The National Integrated Land System NILS

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The National Integrated Land System (NILS)
NSGIC 2006 Midyear Conference Kate Taylor March
21, 2006
NILS
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Topics

• Why NILS?
• What is NILS?
• Data Management
• Data Sharing
• Questions

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Problem to Solve

• Poor spatial accuracy of base GIS features is a
  problem compounded by the fact that many other
  layers are constructed from these base features
• Multiple programs in the PLSS Maintenance process

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Goal

• A simple system to create and manage survey
  geometry in ArcGIS
• The system must be extensible, follow survey
  methods, improve existing datasets, and maintain
  spatial relationships between the survey networks
  and associated GIS data

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BLMs Responsibilities (OMB A-16)

• Public Land Records
• Public land conveyance data
• Federal Land Ownership Status
• Real and mineral property
• Cadastral
• Public Land Survey System

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National Integrated Land System
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What is NILS?

• The National Integrated Land System (NILS) is a
  joint project between the BLM and the USDA Forest
  Service in partnership with the states, counties,
  and private industry to provide business
  solutions for the management of cadastral records
  and land parcel information in a Geographic
  Information System (GIS) environment.

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NILS Spatial Data Layers

• Land Survey Information
• Federal Land Stewardship
• Land Mineral Use Records

Serving National Spatial Data Layers for the BLM
as directed by OMB Circular A-16
http//www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a016/a016_
rev.html
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NILS Components
Measurement Management
Survey Management
GeoCommunicator
Parcel Management
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Transactional And Publication Systems

• NILS comprises transactional and publication
  components
• The ArcGIS implementation for creating and
  maintaining Survey, LD, and Parcel data is the
  transactional component
• The ArcIMS implementation for viewing, querying,
  and downloading data is the publication component

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NILS System Architecture
Publication Servers
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Data Management

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The Use of Standards

• Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
  Cadastral Data Content Standard
• American Land Titles Association (ALTA)
• Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the
  Public Lands of the United States, 1973

Geodatabase designed to reflect existing
standards and to work in an object oriented
technology environment.
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Data Model Development Approach
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NILS DATA MODEL
Parcel Management
Land Status
Building a common cadastral data model and core
land records management tools with
object-oriented technology
Case
PLSS Township
Measurement Management
Special Survey
Record boundary
Measured Coordinate
Monument
Corners
Section Subdivision
Plat Measurements
Survey Management
Field Measurements
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Meta Data Must Be Associated With All Data Sets
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Change In Paradigm
Asset
Data as an
Expense
Moving from an EXPENSE to an ASSET
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Change In Paradigm
USFS Centric Application Development
Shared Costs Shared Functionality Shared
Standards Greater Efficiency Less
Redundancy Greater Share-ability of Data
Partnership
COTS
BLM Centric Application Development
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Survey Management
This will support the capture of measurement
features and metadata directly into a GIS
database format. The goal is to minimize the
need for data conversion and re-construction as
measured features are incorporated into the land
records management system.
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Measurement Management
Data Model Tiers
Provides the foundation for the legal description
and parcel fabric tiers.
PARCEL
FABRIC
Integrated maintenance of cadastral data is
made much more efficient when geometry can be
shared. Interpretation of (1) the reliability of
each point position and (2) where data editing is
needed. New data can be added, and data
elements that do not contribute to the optimal
solution can be removed. Any area can be
selected and readjusted, e.g. to update point
positions affected by newly-added data.
LEGAL
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The Transactional Application Interface
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Managing Measurement Data
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Improving Positional Accuracy by Aligning with
Land Survey Information
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Parcel Management
Provides a process for managing land records and
cadastral feature data stored in the database
model. Provides custom feature classes, tools,
and procedures for editing land records in a
transactional, history-tracking environment.
Allows users to construct and edit legal
description fabrics and to create required parcel
fabrics from them. Parcel fabrics may include
ownership, land use rights, tax assessment, and
others.
Legal Description Fabric
Measurement Network
Parcel Fabric
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Creating Case Parcel Features from LR2000
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NILS Parcel Management Transaction Overview
Task Assistants for Editing and Browsing. Edit
Extension for managing annotation.
Workflow, Permission based jobs
Case Data, Thematic Maps
COTS Mapping
Productivity tools for Thematic Mapping and Output
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Data Sharing
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GeoCommunicatorwww.geocommunicator.gov

• Internet Site
• Land Survey Information System
• Federal Land Stewardship
• Land Mineral Use Records
• Reference Data

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Geocommunicator Demo
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Land Survey Information System
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Federal Land Stewardship
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Land Mineral Use Records
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Lands Mineral Use Records Viewer

• New Case Types Added
• Cases Affecting Land Status
• Grants
• Exchanges
• Corrective
• Withdrawals Classifications
• Mineral Patents
• Acquisitions
• Land Disposals
• Designated Areas
• Pending Exchanges
• Public Law 167

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Solid Minerals
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Coal Leases
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Geothermal Leases
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Reference Themes
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Data is delivered 3 ways
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• Viewable from the web interface

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• Downloadable as Shapefiles

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• Accessible as a streaming ArcIMS layer

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New Future Services

• New .
• Oil Gas Stipulations
• Range allotments Pastures
• Coal, geothermal, potash
• USFS Rural Schools Conveyance Parcels
• Future .
• Wilderness Study Areas
• Areas of Environmental Concern
• National Scenic Historic Trails

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Geodata.gov

• Part of the Geospatial One-Stop E-Gov initiative
  providing access to Federal, State, and Local
  geospatial data and information.

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Spatially Enabling Other Business Lines
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Range Allotments
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USFS Rural Schools Conveyance Site
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USFS Parcel Information
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USFS Search Tools
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BLM NILS Enterprise GIS Evolution
Automating Geo-Centric Workflows
Spatially Enabling Other Business Systems
NILS
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BLM NILS Service-Oriented Architecture
Protection and Response Information System (PRIS)
FAMS (Maximo)
Automated Fluid Minerals Support System (AFMSS)
National Lease Sales System
LR2000
National Integrated Land System (NILS)
Well Information System (WIS)
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Summary

• NILS provides an infrastructure for managing and
  publishing federal lands data
• Geocommunicator is the NILS portal for finding,
  viewing, querying and downloading federal lands
  data
• Through the use of shared infrastructure it is
  possible to quickly deploy additional datasets
  and provide timely information to federal
  partners and the public

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Questions?
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