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Executive Summary
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... Because of the inadequacies of our governmental records system, a number of institutions such as title insurance firms, abstracters, mapping companies, and utilities have developed their own duplicative land-information systems. The concept of the multipurpose cadastre is a framework that supports continuous, readily available, and comprehensive land-related information at the parcel level.
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... Federal agencies have developed special programs for particular land-information areas, such as the Taxable Property Values Survey by the Bureau of the Census and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act studies by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Federal agencies have funded a number of land-information pilot projects and have assisted local and state agencies in their surveying and mapping activities (see Section 2.6.2~.
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... Federal agencies should conduct technical studies, recommend standards, offer financial support through cooperative programs and grants, and ensure that work performed by federal agencies is compatible with the multipurpose cadastre (see Sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2~. We recommend that technical studies continue to be sponsored by the federal government to identify consistent land information and display standards for use among and within federal agencies and between federal and state governments.
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... We recommend that each county government (or municipality where appropriated create an Office of Land Information Systems in coordination with such offices as the recorder of deeds, county surveyor, assessor, planner, and county abstracter, if any. The content of land records is often considered more related to functions of local government than to those of the state or federal agencies.
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Key Terms

  • land records
  • technical studies
  • land data
  • land information
  • local government

  • base maps
  • control surveys
  • local agencies
  • cadastral overlays
  • real estate

  • taxable property
  • developed land
  • lead agency
  • reference frame
  • basic control

  • integrating mechanism
  • regional maps
  • values survey
  • cadastre requires
  • requires input

  • state land
  • common index
  • property values
  • government department
  • zoning hearing

  • act studies
  • identify consistent
  • existing governmental
  • ensure compatibility
  • control monuments


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