Abstract

The Parcel Puzzle
Track: Cadastral and Land Records
Authors: Wendy Amy, David Horwood O.L.S

Manitoba Hydro had a business need to enhance their GIS applications. A province wide property parcel base was the key data set required to meet this objective. Existing data sets were available but with varying schemas, degrees of accuracy and data lineage.

In 2010, MNC Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta) and their sub-contractor ESRI Canada developed the workflow and tools needed to integrate these disparate datasets into one single, seamless and consistent feature conforming to ESRIs Parcel Fabric data model, enabling Manitoba Hydro to successfully realize their objective. Approximately 850 data sets from 4 source providers were ultimately integrated into the parcel fabric and 1.5 million parcel polygons were created.

Not only has Manitoba Hydro benefited, but this is a significant milestone for all surveying, mapping and GIS users in Manitoba; there is now a structured, homogeneous Parcel fabric giving complete provincial coverage.