Taylor Grazing Act Districts

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What does this data set describe?
Title:
Taylor Grazing Act Districts

Abstract:
A district that was identified based on the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 which regulates grazing on federal public lands. Lands within a Taylor Grazing Act district can be vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved lands from any part of the public domain of the United States (exclusive of Alaska), which are not in National Forests, National parks and National Park Service monuments, Indian reservations, revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, or revested Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, and which are chiefly valuable for grazing and raising forage crops;  provided, that no lands withdrawn or reserved for any other purpose shall be included in any such district. Permits are given for grazing privileges.

  1. How should this data set be cited?

    REQUIRED: The name of an organization or individual that developed the data set., REQUIRED: The date when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release., Taylor Grazing Act Districts .

    Online links:
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    Bounding coordinates:
    West: REQUIRED: Western-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.
    East: REQUIRED: Eastern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.
    North: REQUIRED: Northern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.
    South: REQUIRED: Southern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar date: REQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground.
    Currentness reference:
    REQUIRED: The basis on which the time period of content information is determined.

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • G-polygon (0)
      • String (0)
      • String (0)
      • G-polygon (0)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Transverse Mercator.

      Projection parameters:
      Scale factor at central meridian: 0.999400
      Longitude of central meridian: -119.000000
      Latitude of projection origin: 37.000000
      False easting: 500000.000000
      False northing: 1500000.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair.
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000100.
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000100.
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters.

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

      Vertical coordinate system definition:
      Altitude system definition:
      Altitude resolution: 0.000100
      Altitude encoding method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    casovct.CASO.tga_arc
    casovct.CASO.tga_lng_poly
    casovct.CASO.tga_poly
    casovct.CASO.tga_carto_ca
    casovct.CASO.tga_lng_arc
    casovct.CASO.tga_carto_LandStatus_ca
    casovct.CASO.tga_poly_LandStatus_ca
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Who produced the data set?
  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)


  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Richard Mayberry
    WO-220
    BLM Business Data Steward
    202-452-7750 (voice)
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Why was the data set created?

 
The standard will facilitate portrayal, queries, and use of this data set.  This information is of particular use to the Rangeland community and is required for some processes.  Once this spatial data is created it may be possible to link it with the Rangeland Administration System (RAS) to help determine how monies are divided.

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How was the data set created?
  1. Where did the data come from?

  2. What changes have been made?

    (change 1 of 1) 
    Transaction level data quality: 
State Range Lead will review the data for quality upon entry within their administrative areas.
Monitoring level data quality: 
State Range Lead will review data only upon modifications to the data set within their administrative areas.

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How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
  1. How well have the observations been checked? 

    Data Content Accuracy Requirements:
The expected accuracy of the attributes within this data set is 90%.

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology? 

    This data set is 'historical' information required for some Rangeland processes, today.  Once the data set is standardized, it will become a 'Read-Only' data set.  Any changes/corrections must be approved through the Business Data Steward for Range information.

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How can someone get a copy of the data set?
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access constraints: REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing the data set.
Use constraints:
REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for using the data set after access is granted.

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  1. Who distributes the data set?

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

  4. How can I download or order the data?

  5. Is there some other way to get the data?

  6. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

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Who wrote the metadata?
Dates:
Last modified: 20100402

Metadata author:
REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information.
REQUIRED: The city of the address., REQUIRED: The state or province of the address. REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.

REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual. (voice)

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

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