Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
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 county tax parcel data and represent a tax parcel list of agricultural district properties. The data are digitized from 1:24,000 scale maps of individual districts showing boundaries that correspond to tax parcel data. District data is joined into a file representing 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 ArcInfo 9.1 export file format.
Citation
Title Madison County Agricultural Districts (ARC Export : 2006)
publication  Date   2006-01-31
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Cornell Institute for Resource Information Systems (Cornell IRIS)
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/bucketinfo.jsp?id=25
Theme keywords (theme):
New York State Agricultural District boundaries
Agriculture and Markets
Agricultural Districts Mapping Program
Cornell Institute for Resource Information Systems (Cornell IRIS)
thesaurus name >
Title None
Location keywords:
Madison County (N.Y.)
New York (State)
thesaurus name >
Title LCSH
purpose:
A Geographical Information System (ArcInfo) file of lands within an agricultural district corresponding to a list of tax parcels. 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.
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 tax maps 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 "Certfied". 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 Professional v. 5.1.2600; Arc Info v. 8.3, 9.1
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -75.994
eastBoundLongitude  -75.24
northBoundLatitude  43.185
southBoundLatitude  42.724
Temporal Extent
Additional information on resource:
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 - pointOfContact
organisation Name  Cornell IRIS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 607-255-6520 or 607-255-6529
Address
302 Rice HallCornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853-5601 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressmailto:iris@cornell.edu
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content
Cell value attribute description:
Band
descriptor internal area of each polygon
sequence Identifier
name area
Band
descriptor area around outer boundary of polygon
sequence Identifier
name perimeter
Band
descriptor internal record number
sequence Identifier
name 053aga#
Band
descriptor unique label id number
sequence Identifier
name 053aga-id
Long Wavelength  5313999
Short Wavelength  5300001
units
Band
descriptor keyfield
sequence Identifier
name agdist#
Long Wavelength  3605313
Short Wavelength  3605300
units
Band
descriptor keyfield
sequence Identifier
name distcode
Long Wavelength  MAD13
Short Wavelength  MAD00
units
Band
descriptor New York State county name
sequence Identifier
name county
Band
descriptor the agricultural district number within the county
sequence Identifier
name district
Long Wavelength  13
Short Wavelength  0
units
Band
descriptor creation date of the district
sequence Identifier
name created
Band
descriptor the certification date of the district
sequence Identifier
name certfied
Band
descriptor New York State towns where district boundaries fall within
sequence Identifier
name towns
Band
descriptor NYS Department of Transportation 7 1/2 minute quadrangle within which the district is located.
sequence Identifier
name DOTquads
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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: original district boundariesSource Type Mylar
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title none
publication  Date
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Madison County Planning Department
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  Coverages are accurate to the quality of the original 1:24000 scale map.
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  County coverage is complete. 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.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  County coverage is complete. 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.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  All polygons are closed. There are no overshoot arcs extending beyond a node. Slivers and gaps are formed when adjacent districts within a county are joined into countywide coverages. They result from cartographic anomalies in the original analog maps. Slivers not visible at a scale of 1:24000 are eliminated. Areas not in a district, enclosed by district lands, are labeled as "district = 0." NOTE: The precise location of the district boundaries can be confirmed by referring to the actual tax parcel information.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  Mann Library
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 607-255-5406
Address
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressmailto:mann_ref@cornell.edu
Standard ordering process
fees call for price
Ordering Instructions  Non-Digital Form: Hardcopy: Blueprint paper Ordering Instructions: call Cornell IRIS 607-255-6520 or 255-6529 for an order form
Metadata data stamp:  2006-01-31
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
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.
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  Cornell IRIS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 607-255-6520 or 607-255-6529
Address
302 Rice HallCornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853-5601 Country USA Country USA
electronic Mail Addressmailto:iris@cornell.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:  0521dbb3-4035-47f6-a1d0-b96d0412ff17

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)