4 Foot Elevation Interval (Contours)

Data format: ArcInfo Coverage

File or table name: contour-4ft

Coordinate system: Lambert Conformal Conic

Theme keywords: Foundational Elements, Contours, Elevation, Lines of equal elevation

Abstract: Four Foot contours representing the topographic layout of Columbia County. Digital orthophotography products in Columbia County were created to provide a detailed view of land features that could be used for mapping tax parcels, road centerlines, hydrology, land use and other feature types. The orthophotography for Columbia County was captured in April 2002 as part the Land Information Department orthophotography maintenance schedule. The photography was obtained during leaf off conditions and when there is no snow or ice on the ground or lakes. Columbia County's flight height was 10,000' producing a final product scale of 1" = 1666'. The film diapositives of the aerial photography were scanned at 15 microns resulting in digital orthophotography with a 12" pixel resolution. Horizontal ground control for this project was established using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technologies, both ground control GPS and airborne GPS, to produce suitable control for an analytical aero-triangulation solution supporting four foot contour interval mapping. The Columbia County 2002 orthophotography project meets the National Horizontal Map Accuracy Standards for 1"= 200' scale mapping. All data is referenced to the Columbia County Coordinate System, North American Datum 1983(1991) and North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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Identification Information:


Citation:
Citation information:
Originators: Columbia County Land Information Department


Title:
4 Foot Elevation Interval (Contours)
*File or table name: contour-4ft


Publication date: 2002
*Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data


Description:
Abstract:
Four Foot contours representing the topographic layout of Columbia County.  Digital orthophotography products in Columbia County were created to provide a detailed view of land features that could be used for mapping tax parcels, road centerlines, hydrology, land use and other feature types.  The orthophotography for Columbia County was captured in April 2002 as part the Land Information Department orthophotography maintenance schedule.  The photography was obtained during leaf off conditions and when there is no snow or ice on the ground or lakes.  Columbia County's flight height was 10,000' producing a final product scale of 1" = 1666'.  The film diapositives of the aerial photography were scanned at 15 microns resulting in digital orthophotography with a 12" pixel resolution. Horizontal ground control for this project was established using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technologies, both ground control GPS and airborne GPS, to produce suitable control for an analytical aero-triangulation solution supporting four foot contour interval mapping.  The Columbia County 2002 orthophotography project meets the National Horizontal Map Accuracy Standards for 1"= 200' scale mapping.  All data is referenced to the Columbia County Coordinate System, North American Datum 1983(1991) and North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

Purpose:
Contour data provides consultants, planners, resource managers and other county staff with information on the elevations and lines of equal elevation within Columbia County.  The information contained in this coverage is one of Wisconsin Land Information Program's foundational elements and supports the county's goals and objectives relating to land information as well as the county's information technology vision, mission, goals, strategies and plan.

*Language of dataset: en


Time period of content:
Time period information:
Single date/time:
Calendar date: April 2002
Time of day: unknown

Currentness reference:
publication date

Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance and update frequency: None planned

Spatial domain:
Bounding coordinates:
*West bounding coordinate: -89.726850
*East bounding coordinate: -89.007459
*North bounding coordinate: 43.577114
*South bounding coordinate: 43.280469

Local bounding coordinates:
*Left bounding coordinate: 466907.231000
*Right bounding coordinate: 657557.712000
*Top bounding coordinate: 407803.734000
*Bottom bounding coordinate: 299908.541000

Keywords:
Theme:
Theme keywords: Foundational Elements, Contours, Elevation
Theme keyword thesaurus: Wisconsin Land Information Program Thesaurus

Theme:
Theme keywords: Lines of equal elevation
Theme keyword thesaurus: None

Place:
Place keywords: Wisconsin, Columbia County
Place keyword thesaurus: Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Publication 6-3)

Access constraints: Columbia County produced or co-produced digital geographic data sets are copyrighted original works. They are licensed for use, not sold. Columbia County and its co-producers reserve all rights of authorship granted under U.S. and International copyright laws and agreements. Reproduction or redistribution of licensed data sets or products derived therefrom outside of the Licensee's organization or entity, without the express, written consent of Columbia County through the Columbia County Land Information Department, is forbidden, except as follows. 1. Redistribution of licensed data sets to consultants working for the Licensee is permitted only for purposes related to Licensee's business. Such consultants many not further reproduce or redistribute said licensed data sets, and such copies must be returned to Licensee upon completion of the consultant's work. 2. Reproduction or redistribution of up to 6 hard copies derived from licensed data sets is permitted provided proper credits are printed on each copy. More than 6 copies may be redistributed for non-commercial purposes only (e.g. government agency publications or use by a non-profit organization).
Use constraints:
Columbia 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.

