Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
These ESRI shape files are of National Park Service tract and boundary data that was created by the Land Resources Division. Tracts are numbered and created by the regional cartographic staff at the Land Resources Program Centers and are associated to the Land Status Maps. This data should be used to display properties that NPS owns and properties that NPS may have some type of interest such as scenic easements or right of ways.
Citation
Title Antietam National Battlefield Tract and Boundary Data
publication  Date   2006-12-24
Edition 20061224
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Park Service Resources Division
Contact information
Address
, Washington, DC
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Department of the Interior (DOI), National Park Service (NPS), Land Resources Division (LRD), National Capital Region (NCR) Land Resources Program Center
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://nrdata.nps.gov/programs/Lands/anti_tracts.zip
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://irmafiles.nps.gov/Reference/Holding/373633/anti_tracts.zip
Topic Category:  Boundaries,Planning Cadastre
Theme keywords (theme):
Boundary
Ownership
Parcels
Tracts
LRDCAB
thesaurus name >
Title None
Theme keywords (theme):
Boundary
Land Status / Ownership
thesaurus name >
Title National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus
Location keywords:
United States
National Park Service
Antietam National Battlefield Park
National Capital Region
Maryland
thesaurus name >
Title None
Location keywords:
ANTI
thesaurus name >
Title National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus
Location keywords:
Antietam National Battlefield
thesaurus name >
Title National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus
purpose:
This data is intended to keep a record of ownership information. Tracts can represent several types of interest like fee and scenic easement, and can be under several types of ownership like NPS owned, private, other federal, state or county. This data set provides accurate and reliable ownership data for park management and acquisition priorities.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  continual
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Property ownership data is compiled from deeds, plats, surveys, and other source data. These are not engineering quality drawings and should be used for administrative purposes only. The National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data. The National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an NPS server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Park Service, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: NPS Director's Order #25 states: "Land status maps will be prepared to identify the ownership of the lands within the authorized boundaries of the park unit. These maps, showing ownership and acreage, are the 'official record' of the acreage of Federal and non-federal lands within the park boundaries. While these maps are the official record of the lands and acreage within the unit's authorized boundaries, they are not of survey quality and not intended to be used for survey purposes." As such this data is intended for use as a tool for GIS analysis. It is in no way intended for engineering or legal purposes. The data accuracy is checked against best available sources which may be dated and vary by location. NPS assumes no liability for use of this data. This data was developed from a base cartographic source data set, digitizing NPS segment maps. Where available this data set has been validated against parcel descriptions found in the deeds used to acquire the NPS owned portions of this property. Other areas have been validated using only digital imagery provided by the county. The Boundary polygons LRD creates represent the current legislated boundary of a given NPS unit. NPS does not necessarily have full fee ownership or hold other interest (easement, right of way, etc.) in all parcels contained within this boundary. Equivalently NPS may own or have an interest in parcels outside the legislated boundary of a given unit. In order to obtain complete information about current NPS interests both inside and outside the unit's legislated boundary, the tracts file created by LRD should be used in conjunction with this boundary file created by LRD.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -77.762163
eastBoundLongitude  -77.616733
northBoundLatitude  39.497054
southBoundLatitude  39.405593
Temporal Extent
2006-12-24
1928-08-24 2006-12-24
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Jeannie Whitler
organisation Name  NPS - Land Resources Division, Fort Collins
position Name Senior Technical Advisory Cartographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 970-484-0216
Fax 970-484-6432
Address
301 S. Howes St., Suite 208, Fort Collins, CO, 80522 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressjeannie_whitler@nps.gov
hoursOfService 7:00am-5:30pm Mountain Tuesday-Friday
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 2
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size
transformation parameter availability:  false
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content
Cell value attribute description:
Band
descriptor Provides the unit identification code.
sequence Identifier
name Alpha
Band
descriptor Provides the tract identification number.
sequence Identifier
name Tract_id
Band
descriptor Defines if an interest is a parcel is NPS owned, held by another Federal agency or a non-Federal party.
sequence Identifier
name Status
Band
descriptor Expresses the degree, nature, quality, or extent of an interest NPS has acquired.
sequence Identifier
name Estate
Band
descriptor A field used to relate each parcel to the Current_Tract_Ownership_Data.dbf file located on the NPS Data Store.
sequence Identifier
name Areatract
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  Source Contribution: tract and boundary geometry, Tract_id, Alpha Source Type Paper
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 1
source citation
Title Legal Descriptions
publication  Date   9999-01-01
Edition N/A
presentationForm  DOCUMENT - LEGAL DESCRIPTION
other Citation Details  No stand alone legal descriptions were used in the creation of this data set.
