An Illustration of Surveying Data

Crosswalked To The Standard

Public Agency Attributes
which Correspond with Surveying Data


The box below illustrates in red attributes from the Public Agency entity of the Cadastral Data Content Standard which correspond with data commonly used by surveyors.

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Public Agency - A Public Agency is a public sector organization defined by and part of a governmental body or one chartered by government body for a public purpose, such as the U.S. Postal Service or the Tennessee Valley Authority. The finest or smallest division included in the attributes also indicates the level of government which defines or regulates the Agency.

State - State is one of the primary divisions of the United States and follows the abbreviation and format coding of Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 5-2. Domain: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 5-2.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by surveyors:  State name.

County - A County is the first division of a State. The definition and coding of this attribute is the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 6-4. Domain: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 6-4.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by surveyors:  County name.

City/Village/Town - A City/Village/Town is a division of a County. The definition and coding of this attribute is the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 55-2, September 15, 1973. Domain: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 55-2.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by surveyors:  City, village or town name.

Public Agency Name - The Public Agency Name is the full name of a Public Agency. Domain: free text.
Corresponds to the following data commonly used by surveyors:  surveying agency, such as county name, or BLM.

Note: this example and the others in the crosswalk illustrate correlations between commonly used surveying information and attributes in the Cadastral Data Content Standard.  However, this example is not meant to cover every possible surveying situation.  Thus you may find, upon reviewing the crosswalk, that you can think of instances when additional correlations can be found between the Standard and information surveyors collect.


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Table Of Contents - Surveryors and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

Links to the other Cadastral Courses:
Learning The Cadastral Data Content Standard
County Recorders And The Cadastral Data Content Standard
Cadastral Information for GIS Specialists


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

the Federal Geographic Data Committee Cadastral Subcommittee