Automated Spatial Screening
When a project boundary is uploaded, Landica evaluates it against the agency's authoritative datasets and assembles structured findings automatically. The land status, existing rights, resource context, and regulatory requirements that would otherwise emerge over months of sequential review are surfaced at intake.
The bridge between agency data and project context.
Spatial screening is what connects the authoritative datasets configured by data managers to the structured project environment used by review staff. When a project boundary is uploaded, screening fires automatically — evaluating the project against every published layer in parallel and producing a structured set of findings that populates the shared project record.
Nothing about this process requires staff to research individual datasets, pull reports, or wait for specialist review. The context is assembled at intake, from the agency's own authoritative data, before anyone opens the file.
Every published agency layer, evaluated against the project boundary.
Screening evaluates the project against all authoritative datasets configured in the platform. The specific layers available reflect what the agency has published — and each finding is traceable to the dataset that produced it.
Surface ownership, jurisdiction, management area, and applicable land use plan allocations
Rights-of-way, leases, permits, grazing allotments, mineral claims, and other existing authorizations that overlap the project area
Wilderness Study Areas, ACECs, National Monuments, critical habitat, and similar areas with elevated management requirements
Vegetation, soils, hydrology, wildlife habitat, cultural resource sensitivity, and other discipline-specific datasets
Areas or conditions that initiate specific study, survey, consultation, or coordination requirements under applicable law or policy
Land use plan allocations, applicable restrictions, thresholds, and policy guidance associated with the project location
From boundary upload to structured findings.
Realty staff uploads the project boundary. The geometry is validated and a project record is created. Screening begins immediately.
The project boundary is evaluated against every authoritative dataset published in the platform. Each layer is assessed independently for intersection, overlap, adjacency, or proximity as configured.
For each intersection, the platform applies configured screening rules and management direction. This determines which intersections produce findings, how they are categorized, and how they are described.
Results are structured into categories: land status, existing rights, resource considerations, regulatory requirements, and management direction. Each finding traces back to its source dataset.
All findings are available in the project's shared environment. Lands and Realty, Resources staff, and relevant specialists can review the assembled context immediately.
Structured findings organized for agency review.
The output of spatial screening is not a pass/fail result. It is an organized set of findings that give staff an immediate picture of what the project involves — including conditions, requirements, and dependencies that would otherwise be discovered gradually.
Every authorization, claim, or interest that overlaps the project area is identified — including right-of-way holders who may require concurrence, grazing permittees, and mineral claimants.
When existing rights holders are identified, the screening flags the coordination or concurrence that may be required before the project can advance.
Resource considerations, special designations, and regulatory requirements associated with the project location are surfaced — including conditions that may determine the applicable NEPA pathway.
Section 106 consultation, Section 7 consultation, biological surveys, cultural resource inventories, and other study or consultation obligations are identified based on what the screening surfaces.
Applicable land use plan allocations, management restrictions, and policy context associated with the project location are organized alongside the spatial findings.
Authoritative Data Management
Screening is only as complete and accurate as the datasets configured in the platform. Data managers configure which layers are published, how intersections are interpreted, and what management direction applies. That work determines what staff see when a project enters the system.
See data managementCollaborative Project Environment
Screening results populate the shared project environment where staff review context, track requirements, and document work. The quality of that environment — and the usefulness of every coordination step that follows — depends on what the screening assembled at intake.
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We work directly with agency teams to configure the platform around your authoritative datasets, review processes, and operational context.