Point of contact:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Kristen Anderson
Contact organization: Columbia County Land Information Department
Contact position: Director of Land Information


Contact address:
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
PO Box 177
Address:
400 DeWitt Street
City: Portage
State or province: WI
Postal code: 53901
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 608-742-9882
Contact facsimile telephone: 608-742-9806


Contact electronic mail address: kristen.anderson@co.columbia.wi.us


Hours of service: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday thru Friday CST



Data set credit:
Columbia County Land Information Department

*Native dataset format: ArcInfo Coverage
*Native data set environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800


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Data Quality Information:


Attribute accuracy:
Attribute accuracy report:
Attribute accuracy is tested by digital comparison of the source data with display of the digital data attributes and the 2002 Digital Orthophotos.

Logical consistency report:
This data set is topological structured for polygons and arcs for the entire Columbia County area. The geographic data represented by this coverage is stored according to a vector based data type.  With a vector data structure, geographic entities are represented as lines depicted on a 2-dimensional surface.  Each line is identified by a sequence of x-y-z coordinates.

Completeness report:
The features represented in this data set are, to the best knowledge of the Columbia County Land Information Office, representative of all the 4 foot contour interval in Columbia County.  The contour line features represented in this data set are, to the best knowledge of the Columbia County Land Information Department, representative of four foot lines of equal elevation in Columbia County.   The Columbia County 2002 orthophotography project meets the National Horizontal Map Accuracy Standards for 1"= 200' scale mapping.

Positional accuracy:
Horizontal positional accuracy:
Horizontal positional accuracy report:
Accuracy of this digital data is dependent upon the scale, date, and origin of the source material used to create this geographic data set.

Lineage:
Source information:
Source citation:
Citation information:
Originators: Ayres Associates (Madison, Wisconsin)


Title:
Columbia County Digital Orthophotos


Publication date: 2002
Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data


Source scale denominator: 1:19,992
Type of source media: computer program
Source contribution:
Feature Lines and Attribute Data

Source time period of content:
Time period information:
Single date/time:
Calendar date: April 2002

Source currentness reference:
publication date

Process step:
Process description:
The current 4 foot contour coverage that is maintained by the Columbia County Land Information Department Geospatial Technologies Section was provided to the County from Ayres Associates.  The photography was obtained during leaf off conditions and when there is no snow or ice on the ground or lakes.  Columbia County's flight height was 10,000' producing a final product scale of 1" = 1666'.  The film diapositives of the aerial photography were scanned at 15 microns resulting in digital orthophotography with a 12" pixel resolution. Horizontal ground control for this project was established using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technologies, both ground control GPS and airborne GPS, to produce suitable control for an analytical aero-triangulation solution supporting four foot contour interval mapping.  The Columbia County 2002 orthophotography project meets the National Horizontal Map Accuracy Standards for 1"= 200' scale mapping.  All data is referenced to the Columbia County Coordinate System, North American Datum 1983(1991) and North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

Process date: 2002


Process contact:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Kristen Anderson
Contact organization: Columbia County Land Information Department
Contact position: Director of Land Information


Contact address:
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
PO Box 177
Address:
400 DeWitt Street
City: Portage
State or province: WI
Postal code: 53901
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 608-742-9882
Contact facsimile telephone: 608-742-9806


Contact electronic mail address: kristen.anderson@co.columbia.wi.us


Hours of service: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday thru Friday CST



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Spatial Data Organization Information:


*Direct spatial Rreference method: Vector


Point and vector object information:
SDTS terms description:
*Name: arc
*SDTS point and vector object type: Complete chain
*Point and vector object count: 78466

