Property Boundaries (Cadastral): Howard County, Maryland

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Howard County Government. Howard County, Maryland. Department of Technology and Communications, The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Division.
Publication_Date: 2004/01/07
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Property Boundaries (Cadastral): Howard County, Maryland
Edition: None
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map: Vector Digital Data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Not Applicable
Issue_Identification: Not Applicable
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Howard County, Maryland
Publisher:
Howard County Government. Howard County, Maryland. Department of Technology and Communications, The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Division.
Online_Linkage: None
Description:
Abstract:
Depict the property boundaries, lines of ownership, throughout Howard County. Each property region is contains primary address information. It may also be linked to Maryland State PropertyView for complete Cadastral data.

Purpose:
The Cadastral Layer has been developed for analysis, planning, and map production. It is also to be used as a major basemap for many other Howard County GIS layers including but not limited to; Recreation and Parks Open Space, Zoning, Landuse, Metro District Line and Planned Service Area. The Cadastral layer has a source accuracy of at least 1=2400 scale or better.

Supplemental_Information:
The source property file contains all taxation information in the ESRI Cadastral model. However, a majority of the cadastral data is not directly available to the general public because it is owned, maintained, and distributed by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation. GIS users may purchase the Howard County layer, the full taxation information, and link the extended data to the Howard County layer.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007/11/14
Time_of_Day: Unknown
Currentness_Reference: Based on recenent plats and other related drawings.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Monthly
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -077.1875
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -076.6930
North_Bounding_Coordinate: +39.3683
South_Bounding_Coordinate: +39.1038
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: User Defined Theme Keyword List
Theme_Keyword: property
Theme_Keyword: taxation
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: lines of ownership
Theme_Keyword: cadastral
Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre
Theme_Keyword: right of way
Theme_Keyword: address
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: User Defined Place Keyword List
Place_Keyword: Columbia
Place_Keyword: Deep Run
Place_Keyword: Ellicott City
Place_Keyword: Glenelg
Place_Keyword: Glenwood
Place_Keyword: Howard County
Place_Keyword: Lisbon
Place_Keyword: Little Patuxent River
Place_Keyword: Marriotsville
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Middle Patuxent River
Place_Keyword: Mount Airy
Place_Keyword: North Laurel
Place_Keyword: Patuxent River
Place_Keyword: Potapsco River
Place_Keyword: West Friendship
Place_Keyword: Baltimore Washington Suburb
Place_Keyword: Woodbine
Place_Keyword: Mount Airy
Place_Keyword: Jessup
Place_Keyword: Savage
Place_Keyword: Rockburn
Place_Keyword: Ilchester
Place_Keyword: Clarksville
Place_Keyword: Woodstock
Place_Keyword: Deep Run
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: User Defined Temporal Keyword List
Temporal_Keyword: Modern
Access_Constraints:
Users must sign and adhere to a license agreement, and pay any applicable fees. Two license agreements exist, one is restricted, and the other is an unrestricted license agreement. The restricted agreement includes, but is not limited to, the following restrictions: Howard County is not responsible for the accuracy of the data, or any outcomes as a result of using the data. The license may not redistribute or sell the data set to others. The unrestricted license, again, does not hold the county responsible for the data, but does allow the user to redistribute and sell the data to others. However, the unrestricted license of the data comes at a more substantial cost to the user. These are just a few points of the license agreements, many more exist.

The fees for the data are charged for all parties except for the following: Federal, State, and Local Government Entities, Educational Entities, and any contracted parties working on projects for Howard County Government.

This data is part of a public CD product that is available at the Howard County Central Services desk. Please contact the contact person for more information.

Use_Constraints:
Users must sign and adhere to a license agreement, and pay any applicable fees. Two license agreements exist, one is restricted, and the other is an unrestricted license agreement. The restricted agreement includes, but is not limited to, the following restrictions: Howard County is not responsible for the accuracy of the data, or any outcomes as a result of using the data. The license may not redistribute or sell the data set to others. The unrestricted license, again, does not hold the county responsible for the data, but does allow the user to redistribute and sell the data to others. However, the unrestricted license of the data comes at a more substantial cost to the user. These are just a few points of the license agreements, many more exist.

