The West Virginia mineral lands program: Statewide GIS resource evaluation and assessment

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · AAPG Bulletin

OSTI ID:411948

Neidig, C A ^[1]; Fedorko, N ^[2]; Maki, E ^[3]; Elmes, G ^[4]

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1. Office of State GIS Coordinator, Charleston, WV (United States)
2. West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV (United States)
3. West Virginia Dept. of Tax and Revenue, Charleston, WV (United States)
4. West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

In 1995, the West Virginia legislature enacted H.B. 2222 that provided a mandate and funding for a statewide evaluation of mineral resources, specifically coal, to promote a more open and equitable means to assess the taxable value of mineral holdings by West Virginia property owners. Written into the legislation was an appropriation for the initial development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to integrate the work. Designated as the Mineral Lands Mapping Program, the lead agencies are the VIV Geological and Economic Survey, the WV Department of Tax and Revenue, and the State GIS Technical Support Center at West Virginia University. The complex topography and geology of West Virginia require that large volumes of two- and three-dimensional spatial data be created to support the identification, mapping, and evaluation of coal resources for improved tax assessment of land parcels. The political and economic context of the project, data requirements and sources, inputs and digital conversion procedures, adoption of metadata and data standards, geological base mapping, coal resource modeling methods, tax parcel reconciliation, and integration of the various data sets are all important issues for this program.

• OSTI ID: 411948
• Report Number(s): CONF-9610180--
• Journal Information: AAPG Bulletin, Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 80; ISSN 0149-1423; ISSN AABUD2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COAL DEPOSITS
G CODES
LAND RESOURCES
MAPPING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WEST VIRGINIA