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6 Vision and Model
Pages 113-124

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From page 113...
... They would support law enforcement needs, improve disaster planning and response efforts, facilitate real estate transactions, promote equitable property taxation, assist in the identification of fraudulent insurance claims and real estate appraisals, and help in a host of other administrative and business activities. The committee has developed a vision and model for a national land parcel data program.
From page 114...
... Therefore, an intergovernmental framework involving local, state, and federal agencies would have to be established and promoted in order to develop nationally integrated land parcel data. In their article about local government data sharing, Harvey and Tulloch (2006, p.
From page 115...
... There is also a need for a national land parcel coordinator, who would have the ultimate responsibility of creating wall-to-wall coverage of land parcel data across the United States. The national coordinator would be the conduit for a diverse user community to access a trusted and authoritative representation of all land parcels.
From page 116...
... The local agency would be responsible for continuously creating and maintaining a comprehensive seamless set of land parcel data that are integrated from all public and private lands. Each county would be the ultimate point of contact for any modifications to the parcel fabric.
From page 117...
... and (2) that all other parcel data sources are integrated into a seamless system (national land parcel coordinator)
From page 118...
... Following this approach it would be possible to quickly represent each land parcel in the United States as a polygon or point-level feature that can be associated with an owner or owners. Of course, the long-range goal would be to have complete coverage of nonoverlapping parcels with shared boundaries that are as accurate as possible.
From page 119...
... Therefore, in the committee's vision, national land parcel data would include the attributes listed in Box 6.1. Descriptions of each element are based on those developed by the FGDC Subcommittee for Cadastral Data.2 Based on a study done by the subcommittee, these are the most commonly needed attributes for a wide range of business needs, with the addition of the parcel address (FGDC Subcommittee for Cadastral Data, 2006a)
From page 120...
... In a similar manner the national land parcel coordinator would have appropriate linkages to the state coordinators to access the official version of parcel data. The national coordinator would also integrate the parcel data representing federal lands.
From page 121...
... Local government licensing fees are often (but not always) based on the attributes associated with the data above and beyond the geometry, address, and PIN required for a national system.
From page 122...
... The national land parcel coordinator will have to establish proper incentives for these various cases. However, the committee envisions that a major incentive for categories 1 through 3 above would be requiring digital parcel data for participation in geospatial data programs such as the National States Geographic Information Council's (NSGIC's)
From page 123...
... Since private companies that depend on parcel data to support their businesses, such as real estate, insurance, or location-based services, are major beneficiaries of a national parcel data system, they could also financially support the system. In summary, the committee envisions two different elements to the funding model for national land parcel data.


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