State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Survey Section

2017 Surveying and Mapping Conference 2/17/2017

Unorganized Borough (PA) Subdivision Tracking

Project

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Abstract

The new Department of Natural Resources Platting Authority website graphically

shows surveys in the platting process within the Unorganized Borough. The

surveys are depicted as “pin points” with attributes and are accessible through an

easy to use GIS interface.

The main purpose in designing this website was to reduce amount of entries within

different databases and to minimize data entry errors, to tract number of “in-

progress” projects, and to make it simple for surveyors and the public to find

information on their subdivision survey.

Website addresses:

http://maps.dnr.alaska.gov/PA/

http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/survey/

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Unorganized Borough (PA)

Subdivision Tracking Project

Definitions

History

Project design

Communication

Describing the problem

Requirements

Solving the problem

Demo

Future

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Definitions

Unorganized Borough – remainder of the state that

is not within a local platting authority

Land Administration System / LAS

PA – DNR Platting Authority for the Unorganized Borough

(non-state owned land)

Platting Authority / PA

In Progress

Completed

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History

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History (cont.)

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Project Design

Communication

Describing the problem

Requirements

Goals, Vision, Duration

Solving the problem

Architecture, Expertise, Resources and limitations

(GIS people willing to take on the project)

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Communication

Meeting - weekly

ArcGIS mxd Evaluation & new added features

Feedback – data clean-up, anything wrong, new

features

Reset

Fix problems

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Introduction to PA Project

GIS Components

Spatial data into information

Sharing spatial data

Searching data

Philosophy

Walls between department/divisions / sections

Integration of data

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Describing the Problem

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Describing the Problem

Multiple entries of the same data

Google Earth – KMZ files; lack of attributes;

LAS – limited access to data base

Multiple spreadsheets & paper lists;

Unknown open / not completed projects

◼ (from Aug. 18, 1998 to present)

Hard to get information to make decisions

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Requirements

Data taken from LAS will create a point feature

with attributes

Make ArcGIS user interface with custom tools

(Bloodhound)

Create editing methods

Fields not in LAS – dates, comments, fees, etc.

Moving point feature

Create information to make decisions – reports,

open projects

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Requirements (cont.)

Easy to use

Automatically up-date if any changes are made in

LAS

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Demo

Subdivisions in Progress

How to

About

Legend

Basemap Gallery

Near Me

Query

Search – Esri World Geocoder

Zoom and home buttons

Spreadsheet / Table at the bottom of page

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Future

Improvements

More tools

Fix issues – LAS entries;

Integration

Other DNR surveys, ATS, ASLS, ASCS, EV’s & EPF’s

Other State Divisions

Presentations at ASPLS meetings

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Questions

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Contact Data

DNR Surveys, 269-8523

Stanley Brown, 269-8521

stanley.brown@alaska.gov

Eric Simons, 269-8524

eric.simons@alaska.gov

George Horton, 269-8610

george.horton@alaska.gov

Website addresses:

http://maps.dnr.alaska.gov/PA/

http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/survey/

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