FGDC Federal Lands Working Group

Report

National Boundaries Group Meeting

Doug Vandegraft (BOEM) Chair Fed Lands GroupLisa Duarte (USGS GAP – BSU) Co-Chair Fed Lands Group

December 4, 2013

Summary (Sept – Dec 2013)

1. Who are the FGDC Federal Lands Working Group?

2. Long – term objective: parcel-level .gdb

3. Short – term objective: SMA review

4. Surface Management Agency (SMA) Review

5. Source data and field mapping to aggregated schema

Fed Lands Group

Geospatial and realty professionals

Common need for aggregated fed geodatabase

Technically focused – action oriented

2 years, ~25 participants, monthly calls

Federal Lands Geodatabase Model

Short –Term Objective – SMA Review

Short –Term Objective – SMA Review

DRAFT Core Attributes and Source Data

Core Attributes for parcel-level ownership feature class WITH land manager layer as a derivative product

Group is currently discussing attributes and source data for Fed Lands.gdb/ “Ownership” (i.e. BLM LandStatus) and “Management” Feature Classes (i.e. BLM SMA).

Focused on SMA now, LandStatus is discussed conceptually