ArcGIS Survey Analyst: Maintaining Land Records Using the Cadastral Editor

To be useful, the data stored in a GIS must be accurate. ArcGIS Survey Analyst 9.3 provides new functionality for maintaining the accuracy of digital parcel boundary geometry and associated GIS data layers. This course introduces the cadastral fabric dataset, which stores a continuous parcel fabric for a jurisdiction as well as survey-based subdivision plans. You will also learn about the Cadastral Editor, which provides a workflow for entering individual parcels and subdivisions using coordinate geometry (COGO) and managing updates to the cadastral fabric. You learn fundamental concepts of the Cadastral Editor as you create a cadastral fabric and then edit parcel data and associated datasets.

This course is designed for experienced ArcGIS users who want to create, update, and manage accurate and seamless cadastral networks from survey plans and electronic subdivision data. It is also useful for GIS users who need to work with cadastral datasets and survey information. Land record and survey professionals will find the course of particular benefit.

Those completing this course will be able to

• Describe land records and the role of the surveyor.
• Build a cadastral fabric dataset.
• Prepare existing parcel data and migrate into the cadastral fabric.
• Create new parcels using the parcel traverse.
• Explain how edits are handled in a multiuser environment.
• Explain spatial accuracy in the cadastral fabric.
• Apply survey methods for achieving accuracy in the cadastral fabric.
• Use parcel construction tools.
• Append data from an XML file to the cadastral fabric.
• Add control points to the cadastral fabric.
• Georeference GIS feature layers to the cadastral fabric.
• Migrate CAD data into the cadastral fabric.

• Building the cadastral fabric: Coordinate-based cadastral system; Fabric classes; How fabric data is stored; Line points; Topology; Parcel data and migration; Data model.
• Creating new cadastral land records using coordinate geometry: Cadastral fabric editing workflow; Cadastral Editor menu; Cadastral fabric job; Accuracy levels; Parcel traverse; Parcel joining.
• Working with construction lines: Parcel construction environment; Adding construction lines; Building parcels.
• Adjusting the cadastral fabric with least squares: Control points; Fabric points; Least-squares adjustment (LSA); Accuracy.
• Editing the cadastral fabric in a multiuser environment: Cadastral fabric and versioning; Version permissions; Conflicts; Parcel locking; Reconciling adjustments.
• Common workflows: Converting CAD data.

Students should have completed ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality or Learning ArcGIS Desktop or have equivalent knowledge. Completion of Building Geodatabases or Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS Desktop is recommended.

This course is designed to work with the following software:

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