Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
The Statewide GIS Tax Unit boundary file was created through a collaborative partnership between the State of Kansas Department of Revenue Property Valuation Division, the Kansas GIS Policy Board s Data Access & Support Center (DASC), and Kansas County Clerks. During 2010, tax unit boundary information was gathered from Kansas County Clerks by DASC and resulted in the first statewide GIS tax unit boundary data file. Certifications are on-going and are integrated as they are received. Users will want to download this data frequently for updates.
Citation
Title Tax Unit Boundaries
publication  Date   2011-01-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Kansas County Clerks - data collected through paper maps and GIS files
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://www.kansasgis.org/
Theme keywords (theme):
tax units
assessments
tax unit boundaries
Kansas County Clerks
thesaurus name >
Title none
purpose:
To create a statewide GIS tax unit boundary data file.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  underDevelopment
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
The State of Kansas Geographic Information Systems Core Database's digital data have been tested and their documentation carefully reviewed. However, the State of Kansas Geographic Information Systems Policy Board's Data Access and Support Center and its representatives make no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, with respect to the digital data and their documentation, their quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. The digital data are distributed on "as is" basis, and the user assumes all risk to their quality, the results obtained from their use, and the performance of the data. In no event will the State of Kansas Geographic Information Systems Policy Board or its representatives be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from and defect in the State of Kansas Geographic Information Systems Core Database's digital data or in their documentation. This disclaimer of warranty is exlusive and in lieu of all others, oral or written, express or implied. No agent or employee is authorized to make any modification, extension, or addition to this warranty.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: Individual county data are current as of the date indicated in the CERT_DATE field. Certification updates will be integrated as they are submitted so users will want to download this data frequently for updates. All data is represented to the best of our knowledge as submitted by individual Kansas County Clerk offices.
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 9.2.6.1500
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude   -102.051290
eastBoundLongitude   -94.588407
northBoundLatitude   40.003166
southBoundLatitude   36.993088
Temporal Extent
2011-03-01 2011-12-31
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Eileen Battles
organisation Name  Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC)
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 785-864-2000
Fax 785-864-5617
Address
1930 Constant Ave, West CampusUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66047 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressdasc@kgs.ku.edu
hoursOfService 0800-1700
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  complex
geometric Object Count  9310
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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 State Tax Unit 3 digit code
sequence Identifier
name TAXUNIT
Band
descriptor Official Certification Date
sequence Identifier
name CERT_DATE
Band
descriptor Internal feature number.
sequence Identifier
name OBJECTID
Band
descriptor State and County FIPS code
sequence Identifier
name FIPSSTCO
Band
descriptor County
sequence Identifier
name COUNTY
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name SHAPE
Band
descriptor Internal feature number.
sequence Identifier
name FID
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Area of feature in internal units squared.
sequence Identifier
name SHAPE_AREA
Band
descriptor
sequence Identifier
name SHAPE_LEN
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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
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC)
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 785-864-2000
Fax 785-864-5317
Address
1930 Constant Ave, West CampusUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66047 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressdasc@kgs.ku.edu
hoursOfService 0800-1700
Standard ordering process
fees Under the Kansas Public Records Law, DASC will attempt only to recover the costs related to the processing and distribution of core database requests. The following is a description of our Primary and Secondary Conversion Services, as well as costs associated with the distribution of digital data: Conversion Services - DASC will provide conversion services to all Federal/State/municipal tax support agencies/entities for the cost of media and shipping and handling. Conversion services shall include the exportation of the Core Database in their native projection and tiling scheme into DASC supported spatial data exchange formats and technical support for the loading and importation of the data. Conversion services are provided to other than taxsupported organizations on a fee-for-service basis. Conversion Services - DASC will provide conversion services to all organizations on a feeforservice basis. Services shall include the alteration of a Core Database's native projection, tiling scheme, or topological structure. Secondary services also include custom map production. Where applicable, recoverable cost include: 1. Labor to process the request 2. Computer processing time to extract/convert database 3. Media to distribute the data 4. Shipping and handling charges 5. Tax. The following fees are associated with each of the recoverable items: 1. Labor: $45.00/Hour 2. Central Processing Unit (CPU) computer time: Call for Information. 3. Media: Call for Information. Network Transfer: No Charge 4. Shipping and Handling: Varies 5. Tax (State of Kansas): Varies
Format
Format name SHP
Format version
Digital Transfer Options
transfer Size 11.965
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://www.kansasgis.org/
Digital Transfer Options
Medium of distribution
name  CD-ROM, DVD
medium Format  iso9660
Metadata data stamp:  2011-03-01
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.
notes: Last Metadata Review Date: 9999-01-01
Metadata Constraints
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Metadata Access Constraints: none
Metadata Constraints
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Metadata Use Constraints: none
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Eileen Battles
organisation Name  Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC)
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 785-864-2000
Fax 785-864-5317
Address
1930 Constant Ave, West CampusUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66047 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressdasc@kgs.ku.edu
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:  14d94575-7036-41ed-8871-10101959dc80

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)