This office is responsible for the identification and positioning of all Crown titles issued by the Department in a digital file format for integration with the Crown Lands' Geographic Information System (GIS). This information is used to assist the public in determining the location and ownership for specific parcels of land. The information is also used by Crown Titles Preparation Office to ensure that no encroachments exist between applications for land and land that has already been issued by the Crown. The office provides support to Crown Lands Administration and the Regional Lands Offices for the resolution of property boundary overlaps and prepares special plans and exhibits for use in court proceedings. Technical advice is also provided to map users who experience difficulty in identifying original grant or lease boundaries. A major challenge of the program is the determination of the geographical location of land titles issued in the 19th and early 20th centuries when good quality mapping was not available. In addition, surveying instruments and methods were not as advanced as those employed by today's cartographers and surveyors which further adds to the difficulty of accurately locating older titles.

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