Abstract
 The Evolution of GIS, Hydrographic Surveys, and Adjudications Track: Water Resources Author(s): James McNees, Trenton Botkin, Carl Albury This paper examines how GIS and digital data management technologies have supported the hydrographic survey and adjudication of water rights in New Mexico. This paper emphasizes how changes in the use of GIS and data management can change the process of water rights surveys and adjudications in the future. The Office of the State Engineer (OSE) has been performing hydrographic surveys and adjudications of water rights since the turn of the last century. In the last 10 years the Litigation and Adjudication Program of the OSE has pushed to implement GIS and database technologies to perform surveys and support the adjudications. At first the new technologies replaced corresponding tasks in the existing process. Now new technologies are supporting changes in how the technical and legal processes interact to survey and adjudicate water rights. James McNees Office of the State Engineer Hydrographic Survey PO Box 25102 Santa Fe , NM 87504-5102 US Phone: 505-827-7873 E-mail: jmcnees@ose.state.nm.us Trenton Botkin Office of the State Engineer Hydrographic Survey and Mapping Unit 130 S. Captiol Santa Fe , NM 87504 US Phone: 5058273820 E-mail: trent.botkin@state.nm.us Carl Albury State of New Mexcio Office of the State Engineer HSB/LAP 130 S. Capital Santa Fe , NM 87501 US Phone: 505-827-6163 E-mail: carl.albury@state.nm.us |
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