Overlaying orthorectified aerial images with map information tied to a state plane coordinate system

• US 7,283,909 B1
• Filed: 03/24/2005
• Issued: 10/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stewart Land Group
• Original Assignee: Stewart Land Group
• Inventors: Olsen, Michael A., Gurr, Gary H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barlow; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Taylor; Victor J.
• Application Number:
  US11/090,980
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 702 1- 6
• US Class Current: 702/5
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/005 Map projections or methods associated specifically therewith
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for overlaying orthorectified aerial images with map information tied to a state plane coordinate system. Computer media storing a computer program implementing an embodiment of the method of the present invention is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of overlaying orthorectified aerial images with map information tied to a state plane coordinate system for real property, comprising:

obtaining orthorectified aerial images of the real property projected in a State Plane Coordinate System;

obtaining ownership plat records associated with the real property including at least one of the following;

parcel boundary dimensions, acreage, legal description, assessor parcel numbers, roads and appurtenant information;

researching county recorder records and plot deed descriptions associated with the real property, including metes and bounds, to obtain legal description information;

preparing a template including the ownership plat records and the legal description information superimposed on the orthorectified aerial images; and

displaying the template.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising preparing a title report on the real property including the template.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the title report is configured to include easements and right of ways associated with the real property plotted on the aerial image and labeled on the template.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining survey engineer data associated with the real property for inclusion as an overlay in the template.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the survey engineer data includes at least one of the following:

surveyed boundary data, lot lines, streets, topographic information and utility infrastructure layout.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising scanning paper plats into digital raster images or vector images configured to be scaled to overlay the orthorectified aerial image of the real property in the template.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining zoning plats and documentation from municipal jurisdictions and identifying zoning codes associated with the real property and configuring the zoning codes as an additional overlay on the orthorectified aerial image of the real property in the template.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining water rights information associated with the real property and configuring the water rights information for plotting by legal description as an additional overlay on the orthorectified aerial image of the real property in the template.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the water rights information includes at least one of the following:

water rights maps and point of diversion for specific wells associated with the real property.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining wetland maps associated with the real property and configuring the wetland maps as an additional overlay on the orthorectified aerial image of the real property in the template.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining topography information associated with the real property and configuring the topography information as an additional overlay on the orthorectified aerial image of the real property in the template.

12. A system for overlaying orthorectified aerial images with map information tied to a state plane coordinate system, comprising a computer configured for Internet access and to execute a computer program for implementing a method for overlaying orthorectified aerial images with map information tied to a state plane coordinate system for real property, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining orthorectified aerial images of the real property projected in a State Plane Coordinate System;

obtaining ownership plat records associated with the real property including at least one of the following;

parcel boundary dimensions, acreage, legal description, assessor parcel numbers, roads and appurtenant information;

researching county recorder records and plot deed descriptions associated with the real property including metes and bounds to obtain legal description information;

preparing a template including the ownership plat records and the legal description information superimposed on the orthorectified aerial images; and

displaying the template.

13. The system according to claim 12, further comprising at least one of the following:

a hard disk drive, a removable disk drive, projection system, a printer, a plotter and a scanner in communication with the computer.

14. The system according to claim 12, further comprising AUTODESK®

AUTOCAD®

LAND DESKTOP™

computer program installed on the computer.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein the computer is a laptop computer.

16. A computer media configured with a computer program configured for execution in a computer, the computer program including instructions for implementing a method for overlaying orthorectified aerial images with map information tied to a state plane coordinate system for real property, the method comprising:

obtaining orthorectified aerial images of the real property projected in a State Plane Coordinate System;

obtaining ownership plat records associated with the real property including at least one of the following;

parcel boundary dimensions, acreage, legal description, assessor parcel numbers, roads and appurtenant information;

researching county recorder records and plot deed descriptions associated with the real property including metes and bounds to obtain legal description information;

preparing a template including the ownership plat records and the legal description information superimposed on the orthorectified aerial images; and

displaying the template.