General Instructions:

This survey builds off of the FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee 2003 Assessment of Parcel Data in the US. The purpose of the survey is to determine the current status and trends of parcel data in the US since 2003. This information will be used by the FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee to facilitate the coordination of activities related to cadastral data and the exchange of cadastral data by formal and informal means. Questions are asked about three data categories; cadastral data, orthophotography, and corner control. The later two are included because they are essential to conversion and use of cadastral data in a GIS.

Each state has a single cadastral contact that was acquired with the assistance of the National States Geographic Information Council. Access to the survey is provided through the nationalcad webstie. A user identification and password will be provided to this State Cadastral Contact and the State GIS Coordinator. These passwords may be shared with others to complete specific sections or to verify the content of the data.

If you have any questions or problems with the survey contact David Stage at dstage@nationalcad.org.

2003 Data: The data from the 2003 survey has been included in the database as a starting point for the survey. Please verify this information and update what is appropriate.

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Use of the Survey: The survey will be use on the FGDC’s Cadastral Subcommittee’s web site http://nationalcad.org to show the current status of parcel data in the states. Comments will not be included. A lr_survey05 report will be developed showing the trends in parcel conversion in the US.

Contact and organizational information: Question 1 asks for contact and organizational information on eight different areas that are related to the management of parcel data. This information will show up in other questions in the survey for the inclusion of other information, verification or additions.

Comment: Each question includes a general comment field for qualifications or further comments about the information that you provided.

The survey was completed September 1, 2006

lr_survey05 Page :
To view the lr_survey05 page for a particular state, click on the state name below.