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. Note that 2003 legislation
allows lands to be added to districts on an annual basis. Electronic data provided here may predate those additions. Tax parcel
detail and secondary rights-of-way are not included in this dataset. Rights-of-way for state and federal highways, railroads
and utilities are only included when they are delineated on the original 1:24,000 scale maps. The data files are in ArcGIS
shapefile format.
Citation
Title Greene County Agricultural Districts
publication Date
2013-02-25
presentationForm
mapDigital
cited responsible party
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originator
organisation Name
Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences (Cornell IRIS)
Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences (Cornell IRIS)
thesaurus name >
Title None
Location keywords:
New York (State)
Greene County (N.Y.)
thesaurus name >
Title LCSH
Location keywords:
36039
thesaurus name >
Title FIPS
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.
Resource language:
eng; USA
Resource progress code:
completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
PERIODICALLY
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Cornell University provides these geographic data "as is." Cornell University makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the
accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Cornell University further makes no warranty either expressed or
implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness
for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully on computers at Cornell University,
no warranty is made by Cornell University regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution
constitute or imply any such warranty. Cornell University provides these geographic data "as is." Cornell University makes
no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Cornell University further
makes no warranty either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose.
The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully
on computers at Cornell University, no warranty is made by Cornell University regarding the use of these data on any other
system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: 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.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: none
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Processing environment:
Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude
-74.500614
eastBoundLongitude
-73.783110
northBoundLatitude
42.461093
southBoundLatitude
42.149338
Temporal Extent
9999-01-01
Additional information on resource:
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
electronic data only reflects changes to the 1:24,000-scale maps. The Agricultural District boundaries are for use in conjunction
with NYS geographical data (ex. NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) 7.5' planimetric data).
Credits:
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.
point of contact
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pointOfContact
organisation Name
Cornell IRIS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 607-255-6520
Voice 607-255-6529
Address
1015 Bradfield HallCornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
Country USA
source description
Source Contribution: original district boundariesSource Type Hard copy on Mylar, vellum or paper; digital on CD-ROM.
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title Greene County Agricultural District 124 map
publication Date
cited responsible party
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originator
organisation Name
Greene County Planning
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
9999-01-01
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description
Shapefiles are accurate to the quality of the original 1:24000 scale map.
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description
County Agricultural District boundaries are complete to the extent that the original map is complete. Tax parcel detail and
secondary rights-of-way are not included in this dataset. Rights-of-way for state and federal highways, 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.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description
County Agricultural District boundaries are complete to the extent that the original map is complete. Tax parcel detail and
secondary rights-of-way are not included in this dataset. Rights-of-way for state and federal highways, 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.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description
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.
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version
FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Last Metadata Review Date: 2013-02-25
Metadata contact
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pointOfContact
individual Name Diane Ayers
organisation Name
Cornell IRIS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 607-255-6520
Voice 607-255-6529
Address
1015 Bradfield HallCornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
Country USA