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  Land Resources Division
Contact information
Address
, National Capital Region Land Resources Program Center
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Park Service - Land Resources Division
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
9999-01-01 9999-01-01
source
source description  Source Contribution: tract and boundary geometry, Tract_id, Alpha Source Type Paper
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 1
source citation
Title Deeds
publication  Date   1928-08-24
Edition N/A
presentationForm  DOCUMENT - DEED
other Citation Details  ANTI deeds were used to validate this data set.
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  Land Resources Division
Contact information
Address
, National Capital Region Land Resources Program Center
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Park Service - Land Resources Division
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1928-08-24 2006-02-16
source
source description  Source Contribution: tract and boundary geometry, Tract_id, Alpha Source Type Mylar
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: <Range of Segment Map Scales>
source citation
Title Segment Maps
publication  Date   9999-01-01
Edition N/A
presentationForm  MAP - SEGMENT MAP
other Citation Details  Sepment maps 01 through 08 were the primary source used in the creation of this data set.
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  Land Resources Division
Contact information
Address
, National Capital Region Land Resources Program Center
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  National Park Service - Land Resources Division
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1960-03-01 1995-09-05
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  Parts of this data set have been validated against survey quality data while other portions were developed using cartographic data as the primary source. The entire data set was verified against USGS DOQ data and as a result should only be considered as accurate as United States National Map Accuracy Standards.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  None
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  The data set is complete but subject to continual updates to reflect boundary amendments, legislation, and acquisitions, and improved processing techniques. Information contained in LRD's land ownership databases is updated nightly however tract polygons are posted to the NPS Data Store on a monthly basis. Users can ensure parcel polygons have up to date ownership attribution after the publication date by contacting your regional LRD office or downloading the Current_Tract_Ownership_Data file located on the NPS Data Store (http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/) in a dBase format. Please contact the data originator with any suggested corrections and updates. LRD's boundary polygons represent the current legislated boundary of a given NPS unit. NPS does not necessarily have full fee ownership or hold another interest (easement, right of way, etc.) in all parcels contained within this boundary. Equivalently NPS may own or have an interest in parcels outside the legislated boundary of a given unit. In order to obtain complete information about current NPS interests both inside and outside the units legislated boundary, LRD's tracts files should also be downloaded and used in conjunction with LRD's boundary files.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  The data set is complete but subject to continual updates to reflect boundary amendments, legislation, and acquisitions, and improved processing techniques. Information contained in LRD's land ownership databases is updated nightly however tract polygons are posted to the NPS Data Store on a monthly basis. Users can ensure parcel polygons have up to date ownership attribution after the publication date by contacting your regional LRD office or downloading the Current_Tract_Ownership_Data file located on the NPS Data Store (http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/) in a dBase format. Please contact the data originator with any suggested corrections and updates. LRD's boundary polygons represent the current legislated boundary of a given NPS unit. NPS does not necessarily have full fee ownership or hold another interest (easement, right of way, etc.) in all parcels contained within this boundary. Equivalently NPS may own or have an interest in parcels outside the legislated boundary of a given unit. In order to obtain complete information about current NPS interests both inside and outside the units legislated boundary, LRD's tracts files should also be downloaded and used in conjunction with LRD's boundary files.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  Link and node polygon topology is created using AutoDesk Land Desktop 2006. The data is then exported to ESRI shape file format and reprojected from it's native Autodesk coordinate system to NAD83 generic latitude and longitude, LL83.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Roger Johnson
organisation Name  NPS - Land Resources Division, WASO-FC
position Name Chief Cartographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 970-484-6428
Fax 970-484-6432
Address
301 South Howes Street Suite 208, Fort Collins, CO, 80522 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressroger_m_johnson@nps.gov
hoursOfService 7:00am-5:30pm Mountain Monday-Thursday
Standard ordering process
fees None
Format
Format name application/unknown
Format version
specification > anti_tracts.zip
file Decompression Technique  Legacy holding from Data Store: anti_tracts.zip
Digital Transfer Options
transfer Size 154165
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://irmafiles.nps.gov/Reference/Holding/373633/anti_tracts.zip
Metadata data stamp:  2009-08-12
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards 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.
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Jeannie Whitler
organisation Name  NPS - Land Resources Division, Fort Collins
position Name Senior Technical Advisory Cartographer
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 970-484-0216
Fax 970-484-6432
Address
301 S. Howes St., Suite 208, Fort Collins, CO, 80522 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressjeannie_whitler@nps.gov
hoursOfService 7:00am-5:30pm Mountain Tuesday-Friday
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  96dc489b-a356-4a5e-a349-7f6f13f829c2

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)