Landwrap March 2015 - Issue 116

Issue 116

This month we let you know that a system upgrade for Landonline is happening over Easter, and update you following news about Microsoft's future support for Internet Explorer.
 
We know that some of our customers have been unsure about when to use Parcels without Survey Information CSDs and we advise you on what to do in these types of situations. Also, we discuss how KnowledgeBase (KB) pages were created and how to go about searching the KB for lodgement and titles information that were previously included in older issues of Landwrap.

Landonline conversion to UTF-8 (Easter weekend)

A significant system upgrade is occurring over Easter, however most users will see little change.

Note: The upgrade planned for Easter weekend was successfully carried out.

Read more about the update on the Landonline Update page. (//www.linz.govt.nz/news/2015- 04/landonline-updates)

You may have seen the news that Landonline will close at 7pm on Thursday 2 April for an outage over Easter and re-open at 6am on Tuesday 7 April after Easter for a system upgrade.

This upgrade converts our Landonline database to store a much greater range of Latin based characters, including macrons which are common in te reo Māori.

This system upgrade will have very little impact on Landonline users. The most obvious change will be that macrons will start appearing within text where it is appropriate, for example in some place and road names. Users performing transactions in Landonline will also find that they can enter an extended range of characters in some fields.

The upgrade will make sure we comply with the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, which requires LINZ as a Crown agency to use official place names in official documents (including Landonline).

LINZ is also planning a maintenance release (3.11) in May this year. We’ll provide a further update including details of the timing for this in the next Landwrap. Updates on this release will also
be posted on the LINZ website.

Related Content

Landonline release 3.11 (/land/landonline/landonline-releases-and-system-updates/landonline- release-311)

Internet Explorer news

An update following recent news regarding Microsoft's future support of Internet Explorer.

You may have seen the news that Microsoft plans to replace Internet Explorer with a new browser.

While LINZ is aware of these plans, it is important to note that Microsoft’s existing support policies for Internet Explorer have not changed (see related external content below).

LINZ will continue to test and offer Landonline support to users on recent Microsoft operating systems and browsers as indicated on our software support page. Current recommendations can be found on our software requirements page.

Related External Content

Microsoft Support website (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/microsoft-internet- explorer)

Parcels without Survey Information type CSDs

We know that some of our survey customers have been unsure about when to use the ‘Parcels without Survey Information’ Cadastral Survey Dataset (CSD).

To help decide whether you can use this type of Dataset, first consider whether the Rules for Cadastral Survey 2010 require the diagram of survey to show:

• old marks found
• new marks placed   witness marks
• permanent reference marks.

If any of these marks are required, the dataset type must be ‘Survey’, however, if these marks are not required, you can decide whether it is appropriate to use the ‘Parcels without survey information’ dataset type.

You can find more information in the following KnowledgeBase articles:

• Parcels without survey information type CSDs (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/633) and
• Parcels without survey information type CSDs - Survey Sheets (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/618) .

The KnowledgeBase

The KnowledgeBase is the place to go to find over 450 articles relating to survey and title transactions.
Landwrap articles and other content such as Tips and Hints for surveyors from the old Landonline website, were reviewed and consolidated last year, and when we launched our refreshed website we included these as KnowledgeBase articles.

If you used to look for articles by browsing through past editions of Landwrap, you’ll now find that information in the KnowledgeBase. It’s as simple as going to the KnowledgeBase (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb) and entering a keyword in the search box, filtering by ‘Survey’ or ‘Title’ to refine the search results you’ll see. Alternatively, you can browse to one of the popular searches, such as ‘caveats’ or ‘consents’, which you’ll find in the right-hand part of your screen under the heading ‘Browse by keyword’.

We’re doing more work over the coming months to improve the information in the KnowledgeBase. If you can’t find a topic or there’s a topic you think lawyers, surveyors or property professionals would find useful – let us know by emailing the Digitalservices team (mailto:digitalservices@linz.govt.nz) .

In case you’re interested, here are the top 10 KnowledgeBase articles for the past month:

• Avoiding delays in the Plan Generation batch process (KB 692) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/692)
• Operational guidance for surveyors working in earthquake affected parts of Christchurch (KB690) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/690)
• Search for a title (KB447) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/447)
• Subdivisions (KB657) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/657)
• Transmissions (KB659) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/659)
• Authorisation and withdrawal of caveats (KB167) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/167)
• Caveats (KB650) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/650)
• Proof of identity in the absence of photo ID (KB349) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/349)
• Consents – mortgagee (KB268) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/268)
• Lapsing a caveat (KB648) (//www.linz.govt.nz/kb/648)