Module] [GIS Specialist Module] [Surveyor Module] [Glossary]