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INTEGRATING LAND SURVEY DATA INTO MEASUREMENT-BASED GIS: AN ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR SURVEYORS IN TEXAS by Craig D. Bartosh ____________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Craig D. Bartosh
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Title | Integrating land survey data into measurement-based GIS: an assessment of challenges and practical solutions for surveyors in Texas |
Author | Bartosh, Craig D. |
Author email | bartosh@usc.edu;cbartosh34@yahoo.com |
Degree | Master of Science |
Document type | Thesis |
Degree program | Geographic Information Science and Technology |
School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
Date defended/completed | 2012-07-25 |
Date submitted | 2012-07-25 |
Date approved | 2012-07-25 |
Restricted until | 2012-07-25 |
Date published | 2012-07-25 |
Advisor (committee chair) | Kemp, Karen K. |
Advisor (committee member) |
Hastings, Jordan T. Goodchild, Michael |
Abstract | The land surveying community has discovered the economic benefits of managing their survey data within a single system and view a geographic information system (GIS) as a possible method of doing so. However, the traditional coordinate-based design of a GIS does not contain the means to retain or employ the use of original measurements collected by land surveyors, a legacy that has resulted in skepticism among the surveying community. Thus, if a land surveyor desires to manage surveying data within a GIS environment, that GIS should be a measurement-based GIS (MBGIS). This research describes a MBGIS based upon the rules and relationships of measured points within the metes and bounds surveying environment of the state of Texas. Since Esri’s parcel fabric data model contains several characteristics that indicate it might be considered a measurement-based system, it is explored as a possible method to manage and retain the measurement-based elements of metes and bounds surveying within a GIS environment. This study concludes that although the parcel fabric model has limitations when compared to an ideal MBGIS, it does have the capability to manage metes and bounds survey data if proper preparation and management techniques are applied. |
Keyword | GIS; measurement-based GIS; land surveying; survey; MBGIS |
Language | English |
Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
Type | texts |
Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Rights | Bartosh, Craig D. |
Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-BartoshCra-1000.pdf |
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Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Full text | INTEGRATING LAND SURVEY DATA INTO MEASUREMENT-BASED GIS: AN ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR SURVEYORS IN TEXAS by Craig D. Bartosh ____________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Craig D. Bartosh |