Cadastral Data Content Standard for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cadastral Subcommittee Federal Geographic Data Committee December 1996 Federal Geographic Data Committee Department of Agriculture • Department of Commerce • Department of Defense • Department of Energy Department of Housing and Urban Development • Department of the Interior • Department of State Department of Transportation • Environmental Protection Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency • Library of Congress National Aeronautics and Space Administration • National Archives and Records Administration Tennessee Valley Authority Federal Geographic Data Committee Established by Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16, the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geographic data. The FGDC is composed of representatives from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, State, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the Library of Congress; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the National Archives and Records Administration; and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Additional Federal agencies participate on FGDC subcommittees and working groups. The Department of the Interior chairs the committee. FGDC subcommittees work on issues related to data categories coordinated under the circular. Subcommittees establish and implement standards for data content, quality, and transfer; encourage the exchange of information and the transfer of data; and organize the collection of geographic data to reduce duplication of effort. Working groups are established for issues that transcend data categories. 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The Subcommittee on Cadastral Data thanks the agencies and individuals that contributed to the content of this standard. iii Cadastral Data Content Standard for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure - December 1996 Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Introduction .........................................................1 1.1 Mission and Goals of Cadastral Data Content Standard ........................ 2 1.2 Relationship to Existing Standards ........................................3 1.3 Description of Standard ................................................3 1.4 Applicability and Intended Uses of Standard .................................4 1.5 Standard Development Procedures ........................................5 1.5.1 Participants ....................................................5 1.5.2 Comments and Reviews ...........................................6 1.6 Maintenance of Standard ................................................6 Diagram Conventions 2. Introduction ..........................................................8 2.1 Reading the Diagrams ..................................................8 2.1.1 Entities .........................................................8 2.1.2 Associations .....................................................8 2.1.3 Cardinality .....................................................10 2.2 Attributes ..........................................................12 Entities and Attributes 3. Introduction ........................................................14 3.1 Entity Relationship Diagram ............................................15 3.2 Entity and Attribute Definitions ..........................................16 AGENT ...........................................................17 AGENT ADDRESS ..................................................18 CIRCULAR CURVE .................................................19 CORNER ..........................................................21 CORNER POINT ....................................................22 CORNER POINT MEASURED COORDINATE ............................24 INDIVIDUAL ......................................................25 LEGAL AREA CORNER ..............................................26 LEGAL AREA DESCRIPTION .........................................27 LEGAL AREA RECORD BOUNDARY ..................................28 ORGANIZATION ...................................................29 OTHER CURVE ....................................................30 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF BLOCK ................................31 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF BLOCK PARCEL ........................32 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF DESCRIPTION ..........................33 PARCEL ..........................................................35 iv Cadastral Data Content Standard for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure - December 1996 Table of Contents PARCEL ADDRESS .................................................36 PARCEL AREA .....................................................37 PARCEL RECORD BOUNDARY .......................................38 PARCEL LEGAL AREA ..............................................39 PARCEL TRANSACTION ............................................40 PUBLIC AGENCY ..................................................42 PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ........................43 PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM TOWNSHIP ..........................45 PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM TOWNSHIP FIRST DIVISION ............47 PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM TOWNSHIP SECOND DIVISION .........48 PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM TOWNSHIP THIRD DIVISION ...........49 RECORD BOUNDARY ...............................................50 RECORD BOUNDARY CORNER POINT ................................52 RECORD BOUNDARY REFERENCE ...................................53 RESTRICTION .....................................................54 STRAIGHT LINE ...................................................55 SURVEY SYSTEM DESCRIPTION .....................................56 SURVEY SYSTEM FIRST DIVISION ...................................57 SURVEY SYSTEM SECOND DIVISION .................................58 SURVEY SYSTEM THIRD DIVISION ..................................59 TRANSACTION AGENT .............................................60 TRANSFERRED RIGHT ..............................................61 3.3 Bibliography and References ...........................................62 3.4 Explanatory Notes ...................................................65 3.5 Index to Definitions ...................................................65 Link Attributes 4. Introduction ........................................................70 4.1 Cultural and Demographic Link ..........................................70 4.2 Source Link ........................................................71 4.3 Units of Measure Link .................................................71 Informative Annex - Federal Domain of Values 5. Introduction ........................................................73 5.1 Parcel Type .........................................................74 5.2 Parcel Area Type .....................................................94 5.3 Restriction Type .....................................................96 v Cadastral Data Content Standard for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure - December 1996 Table of Contents Appendices Appendix 1: Informative Appendix, Corner Classification Domain .....................99 Appendix 2: Informative Appendix, Ownership Type Domain ........................104 Appendix 3: Informative Appendix, Survey System Domain .........................107 Appendix 4: Informative Appendix, Source Type Domain ...........................112 vi Cadastral Data Content Standard for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure - December 1996 Introduction 1. Introduction The Federal Geographic Data Committee was established by Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16 to promote the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geographic data. The Federal Geographic Data Committee is composed of representatives from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, State, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the Library of Congress; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the National Archives and Records Administration; and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Additional Federal agencies participate on Federal Geographic Data Committee subcommittees and working groups. The Department of the Interior chairs the Subcommittee on Cadastral Data. Federal Geographic Data Committee subcommittees work on issues related to data categories coordinated under the circular. Subcommittees establish and implement standards for data content, quality, and transfer; encourage the exchange of information and the transfer of data; and organize the collection of geographic data to reduce duplication of effort. Working