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PLSS Sections Dane County, Wisconsin 2014

Identification Information

Citation
Title
PLSS Sections Dane County, Wisconsin 2014
Originator
Dane County Land Information Office
Publisher
Dane County Land Information Office
Place of Publication
Madison , WI , US
Identifier
https://geodiscovery.uwm.edu/catalog/ark:-77981-gmgsx921h9m
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
This polygon data layer represents PLSS Sections for Dane County, Wisconsin in 2014. The dataset was originally published by the Dane County Land Information Office in 2014.[The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) or the Rectangular Survey System is used for over half of the United States. Each grid cell represents approximately 36 square miles. In creating the PLSS the government divided the land into Townships, each of which was to be 36 miles square (6 miles tall and 6 miles wide). The location of a Township is described by its position in relation to starting lines called Base Lines and Principal Meridians. A Township is identified by a Township number based on how far North or South it is from the Base Line, and a Range number based on how far East or West it is from the Principal Meridian. So a Township 3 position North of the Base Line and 4 positions West of the Principal Meridian is referred to as "T3N R4E". These townships would contain 36 Sections, each a mile square. These townships were to be oriented true to North/South, but because lines of true north eventually converge at teh North pole, it was impossible to keep the townships oriented and a square 36 miles. Because of this, Townships are rarely truly square. One the north and West side of Townships there are often tracts of land with unusual sizes. These are referred to as fractional forties and eighties.]
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. [This data are designed as a Tax Parcel product. 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
Augmented original metadata with AGSL specific elements. For official metadata contact the resource Point of Contact.
Temporal Extent
Bounding Box
West
-89.84096
East
-89.008148
North
43.294196
South
42.844312
ISO Topic Category
planningCadastre
Place Keyword
Dane County
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GeoNames
Theme Keyword
Polygon
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
FGDC
Theme Keyword
Real property
Surveying--Public lands
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
Please see the UWM Libraries statement on Copyright and Digital Collections.[Refer to the License Agreement for Dane County Digital Geographic Data Sets. http://www.co.dane.wi.us/lio/gis/licenseaggreement.pdf]
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, 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/Licensee. 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. Licensee agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Dane County, its employees, agents, representatives and co-producers from any claims, damages, liabilities and expenses arising from Licensee's use of licensed data sets or products derived there from.]
Other Restrictions
None [Data is copyright and licensed for use.]
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
Dane County Land Information Office
Point of Contact
Contact
Dane County Land Information Office
Delivery Point
210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703
Country
US
Email
lio.web.mail@countyofdane.com

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
103412
Code Space
Esri
Version
9.2.0

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Result
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Changed name of file from Sections.shp to DaneCounty_PLSSSections_2014.shp.
Source
Title
Originator
Dane County Land Information Office
Publisher
Dane County Land Information Office

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Distributor
Dane County Land Information Office
Online Access
Protocol
Name

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
1244

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
ark:/77981/gmgsx921h9m
Dataset URI
https://geodata.uwm.edu/public/gmgsx921h9m/DaneCounty_PLSSSections_2014.zip
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
American Geographical Society Library – UWM Libraries
Position Name
GIS Staff
Delivery Point
2311 E Hartord Ave
City
Milwaukee
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53211
Country
US
Email
gisdata@uwm.edu
Phone
(414)-229-6282
Metadata Date Stamp
2020-03-12
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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