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Digital plans: The next generation of NSW LRS Connect and Land XML

NSWLRS has adopted LandXML as a digital format for digital plan lodgment. With digital plans surveyors can benefit from improvements in the efficiency of the plan approval and registration process. Digital Plans services are available in NSW LRS Connect. For more information, please refer to our individual  fact sheets for approving authorities, developers and surveyors.

If you require assistance, please Contact us online and select the Digital Plans option. 

 

Model and NSW LandXML Recipe

The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) has endorsed LandXML (or LXML) as the national standard for digital lodgment of cadastral plans. The LandXML Model accommodates all the survey geometry, administrative and titling data to process a plan from lodgment and registration through to the Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB) update.

Digital plans in LXML format that are lodged in NSW will only contain:

• the survey component of the plan currently represented on the plan drawing sheet and

• a subset of the information contained on the administration sheet.

All the administrative information (including the subset in the LXML), certification and signatures will remain in a PDF format Administration Sheet which must be lodged with the LXML file as part of the lodgment bundle.

NSW LandXML File Format Recipe 

NSW LRS publishes a NSW specific document, the NSW LandXML Recipe, to assist survey software vendors and surveyors to develop LXML functionality within their software and practices. The NSW LXML Recipe is a subset of the ICSM LandXML specification and also specifies the elements required in the LXML file for plan submission to NSW LRS. 

NSW LandXML Recipe

Version 9.1 - effective 1 January 2020

 NSW LandXML Recipe - Specifications for preparation of Deposited Plans in LandXML format for lodgment in NSW - version 9.1  (PDF 3.4MB).

Notes on version 9.1

• Changes made to accommodate GDA2020.

• Addition of Policy 4 and 5 Exemptions in accordance with Surveyor-General’s Direction No. 7.

• Addition of Zone 58 for Norfolk Island.

NSW Schema files

To meet the changing requirements, NSW LandXML schemas are now being version controlled as follows. All 4 versions are now available in the NSW Schema files.

For Ingestion:

  V1: All consolidated

For Creation and Validation:

  V2: Prior to September 2017
  V3: Current (September 2017 – December 2019)
  V4: GDA2020 (January 2020 – onwards)

NSW Enumeration types (.XSD 35 KB)

 

LandXML File Format Services available in NSW LRS Connect

Two services have been deployed in the utilities tab of the NSW LRS Connect portal to assist surveyors in their development of LXML capability.

LXML Validation Service

All NSW LRS Connect users can now check their plans online for compliance with over 100 business and surveying rules and regulations.

By simply uploading LXML plan files to the validation service, surveyors can have more certainty that their plans will avoid the requisitions that commonly hold up registration.

NSW LRS is preparing to update the Validation Service to apply the latest Schema and Regulation changes. If you experience any issues with this service  please Contact us online and select the Digital Plans option. 

 

What software can I use for digital plans?

A range of digital plans software is available to assist surveyors. Some software providers also offer training in their applications and in LandXML.

Find out more on our software suppliers page.