The fees for the data are charged for all parties except for the following: Federal, State, and Local Government Entities, Educational Entities, and any contracted parties working on projects for Howard County Government.

This data is part of a public CD product that is available at the Howard County Central Services desk. Please contact the contact person for more information.

This data should be used based on information listed in the purpose section of the metadata. Also, users should use the data within the limits of its temporal accuracy and source scale.

Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 410-313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 410-313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 7:30am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday
Contact_Instructions: The contact person may be emailed or phoned.
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Unavailable
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Unavailable
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: Unavailable
Data_Set_Credit: Howard County GIS Division, Department of Planning and Zoning
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
This data set is currently maintained using ESRI ArcGIS 9 in SDE. Native File Name: SDEGIS.GISADMIN.LAND


Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
All attributes maintained by Howard County have been quality multiple times over the development of the data set. A majority of past and future quality control consists user feedback. The property file is heavily utilitized by county government employees. All discovered errors are reported to the GIS Division or the Department of Planning and Zoning, and are corrected immediately.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
While attribution and the visible graphics are constantly checked throughout end user use, there are no specific tests routinely run on the graphics or attribution at this time.
Completeness_Report:
The data set is complete based on the latest plat and plan information as it is received in the Department of Planning and Zoning.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The source scale is 1:2400, or 1" = 200' or better. Most plats have a scale of 1" = 50'; however, some of the original layer creation used aerial photography and drawings as sources that had scales of no lower than 1" = 100'. This layer has a accuracy of +/- 6ft compared to "real-world" coordinates.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Howard County Government. Howard County, Maryland. Department of Technology and Communications, The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Division.
Publication_Date: 1999
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Property
Edition: None
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map: Vector Digital Data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Howard County, Maryland
Publisher:
Howard County Government. Howard County, Maryland. Department of Technology and Communications, The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Division.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2400
Type_of_Source_Media:
CD-Rom Floppy Disk
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1999
Time_of_Day: Unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1998
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: HOCOGIS
Source_Contribution:
The Howard County GIS Division provided the 1998 and 2002 orthophotography and labor.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Howard County Government. Howard County, Maryland. Department of Planning and Zoning, The Research Division.
Publication_Date: 1999
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Property
Edition: None
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map: Vector Digital Data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Howard County, Maryland
Publisher:
Howard County Government. Howard County, Maryland. Department of Public Works, The Survey Division.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2400
Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: 1999
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoDPZ
Source_Contribution: Creation and modification of the property boundaries
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
50% Rubbersheet original 1:7200 scale Cadastral Layer/Contractor/1999

A contractor was hired in 1999 to rubbersheet the inaccurate 1:7200 scale cadastral layer maintained by Department of Planning and Zoning to the more accurate 1:2400 scale 1998 orthophotography. Some 1:2400 scale or better already existed and automatically replaced the less accurate cadastral layer. Then, the less accurate cadastral layer was rubbersheeeted to match visible lines of possession as viewed on the High Resolution, 1:2400 scale, 1 foot per pixel Orthophotography. The processes was used in the following tax map areas; 1 - 5, 6 - 10, 12 - 16, 19 - 23, 27, 28, 32 - 34, 38 - 40, & 45. The original low accurate Cadastral Layer was in NAD1927, but was converted to NAD83 before it was rubbersheeted. The low accurate cadastral layer was created in Microstation software. The rubbersheeting was performed using GeoMedia Proffessional, but was done so withougt changing the format of the data.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 1999
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Quality Control/Howard County GIS Division/1999

The rubbersheeting project was produced in phases of about 4 or more tax maps per phase, depending on parcel line density. Following the completion of a "phase", the contractor delivered the data to the GIS Division. The GIS division immediately did quality control the data. The QC was based on a "pass/fail" system. The GIS division extracted a random 10% of the parcels in the phased and checked the linework for accuracy and completness against the existing high accurate 1:2400 scale data and the orthophotography. The data was to also meet the strict guidelines of the contract which also included that the square foot area of the newly rubbersheeted parcel be within a certain percentage of the old less accurate data. The low accuracey data was not spatically accurate, but did have accurate dimensions. Therefore, the rubbersheeting was not permitted to change the area of the parcels by more than a few percent. The random 10% tested had to be 100% correct for the phase to pass acceptance. If the phase failed, the errors were printed out on paper and delivered to the contractor to be fixed. The contractor was to also note the type of error to occur and look for similar errors on the other 90% of the phase. The contractor then delivered completed phase to the GIS Division, where corrctions were examined. The GIS division then selected another random 10% of the phase to be Quality Controlled. Again, the sample had to be 100% corrct for the phase to be passed, if errors were found, the process would start all over again untill the random sample was 100% correct and fulfilled the requirements of the contract

