GeoCommunicator is sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service. As an integral part of the National Integrated Land System (NILS), GeoCommunicator is designed to provide geospatial data and products from NILS to the public. GeoCommunicator facilitates the sharing of geographic data among federal, state, local, and private individuals and organizations interested in providing the public with national data sets. GeoCommunicator provides a central site for the distribution of geospatial data in three separate applications: Land and Mineral Use Records, Federal Land Stewardship and Land Survey Information System.

Land and Mineral Use Records: The Land and Mineral Use Records Viewer provides the ability to search, locate, and map the BLM's land and mineral use records including:oil & gas, geothermal, solid minerals, agreements, unpatented mining claims, rights-of-way, mineral material disposal, miscellaneous uses, oil & gas lease sales, stipulations, withdrawals, classifications, and land and mineral title. There are also links to BLM LR2000 Reports and Rangeland Reports. For a detailed description of the available Land and Mineral Use Records map layers see the Map Layers Page. For help in using the system, use the "How to Access Land and Mineral Use Records" Guide.

Federal Land Stewardship: Federal Land Stewardship contains data of the federal surface management agency for a parcel of land. The ability to search, locate and map federal surface management agencies is available through the Land and Mineral Use Records Viewer. For help in using the system, use the "How to Access Federal Land Stewardship" Guide.

Land Survey Information: The Land Survey Information System (LSIS) contains a collection of geographic information representing the official Public Land Survey System (PLSS) of the United States. The land grid is computed from the Bureau of Land Management's survey records (official plats and field notes), local survey records, and geodetic control information. LSIS data can be downloaded through GeoCommunicator free of charge. Data is prepackaged for easy selection and quick download. For help in using the system, use the "How to Access the Land Survey Information System" Guide.

Reference: The Reference section contains information and links to:

• Cadastral survey information
• Land parcel information
• LR2000 information and guides
• Map services and data
• Help guides, tips and tricks, and much more.

Search Geodata.gov: GeoCommunicator's data sharing, publishing and searching capabilities were converted to the Geodata.gov portal. Geodata.gov, released in June of 2003, is as one of the President's 24 E-government initiatives and is the government portal for geospatial data. Geodata.gov allows users to share, search, locate, and access geospatial data such as live maps, images, downloadable data, clearinghouses, planned data collections, off-line data sets, and more. Users can publish information about geospatial data they wish to share and provide links to the data they are hosting.

Links:

National Integrated Land System
Geographic Coordinate Data Base
Geodata.gov