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Technical College Regions, Wisconsin 2018

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Technical College Regions, Wisconsin 2018
Originator
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Creation Date
2018-02-23
Publication Date
2018-02-23
Revision Date
2018-02-23
Edition
1.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide
Abstract
[This dataset includes boundaries for the Wisconsin Technical College System regions. This layer was created using unified and secondary public school district boundaries for the state of Wisconsin. Authoritative information used to create this dataset came from the Wisconsin Technical College board policy manualwhich was current as of December 2017 and last updated in November 2012.Each year, there is a chance for reorganizations to take place that either transfer territory between school districts or consolidate/dissolve/create districts. These reorganizations go into effect on July 1st of each year. Changes in school district boundaries have the potential to effect technical college boundaries. In 2018, there were no reorganizations that caused changes in technical college boundaries.]
Purpose
[This polygon layer contains the regions of the Wisconsin Technical College System for 2018.] This layer is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2018-02-23T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.964328
East
-86.666097
North
47.083273
South
42.456907
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Theme Keyword
School districts
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials [The layer is intended for your reference use only. It contains the best information the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has to date, but no guarantee of accuracy is made. It should not be used for any land transactions, financial decisions, taxation, surveying, or other similar uses.]
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
asNeeded
Language
eng
Credit
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Point of Contact
Contact
Shelley Witte
Position Name
GIS Technician
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53701
Country
US
Email
shelley.witte@dpi.wi.gov
Phone
608-266-3939
Point of Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster St.
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703
Country
US
Phone
608-266-3390
Point of Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Technical College System
Delivery Point
4622 University Avenue PO Box 7874
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53707-7874
Country
US
Phone
608-266-1207

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
3071
Code Space
EPSG
Version
6.13(9.2.0)

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Statement
This layer was produced using the unified and secondary public school district boundaries for the state of Wisconsin. The school district boundary datasets was derived from county data. For more information about the Wisconsin school district boundaries datasets, please refer to their metadata. There are 16 regions of the Wisconsin Technical College System. The territory within each region (or "district" as they are referred to by Wisconsin state statutes) is described in Policy Number 204 of the Wisconsin Technical College board policy manual. Each territory contains the whole of or parts of counties, municipalities, and public school districts. This polygon layer was built up from the statewide school district boundaries layer from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. A County Boundaries (2015) polygon layer for the state of Wisconsin distributed by the Arthur H. Robinson Map Library (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and originating from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was also used as a reference layer. To build up Wisconsin Technical College (WTC) regions layer, the statewide layers for unified school district boundaries and secondary school district boundaries were merged into one. A technical college region attribute field was added to the layer. Using the board policy manual, school districts that were wholly within a WTC region received their corresponding region as an attribute. Using the county boundaries layer as a reference, school districts that were in two different regions were split along county lines using the Cut Polygons tool and the resulting polygons received their corresponding region as an attribute. After digitizing was complete and every polygon had a WTC region attribute, the Dissolve tool was used on the layer. The layer was then checked for errors.
Source
Title
Wisconsin Technical College board policy manual
Publication Date
2017-12-27
Description
Policy manual from the Wisconsin Technical College System board which contains Section 204 describing the territory (counties and school districts) within each WTC region: http://mywtcs.wtcsystem.edu/resources-policies/state-law-and-policy/wtcs-board-policy-manual

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/WI_TechCollege_Regions_2018.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
17

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
1D5AC017-CFFF-4AE6-B37C-041CF1D9DF5A
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster St.
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703
Country
US
Phone
608-266-3390
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Shelley Witte
Position Name
GIS Technician
Delivery Point
125 S. Webster Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53701
Country
US
Email
shelley.witte@dpi.wi.gov
Phone
608-266-3939
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-09-16
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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