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Municipalities Dane County, WI 2016

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Identification Information

Citation
Title
Municipalities Dane County, WI 2016
Originator
Dane County
Publication Date
2016-05-03
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
This data layer represents municipalities for Dane County, Wisconsin in 2016. [A county wide municipal boundaries dataset.]
Purpose
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. [The municipal boundary dataset was created to fill the need for a county wide representation of the civil division boundaries. The dataset is intended for cartographic use and general spatial analysis.]
Supplemental Information
Augmented original metadata with UW-Madison specific elements.
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2016-05-03T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-89.84096
East
-89.008148
North
43.294196
South
42.844312
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
Dane County
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Theme Keyword
Polygon
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
FGDC
Theme Keyword
Cities and Towns
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Legal 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.
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
Dane County
Point of Contact
Contact
Dane County
Delivery Point
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703
Phone
608-224-3731

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
7599
Code Space
EPSG
Version
9.5.1

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Changed name of file from 'Municipalities.shp' to Dane_Municipalities_2016.
Process Date
2016-10-13T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
UW-Madison
Distributor
Dane County
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/Dane_Municipalities_2016.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
offlineAccess

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
69

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
D7BE9113-E284-4BAD-9560-ECF24A92885E
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
metadata technician
Delivery Point
310 Science Hall
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
608-262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2018-09-26
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
8859part1
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