Automating the parcel mapping process: the Montana cadastral project
Bacino, Craig C.
With abstract.
Surveying and Land Information Systems. - Vol. 59, No. 3, (September 1999) ; p. 165-168 : ill.
The proliferation of computer systems capable of handling geographic data has led to a demand for digital data sets, including cadastral, or parcel, information. In Montana, this demand has initiated a formal project to create a statewide digital land ownership database. Several factors, including the rural nature of the state and limitations of budget and staff, prompted an alternative approach to digital cadastral mapping. The resulting application digitally maps a high percentage of the land area of each township by integrating the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Geographic Coordinate Database and the State of Montana property appraisal database. Parcels not captured by the application are mapped by contracted vendors using conventional methods and appended to the database.
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