SDTS terms description:
*Name: node
*SDTS point and vector object type: Node, planar graph
*Point and vector object count: 146954

SDTS terms description:
*Name: tic
*SDTS point and vector object type: Point
*Point and vector object count: 4

ESRI terms description:
*Name: arc
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Arc
*ESRI topology: TRUE
*ESRI feature count: 78466
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


ESRI terms description:
*Name: node
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Node
*ESRI topology: TRUE
*ESRI feature count: 146954
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


ESRI terms description:
*Name: tic
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Tic
*ESRI topology: FALSE
*ESRI feature count: 4
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


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Spatial Reference Information:


Horizontal coordinate system definition:
Coordinate system name:
Projected coordinate system name: User Defined Lambert Conformal Conic
Geographic coordinate system name: Columbia County Coordinate System

Planar:
Map projection:
*Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert conformal conic:
*Standard parallel: 43.333333
*Standard parallel: 43.591667
*Longitude of central meridian: -89.394444
*Latitude of projection origin: 42.458333
*False easting: 554999.999906
*False northing: 0.000000

Planar coordinate information:
*Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair
Coordinate representation:
*Abscissa resolution: 0.001110
*Ordinate resolution: 0.001110
*Planar distance units: survey feet

Geodetic model:
Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983 (1991)
Ellipsoid name: User Defined Spheroid
*Semi-major axis: 6378376.331000
*Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.268414

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Entity and Attribute Information:


Detailed description:
*Name: contour-4ft.aat


Entity type:
Entity type label: Arc Attribute (.aat)
*Entity type type: Feature Class
*Entity type count: 78466

Attribute:
*Attribute label: FID
*Attribute alias: FID
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: OID
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Shape
*Attribute alias: Shape
*Attribute definition:
Feature geometry.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Geometry
*Attribute width: 0
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Coordinates defining the features.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: FNODE#
*Attribute definition:
Internal node number for the beginning of an arc (from-node).
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 8


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: TNODE#
*Attribute definition:
Internal node number for the end of an arc (to-node).
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 8


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: LPOLY#
*Attribute definition:
Internal node number for the left polygon.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: RPOLY#
*Attribute definition:
Internal node number for the right polygon.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: LENGTH
*Attribute definition:
Length of feature in internal units.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 8
*Attribute output width: 18
*Attribute number of decimals: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: CONTOUR-4FT#
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: CONTOUR-4FT-ID
*Attribute definition:
User-defined feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ELEVATION
Attribute definition:
This is the elevation.  Identifies the line of equal elevation measure above mean sea level.
Attribute definition source:
Ayres Associates (Madison, Wisconsin)

*Attribute type: Integer
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 4


Attribute domain values:
Unrepresentable domain:
Whole numbers that are respresent the elevation of the arc.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: LINE-ID
Attribute definition:
Identifies the type of contour interval by number.
Attribute definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute domain values:
Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Index
Enumerated domain value definition:
Index Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Intermediate
Enumerated domain value definition:
Intermediate Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Approximate Index
Enumerated domain value definition:
Approximate Index Contour Line (used so as not to break the contour line in developed areas -such as in the case of buildings)
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Approximate Intermediate
Enumerated domain value definition:
Approximate Intermediate Contour Line (used so as not to break the contour line in developed areas -such as in the case of buildings)
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Depression Index
Enumerated domain value definition:
Depression Index Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Depression Intermediate
Enumerated domain value definition:
Depression Intermediate Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Attribute:
*Attribute label: LINE-TYPE
Attribute definition:
Identifies the type of contour interval in text.
Attribute definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

*Attribute type: Character
*Attribute width: 100
*Attribute output width: 100


Attribute domain values:
Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 5000
Enumerated domain value definition:
Index Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 5010
Enumerated domain value definition:
Intermediate Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 5020
Enumerated domain value definition:
Approximate Index Contour Line (used so as not to break the contour line in developed areas -such as in the case of buildings)
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 5022
Enumerated domain value definition:
Approximate Intermediate Contour Line (used so as not to break the contour line in developed areas -such as in the case of buildings)
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 5030
Enumerated domain value definition:
Depression Index Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 5032
Enumerated domain value definition:
Depression Intermediate Contour Line
Enumerated domain value definition source:
Columbia County Land Information Department

