Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, February 5, 2007, Louisiana Parish Boundaries, Geographic NAD83, LDOTD (2007) [Parishes_LDOTD_2007].Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000000. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000000. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.
Coordinates defining the features.
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Coordinates defining the features.
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development provided the source data for production of this data set.
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Provide a GIS Layer containing the best existing line work available representing the parish boundaries portraying nominal attributes for each parish.
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, August 31, 2005, Parish Boundaries of Louisiana from LADOTD source data, Geographic NAD83 (2005) [parishes].Online Links:
- \\H00001ms016\85common\85map\ArcBase\Parishes.mdb
The resultant .dgn file was converted to an Arc/Info coverage, topology was built, and the dataset projected to geographic coordinates NAD83. The Arc/Info dataset was converted to a feature class and the attributes of each parish polygon populated using LADOTD data.
The feature class was modified to portray changes made to the parish boundaries in accordance with Legislative action to clarify boundary alignments.
Person who carried out this activity:
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Data sources produced in this process:
, DOTD_Parishes.
The positional accuracy of these boundaries is estimated to be +/- 40 feet.
All parishes are present.
This feature class was developed using original linework that was manually digitized using USGS Quadrangle Maps along with legal parish boundary descriptions. Anomalies will be noted between these data compiled by LADOTD and boundaries that are depicted in other reference data sets (e.g. USGS DRGs). The depiction of boundaries in this data set has been heavily researched and is believed to be a better representation of the actual boundary than USGS sources. After careful examination conducted by the Louisiana GIS Council, it was resolved to use these boundaries as the most accurate data available on January 19, 2000.
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
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- Use_Constraints:
- These unaltered data may not be redistributed without all of the elements of the metadata listed in the Supplemental_Information section of this metadata document. It is recommended that third parties wishing to use these data obtain them from the Distributor listed in this metadata document.
If these data are altered or incorporated into another dataset, they are not to be redistributed without also: altering the name of the dataset, including a Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998) compliant metadata file that describes the dataset and reflects the alteration steps that makes the new dataset different from this one, and citing this dataset in the metadata as a source for the altered dataset using the source citation specified below.
If these digital data are used in the production of a report or in the compilation of a standalone printed map, then this dataset is to be cited in the report or on the map using the source citation specified below.
The following source citation is to be used when citing this dataset: Louisiana Department of Transportation 'Parish Boundaries of Louisiana, Geographic NAD83,(2005) [parishes]'
Users hereby agree to abide by the use and reproduction conditions specified above. By using the data described in these metadata, the user acknowledges that the terms and conditions of use have been read and that the user is bound by these criteria.
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Although these data have been processed successfully on computers at the LADOTD, no guarantee, expressed or implied, is made by LADOTD regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the act of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty. Distribution of these data is intended for information purposes and should not be considered authoritative for navigational, engineering, legal and other site-specific uses.
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Parishes_LDOTD_2007
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