PUBLIC LAND DISPOSITON MAPPING
SDW & ALTALIS
BACKGROUND - DIDS
Some Terminology:
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SRD – Sustainable Resource Development
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PLFD – Public Lands and Forestry Division
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SDW – Spatial Data Warehouse
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DIDS – Digital Integrated Dispositions
Alberta Provincial Mapping Infrastructure
Governance
Alberta Government
AAMD&C
AUMA
Major Utility Cos.
Spatial Data Warehouse
A non-profit mapping private/public partnership formed in 1996.
Role is to preserve and enhance Alberta’s base mapping
information infrastructure after taking over operations from the
Alberta Government.
Operating partner for SDW responsible for all aspects of
reengineering, development and daily operations:
- updating, storage, delivery, licensing & business
development.
Martin Newby Consulting Ltd.
QC Data Ltd.
Cadastral / Parcel Maintenance Cycle:
Users of digital
plan
information
Ownership
Parcel Created
Alberta
Land Surveyors
Digital
Plan
Plan
Integrated
Cadastral Base
AltaLIS
Agent to SDW & Govt.
Land Titles
Checking
Digital
Plan &
Titles
Plan
Registration
Titles created - TAG file
Dispositions – What Are They?

Authority to use public land is granted
through dispositions issued under the
provisions of the Public Lands Act. A
disposition is a land use contract that
gives specific rights to a land or resource
user (e.g., lease, license, or permit).
Over 55%
of the
Province
is Crown
Land
But there are
dispositions
in almost
every
township in
the Province
Dispositions:

There are approximately 210,000 active
dispositions; over 80% are related to Oil &
Gas activities. (Current count – 231,000)

There are approx. 17,000 new dispositions /
year.
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Information is maintained in a mainframe
database (LSAS).

There is no consolidated digital map or spatial
representation – there is only a hardcopy map
on which dispositions are manually drafted.
Background:

In 2003, SRD and SDW conducted a pilot
to determine the effort required to
create a Disposition Mapping database
for historical and new dispositions.
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A funding model and process, similar to
the successful LTO cadastral mapping
process, was determined to be the most
viable.
Conclusion:

Digital submissions (survey plan /
sketch) together with a filing fee would
support the Disposition Mapping process.
Disposition Mapping DIDS Project What’s it About?
Objectives:

To build and maintain a graphical database of the spatial
information pertaining to Dispositions.
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To assist the GOA (PLD & LFD) in the administration and
management of Dispositions.
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To create a product that the client community
(Municipalities, Oil & Gas, Forestry, Agriculture, Wildlife
and Fisheries, Recreational) and the public can access
and use.
Purpose of Digital Submissions:

Accurate Locations.
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Support timely application processing – near real
time mapping.
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Eliminate issuance of overlapping dispositions.
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“Currently 98% of all public land
dispositions are surveyed by an ALS”,
Technical Services Unit, ASRD. ALS’ are
familiar and competent in preparing Digital
Plans (for application and registration
purposes).
HISTORICAL DISPOSITIONS
Would be completed in approx. 4
years


GIS and CAD database

Initial schedule is to start in the most
active townships.
Phase 1
PROPOSED DISPOSITION MAPPING PRODUCT (GIS Dataset)
Disposition Data would be managed in a GIS Environment;
Graphics and Databases are Linked for Immediate Queries and Data Retrieval
Maintenance of New Dispositions:

ASRD has strengthened application and
submission requirements:
 One
disposition – one plan
 Content
Requirements for Disposition
Application Plans (sketch)
 Content
Requirements for Disposition
Final Plans (monumented surveys).

Digital Plan submissions will be mandatory
Other Benefits:

Public Lands: Improved approval process; better
decision making; reduced approval times for
Disposition applications; minimize granting conflicting
authorizations.

Access Roads: greatly assists in the identification
(and sharing) of access roads and the ownership
thereof.

Emergency Response Planning: typically, all oil and
gas facilities must be shown on ERP plans;
consolidated disposition mapping would greatly assist
in the identification of such facilities.

Alberta One-Call: will provide a much more complete
record of possible buried facilities. Provides better
safety to the public.
Other Benefits (cont’d):

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Municipalities: will assist Alberta Municipal Affairs
and Municipalities in identifying all linear properties
(facilities) to be assessed on Public Lands, including:
 oil and gas wells and pipelines,
 electric power systems (generating, transmission
and distribution),
 telecommunication systems (including cellular
telephone systems), and
 cable television systems.
Environmental: Public Lands “erases” the location of
dispositions (LOC, MSL, etc.) when they are
abandoned, which means there is no spatial record, or
map, showing these locations. This information is /
will be extremely important in the future as sites are
redeveloped.
More Recent Developments:

2005 Budget - GOA received approval to
implement a filing fee.

Alberta Land Surveyors were informed in
April 2005 that digital submissions and a
filing fee will be implemented effective
August 1, 2005.

A sub-committee of the ALSA has been
meeting with SRD to review technical
details.
More Recent Developments:

Meeting with ALSA June 8, 2005

Surveyors informed (agreement):
 DIDS
implementation August 1
 CAD
file, Metadata file, pdf files
required.
 CAD
 Must
file must be geo referenced
be submitted via secure FTP site
 Grandfather
period to Jan. 1, 2006 for
surveys dated prior to August 1, 2005
PLFD WEB PROCEDURES
See “DIDS – Digital
Submissions June 28, 2005”
Power Point