With this book you have the jumpstart you need to move ahead with your land records GIS.

Quality parcel data -- all the documents, maps and other information that depict rights and interests in the land -- provides a foundation to decision-making in local governments. When parcel information is maintained in a geographic information system (GIS), it can be integrated in an informational workflow that can be easily shared and accessed within and between departments and organizations.

GIS and Land Records: The ArcGIS Parcel Data Model is the definitive book about the data model developed as a framework for land record information in an ArcGIS environment. It captures the collective experience gained from more than 20 years of managing parcel information using GIS.

This book demonstrates how the data model supports real GIS work, including the update and maintenance of data content by tax assessors, planners, recorders, environmental managers, public works officials, safety officials, and others. Data designers learn how parcel information within their own jurisdictions can be implemented in a geodatabase using the ArcGIS parcel data model. Parcel managers and GIS professionals learn how to move existing applications into a geodatabase. This book shows how the parcel data can be easily customized to satisfy different situations. In fact, the data model provides a quicker less-expensive solution to data migration, the longest and costliest part of a GIS project.

About the author:

Nancy von Meyer is an expert in GIS and land records and the Vice President of Fairview Industries where she has solved many problems related to land records. She lives in Pendleton, South Carolina.