Lancaster County 5-foot contours

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lancaster County GIS Department

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: Lancaster County 5-foot contours

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Lancaster County GIS Department

Other_Citation_Details: Created based on 1 inch to 600 foot aerial photography

Online_Linkage:

<http://pasdadev.erri.psu.edu/lanc/lancdownload2.cgi/lancco_contours>

Description:

Abstract:

Line coverage with arcs representing contour lines at a 5 foot interval, with index contours at a 25 foot interval.

Purpose:

Data created for Lancaster County planning. Intended for illustration and demonstration purposes only.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.722906

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.864034

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.323673

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.714804

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: topography

Theme_Keyword: contours

Theme_Keyword: elevation

Theme_Keyword: arcs

Theme_Keyword: five foot interval

Theme_Keyword: index contour

Theme_Keyword: line coverage

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Lancaster County

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Place_Keyword: PA

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

For use at 1:2400 or smaller scale.

For educational/demonstration purposes only. The Originator, Publisher and Distributor exclude any and all implied warranties and make no warranty or representation with respect to the data files or accompanying documentation, including quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. These data files and documentation are provided 'as is' and the User assumes the entire risk as to their quality and performance

These data are not to be redistributed for commercial profit. Reproduction or redistribution of this digital data set without permission of the Originator/Publisher is expressly forbidden. The Originator and Publisher should be clearly cited in any product derived from this data. Any modifications to this data must be described in any digital or hardcopy product derived from this data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Linda McCawley

Contact_Organization: Lancaster County GIS Department

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 50 North Duke St., PO Box 83480

City: Lancaster

State_or_Province: PA

Postal_Code: 17608-3480

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 717-391-7550

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mccawlel@co.lancaster.pa.us

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Topology exists for coverage. The same number of polygons exist in the exported shapefile. No polygon overlap.

Completeness_Report: Complete for Lancaster County.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Accuracy conforms to National Mapping Accuracy Standards of planimetric and topographic mapping data at a design scale of 1"=200'.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Aerial Data Reduction Associates, Inc.

Publication_Date: 1993

Title: Orthophotographs of Lancaster County - 1993

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote sensing image

Source_Scale_Denominator: 19200

Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Time_of_Day: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: aerials

Source_Contribution: features for digitization

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Features digitized from aerial photography. Supplemented and revised by Lancaster GIS staff from information gathered through assessment, fieldwork and surveys.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: aerials

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 716568

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983

State_Plane_Coordinate_System:

SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 3702

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: 39.933333

Standard_Parallel: 40.966667

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -77.750000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 39.333333

False_Easting: 1968500.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000512

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000512

Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet

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:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: contours

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FNODE_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TNODE_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LPOLY_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RPOLY_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LENGTH

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CNTR_N_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CNTR_N_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZVAL

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TYPE

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Variable            Begin Column        Defined Item Name    Item Definition
From-Node           1                   FNODE#               4,5,B
To-Node             5                   TNODE#               4,5,B
Left-polygon        9                   LPOLY#               4,5,B
Right-polygon       13                  RPOLY#               4,5,B
Length              17                  LENGTH               8,18,F,5
Internal Number     25                  CONTOURS#            4,5,B
User-ID             29                  CONTOURS-ID          4,5,B
Zval                33                  ZVAL                 4,12,F,3
Type                37                  TYPE                 2,3,B

Item Descriptions and Codes
ZVAL                                    Unique elevations measured photogrammetrically.
TYPE
     1 = Index Contour County.
     2 = Intermediate Contour County.
     3 = Index Contour County - Hidden.
     4 = Intermediate Contour County - Hidden.
     5 = Index Contour City.
     6 = Intermediate Contour City.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Lancaster County GIS

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: Land and Water Building

City: University Park

State_or_Province: PA

Postal_Code: 16802

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pasda@psu.edu

Distribution_Liability:

The USER shall indemnify, save harmless, and, if requested, defend those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data, their officers, agents, and employees from and against any suits, claims, or actions for injury, death, or property damage arising out of the use of or any defect in the FILES or any accompanying documentation. Those parties involved with the development and distribution excluded any and all implied warranties, including warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, with respect to the FILES or accompanying documentation, including its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. The FILES and documentation are provided "as is" and the USER assumes the entire risk as to its quality and performance. Those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the FILES or any accompanying documentation.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://pasdadev.erri.psu.edu/lanc/lancdownload2.cgi/lancco_contours>

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Steve Gochenaur

Contact_Organization: Lancaster County GIS Department

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 50 North Duke St., PO Box 83480

City: Lancaster

State_or_Province: PA

Postal_Code: 17608-3480

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 717-391-7550

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gochenas@co.lancaster.pa.us

Distribution_Liability:

Not for commercial use or resale. The User shall save Lancaster County, the Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State University harmless from any suits, claims or actions arising out of the use of the data files or accompanying documentation, or arising out of any defect in the data files or accompanying documentation. Lancaster County, the Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State University excludes any and all implied warranties and makes no warranty or representation with respect to the data files or accompanying documentation, including quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. These data files and documentation are provided AS IS and the User assumes the entire risk as to their quality and performance.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARC/INFO Export

Format_Version_Number: 7.2.1

Transfer_Size: 17.207

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: MB

Recording_Format: ISO 9660

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: 3-1/2 inch floppy disk

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 1.44

Recording_Density_Units: MB

Recording_Format: PC

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Arcview Shapefile

Format_Version_Number: 3.1

Transfer_Size: 17.207

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: DXF

Transfer_Size: 17.207

Fees:

$25 for premastered CD containing shapefiles. Custom requests for small area DXF files available for $40/hour processing fee, $10/CD or $1/floppy media charge.

Ordering_Instructions:

Complete instructions and forms available from <http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/GIS.htm>

Standard_Order_Process:

Non-digital_Form:

Hard copy maps can be ordered and created from Lancaster County GIS

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 17.207

Fees:

8 1/2" x 11" - $5 11" x 17" - $25

Standard map 33 1/2" x 45" - $75; discount rate $50 Mylar map 33 1/2" x 45" - $100; discount rate $75

Custom maps available at a charge of $40/hr.

Copies of existing maps $25.00

Ordering_Instructions:

Acquire, complete and return Map Request form available at: <http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/GISforms.htm>

Custom_Order_Process:

Complete instructions and forms available from <http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/GIS.htm>

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010718

Metadata_Review_Date:

Metadata_Future_Review_Date:

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Linda McCawley

Contact_Organization: Lancaster County GIS Department

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 50 North Duke St., PO Box 83480

City: Lancaster

State_or_Province: PA

Postal_Code: 17608-3480

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 717-391-7550

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mccawlel@co.lancaster.pa.us

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile