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5 Conclusions
Pages 101-106

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From page 101...
... Multipurpose cadastre programs are being developed in portions of Canada and Mexico. Within the United States, the federal government, several states, and many communities are developing programs that provide an integral part of a multipurpose cadastre.
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From page 102...
... The federal government has a need for vast amounts of information that must be collected through particular programs such as the Taxable Property Values Survey and the monitoring of foreign ownership of land in the United States. The development of a multipurpose cadastre will require coordination between various levels of government—local, state, and federal—as well as that of parallel organizations at each level.
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From page 103...
... Generally, the states are responsible for many land-related activities that are applicable statewide or regionally, such as transportation systems, state lands and water bodies, coastal zone management, and environmental regulations. Legislation will be required in a number of states to ensure the compatibility of county and local records with the multipurpose cadastre; committees of the American Bar Association and the North American Institute for Modernization of Land Data Systems are working on this problem.
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From page 104...
... 5.2.3 Federal Level Most of the federal agencies are involved in collecting information, much of it land related or geographically oriented. In addition to being users of land information, several federal agencies generate much of the basic information required for the development of a multipurpose cadastre: control surveys by the National Geodetic Survey; maps by the U.S.
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From page 105...
... or that a lead agency for the multipurpose cadastre be designated. In addition to performing their present functions relating to basic horizontal and vertical control surveys, small- and medium-scale mapping, cadastral surveys of all federally owned land, and filing of land information, the federal agencies have the facilities and expertise to help in the development of a multipurpose cadastre.
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From page 106...
... Analysis of the Bureau of Land Management's Bureau Resource Information Management System activities and how they can be integrated into the multipurpose cadastre; 5. Mechanisms and suggested procedures for progressing from the rudimentary mapping and filing procedures discussed in the report to the moreadvanced systems; 6.
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Key Terms

  • land information
  • control surveys
  • reference frame
  • national geodetic
  • geodetic survey

  • lead agency
  • computer applications
  • estate transfer
  • local government
  • prepare maps

  • base maps
  • real estate
  • taxable property
  • agencies conduct
  • data registers

  • cadastre efforts
  • values survey
  • federally owned
  • bar association
  • copying processes

  • american bar
  • recent effort
  • various components
  • collecting land
  • address questions

  • land data
  • studying components
  • existing office
  • legal responsibilities
  • major obstacles


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