RULES AND REGULATIONS

• ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys (2/23/21)

  • Changes from 2016 to 2021 Standards

  • Table A (Fillable Form) (2/23/21)​

• Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) - Relating to Surveying (HAR 3-40).

• Shoreline Certifications, Rules, Forms, and Schedules

• Rules of the Land Court

  • Land Court Mapping Guide

• City & County of Honolulu Land Use Ordinance (LUO)

• City & County of Honolulu Design Standards

• FEMA Elevation Certification (American Surveyor)

  • Elevation Certificate and Instructions (Expires 6/30/2026)

• CPR Guidelines

 

PRIVATE RESOURCES

• Trimble RTX Postprocessing - Online GPS postprocessing via traditional CORS along with Trimble established operating stations.

• Free online pdf converter - PDF Converter

• Free online pdf editor - Sedja PDF

• Free online pdf to dwg converter (Zamzar) - Unlimited conversions 30mb.

• Free online pdf to dwg converter (CADsofttools) - Two free conversions per day 3mb.

• Free online pdf to Word, Excel, images, etc converter - docs.zone (2 pgs or register)

• Surveying Tools (Metzger Willard) - Google Earth embedded tools.

• AutoCAD TrueView - Convert between various AutoCAD versions.  Download free executable from Autodesk.

• AutoCAD A360 Online DWG Viewer - Allows you to view and print any AutoCAD dwg drawings online.  Drag & drop into webpage.

 

FEDERAL

• National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

  • Datasheets - NGS Datasheet Explorer

  • Geodetic Inverse - Enter Lat./Long. -> Returns Azimuth & Dist

  • Geodetic Position - Enter Azimuth & Dist. -> Returns Lat./Long.

  • NADCON - Mapping grade only! Datum shift calculator.

  • SPC83 - State Plane to Lat./Long. calculator

    • User's Guide

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• USGS Quadrangle maps free download

• • 7.5x7.5 Quadranges

  • ​7.5x7.5 Quads (Historical)

  • All Islands (classic 1970's)

  • Hawaii (classic 1980's)

• FEMA Maps (fema.gov website)

  • FIRM kmz download​

• U.S. Library of Congress Historical Hawaii Periodicals

 

STATE OF HAWAII

MAPS

• Dept. of Transportation

  • Right-of-Way Map GIS - Download ROW Maps, NGS Controls, Highways As-Builts, etc.

• Survey Div.

  • Land Court Maps​​

  • File Plan Maps

    • Ld. Ct. & F.P. Closures​

  • CSF Maps and Descriptions

  • HTS/HSS Maps

  • Registered Maps

  • File Carton Maps

  • Hawaiian Homelands Maps

  • Certified Shoreline Maps

  • Miscellaneous Maps

• DLNR

  • DLNR Public Land Trust Information System - State Lands Database

  • DLNR, OCCL - Shoreline Application Process

  • Hawaii NFIP Flood Hazard Assessment Tool​

    • Elevation Certificate and Instructions (Dated 2-21-20)

• Bureau of Conveyances​

  • RecordEASE - Deeds, documents, TCT, Ld. Ct. Orders.

  • CPR Maps​ - CPR Request Form.

• OHA Kipuka Database - Database of State of Hawaii Lands, Grants, L.C. Aw. awards.

• State Land Use Commission - Get Land use boundaries via their GIS website

• State of Hawaii GIS Data Clearinghouse

  • TMK Parcel Layers​

    • Oahu kmz​

• State of Hawaii VTP - USGS classic 7.5 Quads, aerials, GIS, elevation & more.

• Land Use Maps

• SMA (Special Management Area) map

  • SMA Locator - SMA State Website

• State DOT Highways Road Juristiction

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY​

• Hawaii Historical Aerial Photograpy​

• USGS Aerial Photograpy​

• LandSAT Aerial Photography

AGENCIES

• DAGS, Land Survey Division

• DLNR, Bureau of Conveyances – Document Search from 1976

• DLNR, Na Ala Hele, Trail and Access System

• Hawaii State Archives Catalog

• University of Hawaii at Manoa Library

  • Hawaii Historical Photography 

  • Aerial Photography

    • 1927 to 1928 (Oahu & Kauai)​

    • 1940's (USGS Oahu SE)

    • 1950 to 2000

  • Hawaiian Photo Album Index

  • Trust Territory Survey Maps

  • Map Index

CONTROL DATA

• Tidal Bench Marks – All Islands

• Tidal Datum Chart

• Horizontal

 

COUNTIES

HONOLULU

• Public GIS Website - Detailed info. on Zoning, FEMA Flood, Building Permits, Tax Related info., Census Info.  General Info. on Sewer, Drainage and Cadastral.

• Public GIS Fastmaps - Detailed info. on Zoning, Land Use and Cadastral (need to install Microsoft Silverlight).

