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Cleanup of US-Centric Land Data Type Definitions #134

Open knelson-farmbeltnorth opened 6 months ago

knelson-farmbeltnorth commented 6 months ago

We currently have two items in the Standard Data Type definitions that may need cleanup since they are vague and/or US-Centric.

  1. (Reference) LayerType: COMMON_LAND_UNIT. Perhaps we can generalize this to be "REFERENCE_BOUNDARIES" defined as a comprehensive layer of field boundaries as defined by a governmental or other external entity.

  2. Textual DTD - "Legal Description". We added this one without a lot of discussion. Does it really only mean "PLSS Legal Description" within a US Geopolitical Context (and more specifically within PLSS states?) Furthermore, is the intent simply Township Range and Section or a more comprehensive cadastral definition such as the "south half of the northeast quarter, etc." If only PLSS TRS, then I suggest we call it that in some form.

knelson-farmbeltnorth commented 6 months ago

Per discussion in 13 December 2023 meeting, we will drop the legal description Data Type Definition since it is vague, and we will use ADMINISTRATIVE_BOUNDARIES for COMMON_LAND_UNIT