Update on the South Dakota Digital Cadastral Initiative South Dakota Association of Assessing Officers Annual Conference May 21, 2008 Jenifer Sorensen, FourFront Design, Inc. Representing the Black Hills Digital Mapping Association

Parcel boundaries are tied to the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) PLSS itself can be used to create parcels Section, ¼ section, ¼ ¼ section used as legal description Lease blocks on public lands

2005 report assesses parcel data in U.S. About 80% of the people live on 20% of the land Total number of parcels converted to digital about 70% with most in urban areas 30% not done are in roughly 2,000 rural counties 76% of counties don’t have expertise or resources to digitize cadastral data An Assessment of Parcel Data in the United States 2005 Survey Results, May 2006, FGDC Subcommittee on Cadastral Data http://www.nationalcad.org/data/documents/Cadastral_Inv_2005_v2.pdf

Parcel data supports many areas of local government Cadastral (Land Ownership) Information Engineering Police Fire/EMS Code Enforcement Transportation Public Works Facilities Planning Health Emergency Management Public Land Safety

Why it’s important to put parcel data in a GIS More informed and quicker decision making Improved productivity/efficiency Improved data management Improved information access Return-on-investment

Data is produced; data is distributed Production environment – where databases are maintained and where maps and information are produced Publication environment – where GIS data is distributed and published for users outside of the data production community Publication Environment Production Environment

Reasons to create a digital statewide cadastre: Provides: Location information of structures (and people) for emergency purposes Accurate inventories of natural assets – federal, state Locational reference for administrative purposes (rules and regulations enforcement) Standardized database for management of public lands Base maps for planning and preliminary engineering studies Base maps for statewide studies Simplifies: Coordination among state and local government National Land Parcel Data: A Vision for the Future, 2007 Prepublication Version http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309110300

What are the Roles of Participating Agencies in a Statewide Cadastre? Federal FGDC BLM USGS State Statewide coordination Funding Publication coordination and integration Regional Local Primary data producers and providers Data maintenance Private

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Black Hills Digital Mapping Association USGS NSDI CAP 2007-08 grant Lead facilitating organization for grant State of South Dakota (BIT, SD Geological Survey) SD Association of Assessing Officers City of Sioux Falls GIS Cadastral initiative is a volunteer effort with stakeholders from all levels of government and private sector

http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2007CAP/ Category3/SD

South Dakota Cadastral Initiative – Update on Activities Short-term goal: produce statewide cadastral strategic and business plans Long term goals: Create a statewide network of collaborators to raise awareness and support Conduct a statewide needs assessment – ID data availability, gaps Recommend a multi-purpose needs-driven cadastral data system ID and solicit funding to support goals Presentations to Assessors: June 2007 - NCRAAO; August 2007 – SDAAO GIS Workshop Fall Conference, September 18 – 19, 2007, Rapid City Cadastral Committee Meeting September 20 – 21, 2007 Regular meetings of committee Membership Input – meetings this summer to stakeholders

http://www.openplans.org/ Search for: South Dakota Cadastral Initiative

Statewide cadastral strategic and business plan (draft) Establish an advisory committee Develop outreach strategy Create stakeholder list Develop concept of operation plan Develop web page Data needs assessment ID critical business functions Implement pilot project ID projects ID funding sources Establish partnerships

Contact information: Jenny Sorensen 605-342-9470 jsorensen@4front.biz www.bhdma.org