THE UNDIVIDED GARMENT: PLATS, PARCEL FABRIC, AND GISBRUCE BARROW

PENN STATE WORLD CAMPUS

LAND SURVEYINGLEGAL PRINCIPLES

GIS GPS

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LAND SURVEYORS USING THE MERKHET CONSTRUCTION ALIGNMENT TOOL

ROMAN GROMA SURVEYING TOOL

ROMAN CARDO AND DECUMANUS

BOUNDARY STONE

COLONIAL SURVEYING METES AND BOUNDS

PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM

PARCEL FABRIC DATASET; PART OF A FEATURE DATASET; STORED IN A FILE GEODATABASE

FILE GEODATABASE

Federal Geographic Data Committee SubcommitteesIncluding the Cadastral Subcommittee

THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENTGEOCOMMUNICATOR WEB PORTAL

PARCEL DATA WORKFLOW

PARCEL FABRIC WORKFLOW

SURVEY MONUMENTS

PLATS(PLANS)

LINE WORK(AUTOCAD)

SURVEY SOLUTION

DATASET CONTROL POINTS

MIGRATION JOINING

LABELING PRESENT

“SUBDIVISION PLAN OF LAND IN YARMOUTH, MASS.”

SURVEY MONUMENTS LOCATED WITH SUB-CENTIMETER ACCURACY GPS

STUDY AREA IN AUTOCAD

RENDERING THE PAPER PLAN IN AUTOCADWITH SURVEY CALCULATIONS

SURVEY SOLUTION IN AUTOCAD

MIGRATION OF AUTOCAD LINES INTO THE PARCEL FABRIC (ARCGIS)

JOINING THE PARCELS TO THE FABRIC (ARCGIS)

BEARINGS, DISTANCES, CURVES, AND COORDINATES

THE UNDIVIDED GARMENT: PLATS, PARCEL FABRIC, AND GISBruce Barrow

Penn State World Campus

MAY• Incorporate peer

reviews• Poll of land surveyors

JULY• Boundary Control and

Legal Principles• Evidence and

Procedures for Boundary Location

SEPTEMBER• URISA Conference,

Providence, Rhode Island

• Revise and Submit final paper

TIMELINE