ParcelMap BC aims to create a comprehensive and sustainable mapping system that integrates various land parcels across British Columbia, ensuring accuracy and reliability in land representation. The project faces challenges such as diverse survey systems and large spatial coverage but utilizes advanced automation and FME software to streamline data processes. Ongoing updates and improvements are maintained through collaboration with stakeholders and a focus on financial sustainability.

1. ParcelMap BC: Enterprise
Cadastral Workflow Integrated
from Capture through
Distribution Using FME
Bryan Sawers & Nick Ochoski

2. Nick Ochoski
Systems Engineer - GIS
Bryan Sawers
Supervisor, PMBC Operations

3. ParcelMap BC: Project Primary Goals
Create and develop an operational model for a
single, complete, trusted and sustainable visual representation of lands
within a given parcel and its relationship to adjacent parcels.
One parcel fabric covering all local government areas including
municipalities, the rural areas of all Regional Districts, and all surveyed
parcels of provincial Crown lands.
Single
Account for all active survey parcels in the provincial Crown Land
Registry and all parcels with active titles in the land title register.Complete
Define standards for parcel attribution, topology, currency, auditability,
and spatial accuracy. New surveys adhere to spatial accuracy standards
aiding in improving quality over time.
Trusted
ParcelMap BC parcel fabric and operational framework is financially
sustainable being maintained and enhanced over time by LTSA with
guidance from our stakeholders.
Sustainable

4. ParcelMap BC: Challenges
Ø 5 UTM Zones
Ø 9 survey systems
Ø Expansive spatial area (944,735 km2)
Ø Complex geometries (coastlines, islands)
Ø Millions of features that require representation (2m+ polygons, 20m+ lines,
10m+ Points, 55k+ Control points) plus detailed fabric history
Ø Continuous operations (data submissions, integration, delivery)

5. ParcelMap BC: Where We Are Today

6. ParcelMap BC: Automation with FME
The highly-automated technology systems that support ParcelMap BC leverage the
FME software suite throughout the full information processing life-cycle, including:
Ø Fabric Acceptance Testing,
Ø Data submissions from BC land surveyors,
Ø Dataset integration by the Parcel Fabric Operations team, through to
Ø Publication and distribution via customer-facing services.
The systems supporting ParcelMap BC use authoritative sources to deliver continued
daily updates to efficiently maintain the currency and improve the accuracy of each
cadastral parcel representation in British Columbia.

7. ParcelMap BC: Systems/Technology
Secure Web
Service Transfer
Parcel Fabric Manager
& Work Manager
ParcelMap
Direct Parcel
Information
Search
Surveyor
Search &
Download
Survey Plan
Dataset
Submission
Production
Parcel Fabric
Published
Parcel Fabric

8. Receive and Integrate CAD Data
into the Parcel Fabric
HOW DO WE

9. Prepare and Create Survey Plan Datasets

10. Validate and Submit Survey Plan Datasets
Tools that leverage FME to
help validate the Survey
Plan Dataset prior to
submission

11. SPDS2GDB WORKSPACE

12. THE OUTPUT

13. Distribute Data to Our Users
HOW DO WE
Survey Plan Dataset Submissions on myLTSA Portal:
Ø Land Surveyors: launched November ’15 (Mandatory submissions since September ‘16)
ParcelMap BC Search on myLTSA Portal:
Ø Land Surveyors: launched April ‘16
Ø Other myLTSA users: launched Aug ‘16
Ø Guest users: available July 9th ’17
ParcelMap BC Direct web service:
Ø Extracts & Updates for Participating Stakeholders: launched August ’16
ParcelMap BC - Open Government on BC Data Catalogue
Ø Simplified data model available under OGL: launched November ‘16

14. Surveyor Search & Download
Available as GIS (File Geodatabase/Shapefile) and CAD
products in multiple coordinate systems

15. ParcelMap Direct
Ø System to System Interface (no UI)
Ø REST API
Ø Single FME Workspace delivers the
following data products:
Ø Parcel Fabric Extract
Ø Real World Changes
Ø Spatial Improvements
Ø Pre-generated Province-wide Parcel
Snapshot

16. THANK YOU!
ltsa.ca | landsure.ca
bryan.sawers@landsure.ca
nick.ochoski@landsure.ca