WHO’S ON WHO’S ON (THE PROPERTY) (THE PROPERTY) FIRST? FIRST? VAL SWIFT, HAMILTON COUNTY VAL SWIFT, HAMILTON COUNTY SURVEYOR’S OFFICE SURVEYOR’S OFFICE
Jan 14, 2016
WHO’S ONWHO’S ON(THE PROPERTY)(THE PROPERTY)
FIRST?FIRST?VAL SWIFT, HAMILTON COUNTY VAL SWIFT, HAMILTON COUNTY
SURVEYOR’S OFFICESURVEYOR’S OFFICE
U.S. BUREAU OF LAND U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT:MANAGEMENT:
Government Land Office Government Land Office RecordsRecords
(GLORECORDS)(GLORECORDS)►ONLINE SEARCHESONLINE SEARCHES► IMAGES OF LAND PATENTSIMAGES OF LAND PATENTS►ABILITY TO ORDER HIGHER QUALITY ABILITY TO ORDER HIGHER QUALITY
REPRODUCTION OF PATENTREPRODUCTION OF PATENT
INITIAL SEARCH PAGEINITIAL SEARCH PAGE
YOU GET THE NAME & YOU GET THE NAME & DATE…DATE…
……OR YOU GET THE OR YOU GET THE DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION
RESULTS LIST OPTIONSRESULTS LIST OPTIONS
PATENT DESCRIPTIONPATENT DESCRIPTION
LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTIONLEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION
IMAGE CHOICESIMAGE CHOICES
PATENT IMAGEPATENT IMAGE
SUITABLE FOR FRAMINGSUITABLE FOR FRAMING
HOW MUCH FOR HISTORY?HOW MUCH FOR HISTORY?
CURRENT LAND GRANT MAPCURRENT LAND GRANT MAP
NICE AND SIMPLENICE AND SIMPLE
ISAAC COPPOCK: Sec. 1, 1830’sISAAC COPPOCK: Sec. 1, 1830’s
WHAT’S “WRONG” WITH WHAT’S “WRONG” WITH THE CURRENT OPTIONSTHE CURRENT OPTIONS
►WITH THE BLM WEBSITE YOU WITH THE BLM WEBSITE YOU HAVE TO “KNOW WHERE YOU’RE HAVE TO “KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING”GOING”
►CONFUSING DATA ON THE MAP…CONFUSING DATA ON THE MAP…DATESDATES
►YOU HAVE TO LOOK IN MORE YOU HAVE TO LOOK IN MORE THAN ONE PLACETHAN ONE PLACE
THE ORIGINAL MAP’S SOURCE THE ORIGINAL MAP’S SOURCE DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION
Sec. 1: 1835/1866Sec. 1: 1835/18661835 1866
Sec. 1: 1866/2007Sec. 1: 1866/200720071866
INTIAL VERSION OF TABLEINTIAL VERSION OF TABLE
PATENTEE NAME FIELD PATENTEE NAME FIELD “CHALLENGE”“CHALLENGE”
IMAGE FILE NAME/SERIAL IMAGE FILE NAME/SERIAL NUMBERNUMBER
ADVANTAGES FOR THE ADVANTAGES FOR THE “CUSTOMER”“CUSTOMER”
►CAN BE VIEWED IN CONJUCTION CAN BE VIEWED IN CONJUCTION WITH OTHER COUNTY GIS LAYERSWITH OTHER COUNTY GIS LAYERS
►THE ABILITY TO “BROWSE”THE ABILITY TO “BROWSE”
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WITH LAND PATENTSWITH LAND PATENTS
►CEMETERIESCEMETERIES►CURRENT ROAD MAP OF COUNTYCURRENT ROAD MAP OF COUNTY►ANY OTHER LAND OWNERSHIP ANY OTHER LAND OWNERSHIP
INFORMATIONINFORMATION
►……ANYTHING…EVERYTHING. NO ANYTHING…EVERYTHING. NO MATTER HOW MANY LAYERS YOU MATTER HOW MANY LAYERS YOU HAVE, THERE WILL BE REQUESTS FOR HAVE, THERE WILL BE REQUESTS FOR SOMETHING ELSESOMETHING ELSE
CEMETERIES….CEMETERIES….GENEALOGICAL GENEALOGICAL
RESEARCHERS REALLY DIG RESEARCHERS REALLY DIG CEMETERIES CEMETERIES
1990’S CEMETERY MAP1990’S CEMETERY MAP(CREATED PRE-COUNTY GIS)(CREATED PRE-COUNTY GIS)
1866 MAP OF HAMILTON 1866 MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTYCOUNTY
FINISHING STEPSFINISHING STEPS
►REVISE TABLEREVISE TABLE►CREATE POLYGONS ON NEW CREATE POLYGONS ON NEW
GEODETIC CONTROL MAPGEODETIC CONTROL MAP►LINK THE POLYGONS TO THE LINK THE POLYGONS TO THE
DOCUMENTSDOCUMENTS