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Agricultural Districts, Rensselaer County NY, 2022
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences (Cornell IRIS)
- Originator
- NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
- Publication Date
- 20220531
- Title
- Agricultural Districts, Rensselaer County NY, 2022
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Agricultural Districts (NYS Ag and Markets)
- Issue Identification
- Rensselaer County
- Online Linkage
- https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007983
- Abstract
- These GIS files represent geographic boundaries for lands that are under the protection of NYS Agricultural District Law, administered by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. The boundaries are derived from New York State Agricultural District, 1:24,000-scale, maps produced at county agencies. The district boundaries correspond to tax parcel data. District boundaries are joined into a file representing all of the Agricultural Districts within an entire county. Tax parcel detail is not included in this dataset. Road and utility rights-of-way are only included when they are delineated on the original 1:24,000 scale maps. The data files are in ESRI shapefile format.
- Purpose
- A Geographic Information System (ArcGIS) file intended to represent the lands within agricultural district. Please note that boundaries may be generalizations; precise information can be obtained from the county or town tax parcel information.
- Supplemental Information
- An Agricultural District is defined by a list of tax parcels, including properties added during the annual open enrollment. The 1:24,000-scale maps are only updated to reflect open enrollment changes at the eight-year renewal of the district. The Agricultural District boundaries are for use in conjunction with NYS geographical data (ex. NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) 7.5' planimetric data). Boundary data is current to certification date of the district map on file at IRIS at the time the digital data was updated. The certification date is noted in the attribute table field called "Certified". Legislation in 2003 allows lands to be added to districts on an annual basis. Annual additions are not typically included in these shapefiles. When they are included, an additional field, “OEadds303b”, is included in the attribute table; dates of the annual additions are listed there. Electronic data provided here may predate newer additions. Refer to the current tax parcel list for each district to confirm the precise agricultural district boundary. For more information about NYS Agricultural Districts, see https://www.agriculture.ny.gov
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- Publication date
- Time Instant
- 20220531
- Bounding Box
- West
- -73.771844
- East
- -73.274869
- North
- 42.958365
- South
- 42.465648
- Theme Keyword
- New York State Agricultural District boundaries
- Agriculture and Markets
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- ISO Topic Category
- farming
- planningCadastre
- Theme Keyword
- agriculture
- property
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- CUGIR Category
- Place Keyword
- Rensselaer County (N.Y.)
- 36083
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- FIPS
- Temporal Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- none
- Use Restrictions
- 1) Refer to county tax parcel list of agricultural district properties and current 1:24,000-scale district maps in conjunction with annual open enrollment documentation on file for confirmation of precise boundaries. 2) Please acknowledge New York State Agricultural Districts Mapping Program as the source of the data. 3) It is important to check the certification date, found in the attribute table field called "Certified". The district data may have changed since the publication of this digital version. 4) These data are not to be resold in any form.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Periodically
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Cornell IRIS
- Delivery Point
- 1015 Bradfield Hall
- Delivery Point
- Cornell University
- City
- Ithaca
- State
- New York
- Postal Code
- 14853
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 607-255-6520
- Contact Telephone
- 607-255-6529
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- iris@cornell.edu
- Credit
- Cornell IRIS maintains the county produced Agricultural District maps on file under contract with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. In 1996 the maps on file at Cornell IRIS (then CLEARS) were scanned at the NYSDEC as the initial step in creating a digital database of Ag District Boundaries.
- Native Data Set Environment
- Windows 10, ArcGIS 10
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- The attributes were visually compared to original source map title blocks and confirmed against Agriculture Districts profile data provided by the Department of Agriculture and Markets.
- Logical Consistency Report
- Boundary data reflect Agricultural District boundaries as displayed on 1:24,000-scale maps. When boundaries show areas contained mutually in more than one district in the same county, electronic data reflect this as an overlap. If individual tax parcels are dissolved to form an aggregate boundary, slivers and gaps may be formed by drafting discrepancies. These are visually compared to the map and eliminated when they do not represent intended exclusions. If the map is unclear, the county is contacted to confirm intent. District boundary shapefile data is printed out using DOT planimetric raster data as a base, then proofread against the maps.
- Completeness Report
- County Agricultural District boundaries are complete to the extent that the original map is complete. Tax parcel detail is not included in this dataset. Rights-of-way for roads, railroads and utilities are only included when they are delineated on the original 1:24,000 scale maps. NOTE: The most current and precise boundary of a district should be verified by referring to the tax parcel information at county agencies.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Shapefiles are accurate to the quality of the original 1:24000 scale map.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Rensselaer County Economic Development and Planning
- Publication Date
- unknown
- Title
- Rensselaer County Agricultural District maps
- Source Scale Denominator
- 24000
- Type of Source Media
- Hard copy on Mylar, vellum or paper; digital on CD-ROM.
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20220112 (district #1)
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20160111 (district #2)
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20160823 (district #3)
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20160823 (district #4)
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20180906 (district #5)
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20200922 (district #6)
- Source Currentness Reference
- 8-year certification date
- Contribution
- original district boundaries
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 145
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Grid Coordinate System
- Grid Coordinate System Name
- Universal Transverse Mercator
- Universal Transverse Mercator
- UTM Zone Number
- 18
- Transverse Mercator
- Scale Factor at Central Meridian
- 0.999600
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- -75.000000
- Latitude of Projection Origin
- 0.000000
- False Easting
- 500000.000000
- False Northing
- 0.000000
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 0.000001
- Ordinate Resolution
- 0.000001
- Planar Distance Units
- meters
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid Name
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257222
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- agricultural district
- Entity Type Definition
- Agricultural districts are lands that are under the protection of NYS Agricultural District Law, administered by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences (Cornell IRIS)
- Attributes
- county
- New York State county name (NYS county names)
- Definition Source
- Cornell IRIS title block
- district
- the agricultural district number within the county (positive integers)
- Definition Source
- Cornell IRIS title block
- creation
- date which the original proposed district became a legal entity (date)
- Definition Source
- Cornell IRIS title block
- certified
- the most recent certified date of approval by the NYS Department of Agriculture and
Markets (date)
- Definition Source
- Cornell IRIS title block
- towns
- New York State towns where district boundaries fall within (list of NYS town names)
- Definition Source
- Cornell IRIS title block
- distcode
- keyfield (a four character abbreviation of the county name with a three digit district number
attached)
- Definition Source
- Cornell IRIS
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Format Name
- metadata
- Format Name
- HTML metadata
- Format Name
- Format Name
- KML
- Format Name
- OGC:WMS
- Distributor
- Albert R. Mann Library
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/79/83/cugir-007983.zip
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/79/83/fgdc.xml
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/79/83/fgdc.html
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/79/83/agRENS.pdf
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/79/83/agRENS.kmz
- Online Access
- https://setup.cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wms?version=1.1.0request=GetMaplayers=cugir007983bbox=-73.78675325,42.45086649,-73.25995975,42.97314651width=256height=253srs=EPSG:4326format=image/png
- Name
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- Cornell IRIS
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20220526
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Albert R. Mann Library
- Contact Address
- Address
- Albert R. Mann Library
- City
- Ithaca
- State or Province
- New York
- Postal Code
- 14853
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 607-255-5406
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- mann-ref@cornell.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998