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Buildings Dane County, WI 2025

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Identification Information

Citation
Title
Buildings Dane County, WI 2025
Originator
Dane County
Publication Date
2025-03-21
Edition
2025
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
This data represents building footprints for Dane County, Wisconsin in 2025. [This dataset contains building polygon data for Dane County. The dataset consists of structures the size of a single car garage or larger.]
Purpose
This data 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. [This dataset provides a representation of buildings, for use in habitation or work, across Dane County, Wisconsin. This dataset supports county departments and local municipalities managing or using building information and for future support of broad regional needs. This information is intended for cartographic use, general spatial analysis and as a spatial index to land related information. It is not intended for site specific analysis.]
Supplemental Information
This is an archived copy of the data held at UW-Madison.
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2025-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-89.841313
East
-89.008694
North
43.293963
South
42.845189
ISO Topic Category
structure
Place Keyword
Dane County
Wisconsin
[City of Edgerton, City of Fitchburg, City of Madison, City of Middleton, City of Monona, City of Stoughton, City of Sun Prairie, City of Verona, Dane County, Town of Albion, Town of Berry, Town of Black Earth, Town of Blooming Grove, Town of Blue Mounds, Town of Bristol, Town of Burke, Town of Christiana, Town of Cottage Grove, Town of Cross Plains, Town of Dane, Town of Deerfield, Town of Dunkirk, Town of Dunn, Town of Madison, Town of Mazomanie, Town of Medina, Town of Middleton, Town of Montrose, Town of Oregon, Town of Perry, Town of Pleasant Springs, Town of Primrose, Town of Roxbury, Town of Rutland, Town of Springdale, Town of Springfield, Town of Sun Prairie, Town of Vermont, Town of Verona, Town of Vienna, Town of Westport, Town of Windsor, Town of York, Village of Belleville, Village of Black Earth, Village of Blue Mounds, Village of Brooklyn, Village of Cambridge, Village of Cottage Grove, Village of Cross Plains, Village of Dane, Village of Deerfield, Village of DeForest, Village of Maple Bluff, Village of Marshall, Village of Mazomanie, Village of McFarland, Village of Mount Horeb, Village of Oregon, Village of Rockdale, Village of Shorewood Hills, Village of Waunakee, Village of Windsor]
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Theme Keyword
Buildings, Structures, outline, footprints, structures, development
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
[The burden for determining 'fitness for use' rests entirely upon the requester. Dane County and its co-producers will not be liable in any way for accuracy of the data or for uses other than intended. Dane County assumes no responsibility whatsoever for direct, indirect, special, consequential, exemplary or other damages. This information is intended for cartographic use, general spatial analysis and as a spatial index to land related information. It is not intended for site specific analysis.]
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. [The burden for determining 'fitness for use' rests entirely upon the requester. Dane County and its co-producers will not be liable in any way for accuracy of the data, and assume no responsibility whatsoever for direct, indirect, special, consequential, exemplary or other damages. Each party shall be responsible for the consequences of its own acts, errors, or omissions and those of its employees, boards, commissions, agencies, officers, and representatives and shall be responsible for any losses, claims, and liabilities which are attributable to such acts, errors, or omissions including providing its own defense. In situations including joint liability, each party shall be responsible for the consequences of its own acts, errors, or omissions and those of its employees, agents, boards, commissions, agencies, officers and representatives. It is not the intent of the parties to impose liability beyond that imposed by state statutes.]
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
Dane County Land Information Office, City of Madison, Ayres Associates
Point of Contact
Contact
Dane County

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
7599
Code Space
EPSG
Version
8.8(10.4.0)

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Process Step
Description
Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2025-03-21T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format Version
2020
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
Dane County Land Information Office
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/DANE_BUILDINGS_2025.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
224879

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
F307B959-F91C-4E21-9B4E-52274506929A
Metadata Date Stamp
2025-04-02
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
8859part1
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