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 1999
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Digitize Remaining Property/Howard County GIS Division/1999-2000

Because the remaining phases of the rubbersheeting project were dense, the GIS division decided it would be more cost effective and time saving to finish the project "Inhouse". Also it was discovered that digitizing the remaining parcels from scratch would save time, money, and effort rather than continuing the rubbersheeting process. More importantly the new data would be even more accurate than rubbersheeting.

Digitize Process: (The digitizing was performed one tax map area at a time.)

A. All available paper plat drawings for the specific tax map area were acquired from the Survey Division plat archives. These plats were digitized using Coordinate Geometry (COGO). Using microstation, an X,Y coordinate was keyed into the system. Then from that beggining point the distance and directions to the next point are keyed in using the distance and bearings until the parcel outline is complete. If the subdivision or number of lots inside the parcel are small, then the lots inside the parcel are also COGO'd in using distance and bearings. If however, subdivision is complex and contains a large number of lots, the plat(s) are registered on a digitizing table and the lot lines are digitized by hand with a digitizing puck. The property lines are digitized in NAD1983, if the plats have NAD1927 coordinates, then the coordinate(s) are converted from NAD1927 to NAD1983 using a Geographic Calculator. The plat is then digitized in NAD1983. If the plat drawing had no coordinates or assumed coordinates, then the parcel(s) were digitized by starting at an arbitrary point, ie.. neighboring or existing parcel/lot line. The distance and bearings were then entered until the parcel was complete.

B. If no plat drawing is available, then the deed was examined. From the deeds the parcel had to be digitized starting from and arbitrary point (again the orthophotography or a neighboring parcel line was used as a starting point). The deeds did not usually have coordinates, they merely give distances and bearings. If a deed was not available, the property had to be drawn by tracing the lines of possession on the orthophotography.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 1999
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Properties divided by stat area groups/Howard County GIS Division/2000

Property Linework was seperated into stat area groupings so the work could be divided among staff. Stat area groups were chosen because they border on road right of ways only, making it easy to rejoin them at the end of the project.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 2000
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Clean Linework/Howard County GIS Division/2001

The GIS division cleaned the the cadastral layer using Microstation/MGE to create topology.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 2001
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Polygonize Linework/Howard County GIS Division/2001

The layer was converted to polygons in Microstation/MGE and exported to Mapinfo.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 2001
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Quality Control/Howard County GIS Division/2001

Once in Mapinfo, the polygons were Quality Controlled to ensure one property record per polygon. Also Road Names and Addresses were quality controlled.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 2001
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Joined Attribution/Howard County GIS Division/2001

The GIS Division joined the account ID data to the property polygons

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 2001
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Conversion to Arc/GIS Geodatabase/GIS Divsion/2003

The GIS Division converted the Property layer from Mapinfo to an Arc/GIS Coverage (Regions), Cleaned slivers and exported the data to a Arc/GIS Personal Geodatabase.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Maintenance/Howard County GIS Division & The Department of Planning and Zoning/2003

The Department of Planning and Zoning updates the Property Linework using Microstation on a weekly basis. The new line work is then converted an Arc Info Coverage, cleaned, and built. The resulting coverage is translated to a Personal Geodatabase and incorporated into the final Property Geodatabase. The Data is also converted back to Mapinfo

The GIS Division created a data entry tool in ArcGIS that allows DPZ to select the street address from a list that accurately reflects the official street names in the street centerline.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoDPZ
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HoCoGIS
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mike White
Contact_Organization: Howard County, DPZ
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3430 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (410) 313-4373
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (410) 313-3467
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Not available
Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
Howard County, Maryland 2004 includes portions or Interstate 70 (RT 70), 95 (RT 95), 895 (RT 895), and Route 1 (Washington BLVD).
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: g-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 93,246

