{"id":773595,"date":"2026-06-30T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&#038;p=773595"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:29:04","slug":"good-parcel-data-builds-strong-communities","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/good-parcel-data-builds-strong-communities","title":{"rendered":"Good Parcel Data Builds Strong Communities"},"author":6921,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10392,493417,401],"tags":[170542,20422,134972,280612,160642],"arcnews_issues":[493539],"class_list":["post-773595","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-online","category-arcgis-parcel-fabric","category-government","tag-arcgis-enterprise","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-land-management","tag-land-records","tag-local-government","arcnews_issues-summer-2026","arcnews_sections-esri-technology"],"acf":{"short_description":"When employees across an organization map, maintain, and access land records from a shared platform, they can prepare for the unexpected.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Land parcels are the foundational decision-making layer for governments and private companies alike. Not only do they serve as the basis for property taxation, determining who can build what where, and identifying infrastructure needs, but they are also crucial pieces of information when disaster strikes.\r\n\r\nMaui County, Hawaii, has prioritized careful stewardship of parcel data for years. When a devastating wildfire ripped through the area in 2023, it underscored the value of land records and parcel data in ways no one could have imagined.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen the wildfires hit, the critical nature of parcel data immediately became clear: Recovery would be impossible without it,\u201d said Ellen Deleissegues, a GIS analyst in Maui County\u2019s Real Property Assessment Division.\r\n\r\nMany organizations struggle to keep their land information current, accessible, and accurate. Parcel maps fall out of date, discrepancies go unresolved, and staff across departments may lack consistent access to the records they need. Tracing a parcel\u2019s history or verifying legal transactions often requires time-consuming manual research."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":773597,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"As Maui County learned, employees across an organization must be able to map, maintain, and access land records from a shared platform to prepare for the unexpected. ArcGIS Parcel Fabric\u2014Esri\u2019s GIS-enabled parcel management software for ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and now ArcGIS Online\u2014is designed to do just that. Built-in tools support data quality checks, help resolve discrepancies, and establish consistent, repeatable workflows.\r\n<h2>Capturing the Full, Accurate History of Land Records<\/h2>\r\nLand ownership and administration are complex. Every land transaction begins with a legal record, such as a development plan, a plat, a deed, an easement, or a record of survey. And land records are cumulative. Each new transaction on a piece of land is added to its existing file to create a chain of title that catalogs the property\u2019s entire history.\r\n\r\nIn Parcel Fabric, users create and edit land parcels in response to changes in the legal record, and all legal references get stored in the software. Unlike most traditional parcel management methods, which represent a snapshot in time\u2014meaning all previous work and history are lost\u2014Parcel Fabric is designed for users to enter a land record once and keep it indefinitely. This makes it easier to understand a parcel\u2019s evolution over time and see its legal underpinnings. It also minimizes rework.\r\n\r\nThe flexible data model in Parcel Fabric comprises separate parcel types such as plat boundaries, lots, subdivisions, easements, rights-of-way, and tax parcels. Users can customize each parcel type. They can even manage parcels in 3D\u2014both aboveground and belowground\u2014and in 4D over time.\r\n\r\nWhen data is redundant, inconsistent, or noisy, parcel managers perform least-squares adjustments\u2014using statistical analysis to estimate the most likely coordinates where points in a network connect. Users can do this directly in Parcel Fabric, without importing or exporting additional data. This type of analysis helps improve the spatial accuracy of\u2014and confidence in\u2014land records data."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":773598,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Parcel Fabric accommodates attribute rules and constraints, which streamline workflows and minimize data errors. Users can also automate the labor-intensive process of creating parcel geometry from deeds. Usually, this requires typing all the bearing and distance measurements from a deed\u2014including straight lines and curves\u2014into a computer program. But Parcel Fabric has the COGO Reader tool, which can extract text from a scanned image of a deed, find the courses, and plot them on a map to create parcel geometry.\r\n\r\n\u201cAs someone who has spent many hours throughout my career manually entering courses from deeds and other land records, I see COGO Reader as a game changer\u2014exponentially reducing input times and minimizing human errors,\u201d said Linda Foster, Esri\u2019s director of land records and cadastre solutions.\r\n<h2>Scaling Parcel Management Across Organizations<\/h2>\r\nParcel Fabric works for organizations of varying sizes, from those that manage tens of millions of parcels to those with a few hundred. It can also accommodate different organizational arrangements\u2014whether they need a single editor or concurrent editors, whether everyone works in the same system, and whether they access their parcel data on desktop or the web.\r\n\r\nThe Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSA) in Canada\u2014which manages 2.4 million parcels\u2014migrated its land management system, ParcelMap BC, to Parcel Fabric in ArcGIS Pro. It moved from an on-premises ArcGIS Enterprise deployment to cloud infrastructure while maintaining data continuity. Parcel Fabric\u2019s scalability enabled the organization to minimize user impact while increasing efficiency.\r\n\r\nTooele County, Utah, is at the other end of the spectrum, managing about 35,500 parcels. Because Parcel Fabric can accommodate small organizations as well, the county used it to bring two departments into the same system, improving both accuracy and efficiency.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe have confidence in our data because we\u2019ve been able to clean up errors, perform maintenance, and publish updated data much more efficiently,\u201d noted Emily Jones, director of operations for the county\u2019s Recorder\/Surveyor\u2019s office."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":773599,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"If an organization manages parcels using both CAD and GIS, Parcel Fabric can accommodate that as well. Users can leverage web and feature services and the ArcGIS for AutoCAD integration to work on the same dataset in the environment that\u2019s most efficient for them.\r\n\r\nEsri also recently released a new way to work with Parcel Fabric\u2014in ArcGIS Online. Available now, this option allows users to manage parcels directly from a software as a service (SaaS) environment, minimizing on-site IT infrastructure and database administration tasks. Working with Parcel Fabric in ArcGIS Online supports the same record- and quality-driven workflows, administrative parcels, and multiple editors as Parcel Fabric in ArcGIS Enterprise. However, advanced geodatabase capabilities, such as branch versioning, attribute rules, and full geodatabase topology, are available only in ArcGIS Enterprise.\r\n\r\n\u201cBeing able to leverage Parcel Fabric in ArcGIS Online makes modern parcel management accessible for many more organizations managing and maintaining land records,\u201d Foster noted.\r\n<h2>Better Land Administration for a Better World<\/h2>\r\nLand is a finite and life-sustaining resource that everyone depends on. In a world of increasing demands and decreasing resources, it is imperative that organizations modernize how they manage parcels so they can improve sustainability and resilience in their communities and beyond.\r\n\r\nLearn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-parcel-fabric\/overview\">ArcGIS Parcel Fabric<\/a> and how to implement it."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Good Parcel Data Builds Strong Communities | Summer 2026 | ArcNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When employees across an organization map, maintain, and access land records from a shared platform, they can prepare for the unexpected.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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