• Property Tax Info. – Tax info. including Sales Docs, Parcel Data, Ownership, Address, and Parcel Map

• Tax Maps - Includes references to Land Court, File Plan, land title and State/County jurisdiction

• Parcel Details - Detailed individual parcel details.  Dev. Plan Area, Includes Flood Zone, Height Limit, Lot Restriction, Slide Area, SMA, State Land Use, Street Setback, Zoning (LUO), Warning (ie, historic, arheologic, etc), Building Permits, Sub'd Permits, TMK History.

• Street Monuments & Benchmark Maps - B.M.'s are referred to M.S.L. (not endorsed by FEMA or the State).  Monument azimuths are geodetic and regional but not referred to a specific Triangulation Station.  Azimuths should be checked against adjacent right-of-way maps and/or property boundaries.

• DPP Subdivision Search

• Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction

• Standard Details for Public Works Construction

• Zoning Designations - Opens to LUO Zoning Deistrict Classfictions Sec. 21-3.10.

• Land Use Ordinance (LUO) - Entire 2014 LUO Ord. No. 86-96 (376 pgs.).

• Municipal Reference Center - Manuals on Subdivision, BMP, Design Standards (Wasterwater, Parks, Drainage, Public Works, Water, etc.) & some useful links

• Docushare

• FTP Site - Includes TMK's, Mons & BM's, GIS Layers, FIRM Panels, Std's Manuals, LUC Maps, and more.

 

MAUI

• Maui TMK GIS Accelaview - Detailed info. on Zoning, FEMA Flood, Building Permits, State Land Use, Satellite Images, and Cadastral

• Property Tax Info. - Tax info. including Sales Docs, Ownership, Address, Parcel map export to Google Earth.

• Tax Maps - Includes references to Land Court, File Plan, land title and State/County jurisdiction.

• Land Lookup Master - Quick search for zoning, land use, setbacks, flood, ownership, etc.

• Zoning - Table of zoning areas, lot widths, setbacks and floor-area ratios

• Maui County Code

• Property Docs Lookup - Search by orig. TMK or sub'd name by wildcards i.e. *Waiohu* to return Waiohuli-Keokea Homesteads, Hale Waiohuli, Waiohuli Estates, etc.  Download Sub'd Maps, As-Builts, Parcel Info, Lot Determinations, etc.

 

HAWAI’I (BIG ISLAND)

• Planning Dept. GIS - Detailed info. on Subdivision Maps, Historical (HTS/HSS Plats), zoning, Land Use, USGS, DHHL and more. 

• Tax Maps - Includes references to Land Court, File Plan, land title and State/County jurisdiction.

• Subdivision Maps

• Property Tax Info. – Real property tax assessment site

 

KAUAI

• Tax Maps - Includes references to Land Court, File Plan, land title and State/County jurisdiction

• Property Tax Info. – Real property tax assessment site

 

HAWAII SURVEYING

THE GREAT MAHELE (Begining of western land titles in Hawaii) AND BEYOND

• The Great Mahele - by Jon J. Chinen

• Native Hawaiian Rights Handbook - Edited by Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie

• The Mahele Book - By AvaKonohiki

• Surveying the Mahele - by Riley M. Moffat & Gary L. Fitzpatrick

• The Early Mapping of Hawaii - by Gary L. Fitzpatrick

• Mapping the Lands and Waters of Hawaii - by Riley M. Moffat & Gary L. Fitzpatrick

• Atlas of Hawaii 3rd Ed. (1973) - by Sonia P. Juvic, James O. Juvik & Thomas R. Paradise

• Hawaii Place Names - by John R.K. Clark

LAND TITLES

• Hawaiian Government Survey - by W. D. Alexander

• Land Titles and Surveys in Hawaii - by Artur C. Alexander

• Hawaiian Land Titles - by Robert King

• Highways Act of 1892 - Summary

  • Hawaii Revised Statue (HRS 264-1)

• Street Juristiction - City Res. 93-287

• Real Property Mapping Branch Tax Map Legend & Abbrevations

• Kikupa Land Title Database (GIS)

• Title Searching for the Non-Professional - by Jackie Mahi Erickson

INDICES

• The Mahele Book - Scanned by AvaKonohiki

• Land Commission Awards - Indicies of Awards scanned by AvaKonohiki

• Royal Patents - Database by Waihona Aina

• Land Grants- Database by Waihona Aina

• Mahele Awards - Indicies of Awards scanned by AvaKonohiki

• Native Testimonies - Scanned by AvaKonohiki

• Foreign Testimonies - Scanned by AvaKonohiki

• Hawaiian History Electronic Library - Books scanned by Ulukau

• Hawaiian Authors Electronic Library - Books scanned by Ulukau

LANGUAGE

• Hawaiian Words in Descriptions

• Hawaiian Dictionary

GRID AND GEODETIC

• Plane Coordinate Projection Tables

• Standard Specs. for Geodetic Control Network

• Positional Accuracy Standards - NOAA/NGS