Parcels

This document collects and links to examples of parcel definitions in statute in Vermont and other states. It also offers commentary on those definitions relative to Vermont practice.

This guideline will identify aspects of the parcel mapping process, issues to consider, and provide template documents that will assist listers, assessors, and other town officials with their duties as they relate to the development of parcel maps and data. An overview of the process is provided before the template documents. Please refer to the current VT GIS Parcel Data Standard at the VCGI web site (vcgi.vermont.gov) for technical specifications relevant to the creation or update of the parcel data used to create maps.

This .zip archive contains an empty geodatabase file template for working with the VT GIS parcel data standard.

The VT GIS Parcel Data Standard seeks to: 1. Define technical requirements for municipalities to utilize when creating or updating GIS parcel data. Separate levels of this standard will allow municipalities to pick a level suitable for procurement, budget, and resource considerations and ensure that high quality and reliable parcel information products are developed. This standard provides an extensible framework that serves as a foundation for production of supersets of the standard levels for particular municipal business needs.
2. Establish common data elements and ensure consistency between different municipal GIS parcel data sets to ensure that all delivered municipal GIS parcel datasets can be merged into a single statewide dataset without translation. The common data elements and data consistency provide a framework that yields efficient exchange of parcel data and parcel data aggregation.