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Colombia: Mapping land rights advances peace

Colombians have gained stability from the recognition of ownership to their land for the first time through a new approach to surveying.

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Land administration resources

Kadaster Bonaire modernizes parcel management

Kadaster Bonaire manages parcel information for over 13,000 parcels, constituting an area of 68,500 acres, with ArcGIS Parcel Fabric.

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The property mappers

Learn how the Franklin County Auditor's Office in Ohio is using ArcGIS Dashboards to easily communicate real estate data to the public.

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How assessors are using ArcGIS Dashboards

Local governments use dashboards to get more out of their data. They are great tools for presenting operational, analytical, and other data.

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Granting land rights to one million people

Using drones and handheld apps powered by Esri technology sped the effort to map and title land in Odisha's slums.

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Small county, smart community

See how a county with a population of 15,000 used Esri technology to modernize its community's land records services.

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Parcel mapping in Canada

In Canada, there is an increased demand for parcel mapping. Modern governments are using ArcGIS Parcel Fabric to meet the growing need.

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Flexing what's standard in parcel editing

Fauquier County now maintains its tax parcel data at a much higher level of accuracy than it did with its legacy system.

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Land restitution for displaced persons

In Colombia, GIS helped establish where land claims overlap with specific microzones, ethnic areas, and more than one municipality or department.

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A little innovation goes a long way

Ben Bruns, the manager of Dutch Kadaster's GIS customer solutions department, led his team to produce automatic multiscale mapping.

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Future proofing South Australia's cadastre

With ArcGIS Parcel Fabric, South Australia now enjoys streamlined workflows, improved data management, and an intuitive editing system.

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Buffalo County's parcel fabric

Originally in CAD, Buffalo County modernized its land records for increased efficiency and improved quality control.

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NYC Department of Finance assessment roll

New York City presents its annual report in an interactive story map that delivers tax information in maps, graphs, and charts.

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