Tantalis GATOR: What is Tantalis GATOR
- What is Tantalis GATOR?
- What is the Crown Land Registry?
- What Kind of Information is Available?
- Search Options
- Sample Screens
- Scanned Image Repository
- Image Viewers
- How Do I Get Started?
- How Can I Get Help?
What is Tantalis GATOR?
GATOR is an acronym for "Government AccessTool for On-line Retrieval". It is an easy to use tool that allows registered users to use the Internet to interactively view, extract and print information from the Crown Land Registry. For more information, click the link that interests you. A link labelled Top will return you to the table of contents.
What is the Crown Land Registry?
The Crown Land Registry is a database of Crown land records for the province of British Columbia, Canada, maintained since the Hudson's Bay Company first began surveying land in British Columbia in the 1850s. At one time, large old hardcopy registers were used to record this information. In the 1980s, these land records were computerized and in the 1990s, a web accessible computer interface was created. For more information about Crown Land, please see the Crown Land Registry site.
What Kind of Information is Available?
Clients can use Tantalis GATOR to research a variety of attributes associated with a particular parcel of Crown land, and to retrieve scanned images of Crown land records.
Search Options
The Crown Land Registry is a database of Crown land records for the province of British Columbia, Canada, maintained since the Hudson's Bay Company first began surveying land in British Columbia in the 1850s. At one time, large old hardcopy registers were used to record this information. In the 1980s, these land records were computerized and in the 1990s, a web accessible computer interface was created. For more information about Crown Land, please see the Crown Land Registry site.
Sample Screens
Our Sample Screens page provides some samples of various search or query pages in Tantalis GATOR as well as the query results page and any details page which shows the information each query delivers . Click on the thumbnails on this page to view the sample screens fully sized.
Scanned Image Repository
The Tantalis GATOR archive is growing daily, offering access to many scanned images of Crown land records and documents. These include:
- official plans
- survey field books
- wellsite plans
- Crown grants
To access these images, conduct a search on a particular parcel or interest. Links to the available images will appear on the Search Results page, along with applicable parcel or interest information. You may also search the database for Land Act plans, using a Crown Land plan designation number, such as 5TR2 YDYD or 1TU1091 (note that scanned images of file records and tenure application documents are not available in Tantalis GATOR).
The screen shot here shows the result of a search for Lot 80 YDYD District. Note the image links in the top right-hand corner. Scroll down further to see sample images.
Image Viewers
To view Tantalis GATOR images, you may use your browser default viewer or choose to download and install one of our proprietary Image Plug-ins. These tools provide enhanced image printing capabilities and allow you to enlarge, reduce, zoom in or select a portion of a Tantalis GATOR image. The two thumbnails below are linked to larger samples. To view each full size, just click on its thumbnail. The full image will open on a new screen. Click your browser's Back button to return to this page.
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How Do I Get Started?
Two account options are available. The Internet Payment Plan option allows clients to quickly and easily apply for a Tantalis GATOR account over the Internet and pay using a credit card. An Annual Tantalis GATOR Subscription requires payment by cheque (off-line) in the traditional manner. See our Account Options page for details of security measures provided and further information.
How Can I Get Help?
Tantalis GATOR help documents include:
- Tantalis GATOR Helpful Hints provides search tips such as how to work with wildcards, along with information on using the Image Viewer Plug-Ins, saving images, searching for Oil and Gas wellsite data, etc.
- Tantalis GATOR Frequently Asked Questions is a list of the questions we receive most often from users.
- Tantalis GATOR Quickguide [DOC] provides details about the two major search options, along with an explanation of the information that is returned.
- Hudson Bay Company Grants [XLS] is an Excel spreadsheet that lists the identifiers that will allow you to search these unique and historic grants, the oldest issued in British Columbia.
- Glossary of Terms is a list of the descriptors used in Tantalis GATOR. Review it by clicking the link at the beginning of this paragraph, or activate links to specific glossary definitions while you are logged in.
