North Dakota GIS Day 2003: Presentations
BLM's Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) of the Public Land Survey System
Presenter: Mike Birtles, Land Surveyor
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management has been directed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to standardize and produce a data base of geographic coordinates of the public land survey system (PLSS) into seamless data across the United States. This data is collectively titled the Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB). The GCDB is part of a national spatial data asset known as the National Spatial Data Infrastructure as identified in OMB Circular No. A-16. The GCDB provides a standardized seamless coverage of the PLSS that crosses federal, state, county and local jurisdictional boundaries over the western United States. Because it is parcel based and attributed to the legal land description of the parcel, it is easily linked and integrated with other data. The BLM is currently involving stakeholders from the federal, tribal, state, county, and private sector to develop partnerships for efficient collection and sharing of GCDB coverage in North Dakota.
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