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 38.300000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -77.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 37.666667
False_Easting: 1312333.333000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000256
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000256
Planar_Distance_Units: U.S. Foot
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System of 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Property
Entity_Type_Definition: Lines of ownership
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal Feature Number
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0 - 94,691 (94,692 - The total number of parcels)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: feature geometry
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: shape
Codeset_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACCTID
Attribute_Definition:
The account ID of the parcel. The field may be linked to the Maryland PropertyView database for full taxation and ownership information.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: ACCTID
Codeset_Source: User Defined

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 410-313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 410-313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 7:30am-4:30pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Resource_Description: Offline Data
Distribution_Liability:
The distributor assumes no liability. A license agreement must be signed before taking delivery of the data. Please see the license agreement for detailed liability information.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: AutoCAD Drawing Format DWG
Format_Version_Number: 11
File_Decompression_Technique: Compressed (Zip) Folder by Microsoft XP Operating System
Transfer_Size: 32
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: Compressed Zip (AutoCAD .dwg)
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ESRI .shp
Format_Version_Number: 8.3
File_Decompression_Technique: Compressed (Zip) Folder by Microsoft XP Operating System
Transfer_Size: 35
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: Compressed Zip (ESRI .shp)
Fees:
$200 per CD (AutoCAD or ESRI). The property boundaries is one of many GIS layers on the CD product. Others include:

Land Features - Planimetrics (Street Edge, Tree Line, Buildings, Streams, etc...) (no attribution) Geodetic Control Points (attribution with scanned recovery cards) Property Boundaries (polygons with address attribution in ESRI format) Water and Sewer Utilities (no attribution) Topography (5' interval contour lines and labels) (no attribution)

No fee charged to other Federal, State, County, other local or educational entities.

Ordering_Instructions:
1.

Generally, users may purchase the data CDs at the Central Services desk in the basement of the George Howard Building

3450 Court House Dr Ellicott City, Maryland 21043

The customer must first sign a license agreement.

The CDs are already complete. Users will received a purchase slip, for which they must pay for the data at the purchasing office. The only Credit Card accepted is the Discover Card, but an additional fee is required.

The customer must return to the Central Services desk to pick up the CD

2.

If a potential customer cannot travel to the Howard Building, he or she may contact the Distributor to request the data.

The distributor will fax a license agreement to the potential customer, who is to complete the LA and fax it back to the distributor.

The customer will mail a check to the distributor, and make the check payable to "The Director of Finance".

Once received, the CD will then be sent via standard US mail the customer.

3.

If a potential customer is a government of educational entity, they may call the distributor and request the CD, or an individual data set from the CD.

The distributor will fax a license agreement to the potential customer, who is to complete the LA and fax it back to the distributor.

The CD or data sets requested will be mailed via standard US mail, or if the data set(s) are under 5MB, they may be emailed immediately.

Turnaround:
1. If the CD is purchased from Central Services, the turnaround time depends on the signing of the license agreement, paying at the purchasing office, and picking up the data CD. General turnaround time is 10 minutes

2. If the potential customer contacts the distributor to request a CD, the distributor will most likely fax the license agreement to the potential customer within the business day. Once the distributor receives the completed fax, he will mail the CD immediately. Deliver time will depend on standard US mail shipping times. (Likely within one business week)

3. If the user is from a government or educational entity and requests the CD or a data set(s), the data will likely be received by the customer within one business week. If the data is emailed, it should be received within minutes depending on internet connection of the customer.

The turnaround times are not guaranteed.

Custom_Order_Process: See ordering instructions
Technical_Prerequisites:
The user must be able to operate a standard computer and know how to use ESRI or AutoCAD software.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 2004/05/07
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robert Slivinsky
Contact_Organization: Howard County, GIS Division
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 3450 Court House Dr
City: Ellicott City
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 21043
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 410-313-3094
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 410-313-3211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rslivinsky@co.ho.md.us
Hours_of_Service: 7:30am - 4:30pm
Contact_Instructions: Phone call or email
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://biology.usgs.gov/fgdc.metadata/version2/>
Profile_Name:
USGS - An Image Map of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Language: English

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