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Parcels Rock County, WI 2012

  • Identification Information
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Identification Information

Citation
Title
Parcels Rock County, WI 2012
Originator
Rock County
Publication Date
2012-01-01
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Other Citation Details
This metadata was updated to reflect that the data is no longer restricted and has been opened for public use.
Abstract
This data layer represents parcels for Rock County, Wisconsin in 2012. It is a feature class within the geodatabase, “Rock_Parcels_2012.gdb”. [Created to assist Assessors in value determinations of Real Property in Rock County. Sources include, Certified Survey Maps, Subdivision Plats, Condominium Plats, Plats of Survey and Deeds recorded in the Register of Deeds Office. Drawing techniques include COGO and heads up digitizing from Aerial Photography. Parcels are depicted using the most current information available.]
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. [For use by Local Assessors in Rock County. Duplication of this data is prohibited without the written consent of the Real Property Description Department. This data was prepared pursuant to Section 70.09 of Wis. Stats. using public records. It is not intended to be a substitute for an actual field survey and is advisory only. Area and Distance measurements displayed with in this Data Set are for reference purposes only. See the documents of record for actual recorded data. User of this Data Set shall determine if the Data meets their needs. This Data Set does not contain Data within the Boundaries of the City of Janesville and the City of Beloit.]
Supplemental Information
Augmented original metadata with UW-Madison specific elements.
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2012-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-89.372284
East
-88.76889
North
42.936782
South
42.492102
Bounding Box
West
-89.369538
East
-88.774828
North
42.847643
South
42.491914
ISO Topic Category
planningCadastre
Place Keyword
Rock County
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Theme Keyword
Polygon
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
FGDC
Theme Keyword
Real Property, Property Boundary Maps, Plat
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 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.
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
Rock County
Point of Contact
Contact
Rock County
Delivery Point
51 S. Main St.
City
Janesville
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53545
Country
US
Phone
608-757-5592

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
7629
Code Space
EPSG
Version
9.5.4

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Exported original feature class into a new file geodatabase to maintain the original file format of the data and to conform with UW-Madison's data distribution plan.
Process Date
2019-01-15T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format Version
10.5
Distributor
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library, UW-Madison
Distributor
Rock County
Online Access
https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/Rock_Parcels_2012.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
36033

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
888115A6-79F0-4A82-8C77-8381A4D9902A
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library, UW-Madison
Delivery Point
310 Science Hall
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
608-262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-01-15
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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