<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area</dc:creator><dc:description>Metropolitan Council cached base map web service, developed for 7 County Twin Cities Region. Includes political boundaries, roadways, parks, lakes and rivers, land marks, and transit information.</dc:description><dc:description>The service was developed to offer quick base map data that includes detailed cartography for 10 scales.  Intended for use in desktop GIS and web applications to provide backdrop of common data layers.</dc:description><dc:description>The Base Map is updated on a quarterly basis (roughly: January, April, July, October) to allow for changes to roadways and major political/administrative boundary changes. Intermittent changes may occur between major quarterly updates.</dc:description><dc:format>Files</dc:format><dc:identifier>us-mn-state-metc-base-metcouncil-basemap-service</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Metropolitan Council Base Map Service [Minnesota]</dc:title><dc:type>Other</dc:type><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Anoka County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Carver County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Dakota County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Hennepin County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Ramsey County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Scott County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Washington County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Twin Cities Metropolitan Area</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota</dc:coverage><dc:contributor>Minnesota Geospatial Commons</dc:contributor></oai_dc:dc>