TITLE 55

PROPERTY IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 17

COORDINATE SYSTEM OF LAND DESCRIPTION

55-1702.  IDAHO PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM. (1) The board shall, by rule, provide and prescribe the information that defines the currently accepted system of plane coordinates of the IPCS.

(2)  The most recent system of plane coordinates that has been established by the NGS based on the NSRS, adopted by the board, and designated as the SPCS for defining and stating the positions or locations of points within the state of Idaho shall be known as the "Idaho plane coordinate system."

(3)  Coordinates established or determined under previously defined systems may be used, provided identifying information is included in the document containing the coordinates.

(4)  Coordinates derived by transformation from a prior system of plane coordinates shall be qualified as such in the document containing the coordinates. Such document shall also provide:

(a)  Identifying information of the prior system and the system translated to, together with a statement of the method of translation;

(b)  The type of transformation and parameters used and identifying information of the system translated to; or

(c)  Other metadata sufficient to translate coordinates between the original and destination systems.

History:

[55-1702, added 2021, ch. 174, sec. 5, p. 484.]