ArcGIS Parcel Fabric

The ArcGIS Parcel Fabric is composed of separate parcel types such as subdivision/plat boundaries, lots, and tax parcels. Each parcel type can have its own schema and behaviors. The ArcGIS Parcel Fabric can be extended by:

• Adding related tables and additional attributes to parcel types
• Using groups in ArcGIS Enterprise to manage access and privileges
• Configuring attribute rules and constraints to maintain data integrity
• Working in two dimensions (2D), three dimensions (3D), and changes over time (4D)

Besides tracking the legal record that causes parcels to be created and edited, the ArcGIS Parcel Fabric saves the parent parcel data as historic when edits are performed. The historic parcels maintain a lineage to the parent and children parcels.

The ArcGIS Parcel Fabric is the authoritative system of record for the ownership, rights, responsibilities, and restrictions for your land records. Parcel and property boundaries are often defined by lines that store coordinate geometry (COGO) dimensions that may come from different sources. For example, a deed from 1902 states a boundary between two adjacent parcels is 440 feet. A deed from 1972 states the boundary is 450 feet. The ArcGIS Parcel Fabric can represent both boundaries reflecting the legal distances while representing the single physical boundary.

Web GIS gives more opportunities to provide broader access to your authoritative GIS data. This allows you to move your system of record to a system of engagement that facilitates everything from self-service mapping to making better decisions. The ArcGIS Parcel Fabric can be published and consumed as a feature service that allows you to push your data in real time, making it available to other apps on the platform instead of viewing a static copy.