Detailed description:
*Name: contour-4ft.nat


Entity type:
Entity type label: Node Attributes (.nat)
*Entity type type: Feature Class
*Entity type count: 146954

Attribute:
*Attribute label: FID
*Attribute alias: FID
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: OID
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Shape
*Attribute alias: Shape
*Attribute definition:
Feature geometry.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Geometry
*Attribute width: 0
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Coordinates defining the features.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ARC#


*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute:
*Attribute label: CONTOUR-4FT#
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: CONTOUR-4FT-ID
*Attribute definition:
User-defined feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


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Distribution Information:


Distributor:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Kristen Anderson
Contact organization: Columbia County Land Information Department
Contact position: Director of Land Information


Contact address:
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
PO Box 177
Address:
400 DeWitt Street
City: Portage
State or province: WI
Postal code: 53901
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 608-742-9882
Contact facsimile telephone: 608-742-9806


Contact electronic mail address: kristen.anderson@co.columbia.wi.us


Hours of service: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday thru Friday CST



Resource description: 4 Foot Elevation Interval (Contours)


Distribution liability:
The Columbia County Land Information Office and its Geospatial Technologies Section created this data for use.  Columbia County produced or co-produced digital geographic data sets are copyrighted original works.  They are licensed for use, not sold.  Columbia County and its co-producers reserve all rights of authorship granted under U.S. and International copyright laws and agreements.  Reproduction or redistribution of licensed data sets or products derived therefrom outside of the Licensee's organization or entity, without the express, written consent of Columbia County through the Columbia County Land Information Department, is forbidden, except as follows.  1.  Redistribution of licensed data sets to consultants working for the Licensee is permitted only for purposes related to Licensee's business.  Such consultants many not further reproduce or redistribute said licensed data sets, and such copies must be returned to Licensee upon completion of the consultant's work.  2.  Reproduction or redistribution of up to 6 hard copies derived from licensed data sets is permitted provided proper credits are printed on each copy.  More than 6 copies may be redistributed for non-commercial purposes only (e.g. government agency publications or use by a non-profit organization).  Columbia 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.

Standard order process:
Digital form:
Digital transfer information:
Format name: ESRI Shapefile
File decompression technique: no compression applied
*Transfer size: 149.639
*Dataset size: 149.639

Digital transfer option:
Online option:
Access instructions:
Contact the Land Information Department regarding use of FTP Site.


Offline option:
Offline media: CD-ROM
Recording capacity:
Recording density: 700
Recording density Units: Megabytes
Recording format: Windows 2000

Offline option:
Offline media: DVD
Recording capacity:
Recording density: 4.6
Recording density Units: Gigabytes
Recording format: Windows 2000

Fees: Refer to the Columbia County Land Information Department website for further information. (www.co.columbia.wi.us)
Ordering instructions:
Refer to the Columbia County Land Information Department website for further information.  (www.co.columbia.wi.us)  Custom Orders and/or special requests will be billed out at a rate of $30.00 per half-hour, with a minimum billing of one-half hour.  Time will be billed in half-hour increment.
Turnaround: 1 day - 2 weeks minimum


Custom order process:
Refer to the Columbia County Land Information Department website for further information.  (www.co.columbia.wi.us)  Custom Orders and/or special requests will be billed out at a rate of $30.00 per half-hour, with a minimum billing of one-half hour.  Time will be billed in half-hour increment.


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Metadata Reference Information:


*Metadata date: 20040220


*Language of metadata: en


Metadata contact:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Kristen Anderson
Contact organization: Columbia County Land Informaton Department
Contact position: Director of Land Information


Contact address:
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
PO Box 177
Address:
400 DeWitt Street
City: Portage
State or province: WI
Postal code: 53901
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 608-742-9882
Contact facsimile telephone: 608-742-9806


Contact electronic mail address: kristen.anderson@co.columbia.wi.us


Hours of service: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday thru Friday CST



*Metadata standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
*Metadata standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
*Metadata time convention: local time


Metadata extensions:
*Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
*Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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