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United States Public Land Surveys, 2008
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- United States Public Land Surveys, 2008
- Edition
- 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2008 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2008_usa_publdsur.zip
- Abstract
- United States Public Land Surveys is a polygon theme representing the Public Land Surveys (for example, donation lands, land grants, and public and private surveys of public lands) of the United States. Attribute information includes the survey area type, the township and range designation for the area, the name, state , township, range and size of the area. This dataset is a part of the 2008 ESRI Data Maps collection.
- Purpose
- United States Public Land Surveys provides the Public Land Surveys for geographic display and analysis at regional and national levels.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:1,000,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- ground condition: 1972-2002; publication date: 200301
- Time Period
- Beginning
- 1972
- End
- 2002
- Bounding Box
- West
- -179.133392
- East
- 179.788210
- North
- 71.398194
- South
- 17.674692
- Theme Keyword
- polygon
- public land survey
- public land survey system
- township
- range
- private surveys
- land grants
- civil colonies
- donation land claims
- unsurveyed areas
- Indian lands
- military reservation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- planningCadastre
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1972-2002
- 2003
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- For current Columbia affiliates only.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- ESRI
- Delivery Point
- 380 New York Street
- City
- Redlands
- State
- California
- Postal Code
- 92373-8100
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Hours of Service
- 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.706
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2) or tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then loaded into ArcSDE to verify and validate the geometry.
- Completeness Report
- After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The geospatial part of this data set was originally extracted from 1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000-scale state base maps for the western U.S. states and USGS topographic 1:100,000-scale maps for the eastern U.S. states. Data from both sources were integrated into the 1:2,000,000-scale State boundary Digital Line Graph (DLG) files produced by the U.S. Geological Survey. The positional accuracy of the 1:2,000,000-scale State boundary Digital Line Graph (DLG) files is known to be 1,720 meters. The positional accuracies of the other sources are unknown.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- National Atlas of the United States and the U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 200301
- Title
- Public Land Survey System of the United States, 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia, USA
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details
- The data set was downloaded from the web site in November 2004.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html
- Source Scale Denominator
- 2000000
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1972-2002
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- G-polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 90919
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000009
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000009
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS_1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257224
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- publdsur
- Entity Type Definition
- The polygons represent the Public Land Survey which is a rectangular system of surveys devised to subdivide public domain lands within United States; in addition are donation land claims, Indian lands, land grants, civil colonies, military reservations, overlapping land grants, private surveys, unsurveyed areas, and areas not part of the Public Land Survey System within United States.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- Attributes
- ObjectID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- FEATURE1
- The primary survey area type.
- Donation Land Claims
- An area that was allocated to a settler under the Donation Act of September 27, 1850 to preserve the rights of pre-statehood settlers claimed prior to the regular division of townships and ranges.
- Indian Lands
- Land granted to native Americans and excluded from the public domain.
- Land Grants, Civil Colonies
- An area of land to which title was conferred by a predecessor government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after the territory in which it is situated was acquired by the United States.
- Military Reservation
- A military or lighthouse reservation that limits the public lands.
- Not Part of Public Land Surveys System
- An area that is outside of the Public Land Survey System.
- Overlapping Land Grants
- An area of land to which more than one title was conferred by a predecessor government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after the territory in which it is situated was acquired by the United States. These areas are the result of survey error or disputed claims.
- Private Survey
- An area of private surveys of public domain lands.
- Public Survey
- An area of land subdivided by the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), which was originally created on public domain lands and the rules for its use were defined by the authority of the U.S. Government. The PLSS has since been extended, following similar rules, into non- public domain areas.
- Unsurveyed Area
- An area that is part of the public domain but which has not been subdivided.
- Water
- Areas of navigable streams and meanderable lakes which are excluded from the Public Land Survey System.
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- FEATURE2
- The township and range designation for the area. (There is no predefined set of valid township and range designations. Designations are in the format "Township xxx aaaaa Range yyy bbbb", where xxx and yyy are numbers, aaaaa is either North or South, and bbbb is either East or West.)
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- FEATURE3
- The secondary survey area type.
- Land Grants, Civil Colonies
- An area of land to which title was conferred by a predecessor government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after the territory in which it is situated was acquired by the United States.
- Overlapping Land Grants
- An area of land to which more than one title was conferred by a predecessor government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after the territory in which it is situated was acquired by the United States. These areas are the result of survey error or disputed claims.
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- NAME1
- The primary name of the survey area. This is the principal meridian, Ohio base, or land grant name. (GeoData Data Users Guide 1U.S. Geological Survey)
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- NAME2
- The secondary name of the survey area. This is an additional land grant name. (GeoData Data Users Guide 1U.S. Geological Survey)
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- STATE
- The two-letter abbreviation for each state in which the survey area is located. (Federal Information Processing Standards 52National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- TOWNSHIP
- The abbreviated township designation for the area. (Designations are in the format "Txxxa", where xxx is a number and a is either N or S.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- RANGE
- The abbreviated range designation for the area. (Designations are in the format "Ryyyb", where yyy is a number and b is either E or W.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- TWNRNG
- The abbreviated township and range designation for the area. (Designations are in the format "Txxxa Ryyyb", where xxx and yyy are numbers, a is either N or S, and b is either E or W.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- SQMI
- The area of the survey area in square miles. (Calculated areas for the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090715
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- GIS/Metadata Librarian
- Contact Address
- Address
- 420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
- City
- New York
- State or Province
- NY
- Postal Code
- 10027
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212) 854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
