Digital Cadastral Data Committee

The Digital Cadastral Data Committee (formerly the Land Records Modernization Committee) works to promote research, education, implementation, and distribution of statewide guidelines surrounding the digital mapping of cadastral-related data; works to promote and facilitate the development and sharing of data throughout the state, region, and nation; and advises MnGeo.
 

Committee Co-chairs

Jeff Storlie, St. Louis County Planning & Development Dept., 218-725-5022, storliej@stlouiscountymn.gov

Bart Richardson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 651-259-5796, bart.richardson@state.mn.us

• Work plan
• Meeting schedule
• Committee activity reports and meeting minutes
• Publications and links
   

Work Plan

• Provide technical information and support for the creation of a parcel-based GIS dataset through internet resource links on the committee’s webpage. Information will be geared toward those counties that have not implemented a Geographic Information System.
   
• Work with the MnGeo GIS Outreach Committee to promote the benefits of cadastral systems for the development and maintenance of county parcel data. Provide testimonials and success stories, especially relating to increased data management efficiencies and external stakeholder satisfaction.
   
• Encourage data sharing among county and state agencies by:
  • Participating in the development of MnGeo’s Business Plan for Statewide Parcel Integration
  • Working with MCGISA and supporting their activities
  • Assembling and promoting federal guidelines for data sharing
  • Establishing statewide standardized parcel attributes for data transfers
     

Meeting Schedule

Calendar:  The 2012 committee meetings are scheduled for:  February 3, April 6, June 1, August 3, and December 7.  Check the calendar for time and location details.  All meetings are open to the public and visitors are always welcome.
 

Committee Activity Reports and Meeting Minutes

Publications and Links

The Digital Cadastral Data Committee does not endorse any commercial products which may appear in files referenced here. All information is provided for educational purposes only.

Minnesota

• Business Plan for Statewide Parcel Data Integration for Minnesota, a 2011 Federal Geographic Data Committee CAP grant to MnGeo and collaborating organizations.
• Draft Data Transfer Standard:  Purpose Statement and Overview, handout to generate discussion at the committee's panel at the October 2010 MN GIS/LIS Conference.  The handout includes a list of proposed statewide common parcel attributes based on attributes from the MetroGIS regional parcel dataset.  The committee has not yet finalized this draft standard for submission to the MnGeo Standards Committee or for public comment.
• County Data Sharing Online Survey, June 2009.  Results of Goodhue County GIS Department's survey about how other counties share data and/or services (including parcel data) with their cities and fees associated with those services.
• Land Records Management: Modernizing county systems: Completing a GIS parcel layer, January 2005 (49 p., 11MB, PDF).  Study done for St. Louis County by Pro-West & Associates with numerous examples of the benefits of digital parcel data to local governments.
• Minnesota Cadastral I-Plan draft v. 1.2, February 2003
• Quick Access to Land Records: Cadastral and Right of Way Data Sharing Pilot Project, Feb. 18, 2009.  Ongoing Mn/DOT pilot project
• MetroGIS Parcel Dataset Information, 7-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, including standards and specifications.
• Proposed Land Records Modernization Program for Minnesota.  The report is designed to address the needs of all Minnesota counties and the state as they seek to automate their land records.
• Land Records Modernization Committee Report, June 1999, to the Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information.
• Implementation Guide for Parcel-Based GIS in Minnesota Local Government, November 1997.  This is a "blueprint" resource, to be used by local units of government, for successful implementation of parcel-based GIS in Minnesota.
• Identifying Land Parcels: Is a Statewide Standard Needed?, September 1997:  Examines parcel identification numbers used by Minnesota's 87 counties and the need for a standardized statewide format.
• LCMR Lakeshore Proposal
  • Also view an article that describes the need for lakeshore parcel mapping to support effective long-term lake management.

National

• Issues Regarding a National Land Parcel Database, by the Congressional Research Service, July 2009.
• Nationwide Parcel Mapping: Issue Brief by the National States Geographic Information Council, 2008-2009.
• National Land Parcel Data: A Vision for the Future by the National Research Council, 2007.

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