Railroad Lines, Black Hawk County Iowa

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Black Hawk County

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: Railroad Lines, Black Hawk County Iowa

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Black Hawk County Iowa

Publisher: Black Hawk County

Online_Linkage: <http://www.co.black-hawk.ia.us/depts/bhentry.htm>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set represents railroad lines in Black Hawk County (BHC) and is the centerline of the railroad right of way.

Purpose:

This data set is used to represent location of rail lines Black Hawk County IA, and is a component of this County's geographic information system. The primary purpose of this data set is to represent graphically where rail lines are in the county. It does not necessarily correspond with what company operates over that track or which company maintains the tracks.

Supplemental_Information:

The railroad centerline layer can be used with other Black Hawk Co. railroad datasets to provide more details: rrrow (rail road right of way), rrname (railroad name),and rrdim (railroad right of way dimensions). Graphic features are a representation of reality. See recorded legal documents for more detailed information about right of way ownership.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20060310

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.559509

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.076755

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.643917

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.296661

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: transportation

Place:

Place_Keyword: Black Hawk County

Place_Keyword: North East Iowa

Place_Keyword: Iowa

Place_Keyword: USA

Stratum:

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: March, 2006

Access_Constraints:

Limitations 1. Black Hawk County (BHC) GIS data and data products distributed by the Information Technology Department contain information from publicly available sources. BHC developed the data for internal use. All data is provided as is, with all faults, and without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. 2. BHC and or the BHC Assessor is not responsible for any hardware or software needed to access and use the products and information therein. 3. Any entity or party using this data understands and acknowledges that the products and information contained therein are subject to constant change and that accuracy of the data cannot be guaranteed. BHC and or the BHC Assessor makes no warranties or guarantees, either expressed or implied, as to the completeness, accuracy, or correctness of such data or data products, nor accepts any liability arising from any incorrect, incomplete or misleading information contained therein. 4. BHC and or the BHC Assessor shall not be subject to liability for human errors, defect or failure of machines, or any material used in connection with machines, including but not limited to tapes, disks and energy. 5. BHC and or the BHC Assessor shall not be subject to liability for any lost profits or consequential damages, or claims against any entity or party using BHC data by third parties. The liability of BHC for damages, regardless of the form of the action, shall not exceed the fee paid for the GIS data. 6. The entire risk as to the quality, performance and usefulness of the data rests with the entity or party using the data. 7. Any entity or party using the data releases BHC and or the BHC Assessor and their respective officers, agents, consultants, contractors and employees from any and all claims, actions or causes of action for damages, including, but not limited to, any costs of recovering, reprogramming or reproducing any programs or data stored in or used with the BHC GIS data, damage to property, damages for personal injury or for any lost profits, lost savings or other special incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or inability to use the BHC GIS data. 8. Any entity or party using the data shall indemnify and hold harmless BHC, the BHC Assessor and their respective officers, agents, consultants, contractors and employees from any and all liability claims or damages to any person or property arising from or connected with the use of BHC GIS data.

Use_Constraints:

Restrictions On Use 1. Black Hawk County (BHC) GIS data and data products are provided as a one-time delivery. BHC has no responsibility for updating this data or data product, such as a CD or tape. 2. The use or purchase of BHC GIS data by an entity or party does not constitute a sale of any title or interest in the BHC GIS data or data products. 3. Any entity or party using this data agrees to recognize and honor in perpetuity the copyrights, and other proprietary claims for databases, tax maps, and other collateral information, and products established or produced by BHC or the vendors furnishing said items to BHC. 4. Copies Any entity or party using this data may copy BHC GIS digital data only for backup purposes and not for use by any party beyond that to which the data was directly delivered. 5. Derived Products Graphic displays and printed tabular listings derived from BHC GIS data may be used in publications and presentations, provided that credit is given to BHC as the custodian of the data and credit is also given to the original source of the data if other than BHC. 6. The BHC GIS digital data are for the internal use solely and exclusively by the entity or party to whom BHC delivers the data. The data should not be used by anyone beyond the original entity or party to which the data was delivered, unless specified at the time of data distribution. 7. The entity or party to which the data was delivered shall not license, assign, release, transfer, sell or otherwise make available the BHC digital GIS data, data products or portion thereof to a third party without the expressed written permission of BHC. 8. Upon the occurrence of the breach of or non-compliance with any term or provision above, BHC may provide written notice of the occurrence to the data user. Any agreement for data use shall terminate 60 days following such notice. The data user shall, within 30 day after termination of an agreement, return to BHC all GIS data and data products that were exchanged through any data distribution agreement with BHC. 9. All data distribution and related agreement and performance hereunder shall be governed and construed by the laws of the State of Iowa.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Black Hawk County IT Department

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 319 E 5th St

City: Waterloo

State_or_Province: IA

Postal_Code: 50703

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (319) 833-3154

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kveeder@co.black-hawk.ia.us

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Contact_Instructions: Call, e-mail, or write with requests

Data_Set_Credit:

The Sidwell Company, 675 Sidwell Court, St. Charles IL 60174-3492 (630) 549-1065 , contracted service provider

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Track ownership information changes. Direct railroad contacts are: Iowa Northern William Magee (319) 415-7293 wmagee.ianr@mchsi.com Canadian National Greg Bastian (319) 236-9205 greg.bastian@cn.ca Union Pacific Carl Swedberg (319) 389-1399

Completeness_Report: Data set is complete.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Land features of this cadastral GIS are spatially referenced to the correct position on the ground through the use of digital orthophotos. The digital orthophotos were developed based on 179 measured ground control points. These measured points fall within +/- 0.05 meters in horizontal position, using a 95% confidence factor. All georeferenced entities carry an accuracy of +/- 0.05 m, using a 95% confidence factor, when measured against the assumed accuracy of the digital orthophotography from which it was created. These accuracies must be measured against the relative accuracies of the disparate source documents (recorded plats, tax roll descriptions and existing paper parcel maps) and the positional decisions that were made based on the preponderance of available evidence on a case by case basis. Users should be aware that even though the scale of digital data may be increased to overlay large scale digital maps, the accuracy of the digital source is not improved by scale enlargement. For a complete report regarding the establishment of geodetic control points for Black Hawk County, please contact either Geoffry Tinker or Lynn Kloberdanz, Black Hawk County Engineer's Office.

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:

The horizontal positional accuracy meets or exceeds the National Map Accuracy Standards accuracy requirement, when measured against the assumed accuracy of the digital orthophotography from which it was created. These accuracies must be measured against the relative accuracies of the disparate source documents (recorded plats, tax roll descriptions and existing paper parcel maps) and the positional decisions that were made based on the preponderance of available evidence on a case by case basis.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Black Hawk County

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: Recorded Legal Documents

Other_Citation_Details:

Recorded legal documents can be reviewed at the Black Hawk County Recorder's Office, 316 E. 5th Street, Waterloo IA

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Railroad dataset is the centerline of the rail road right of way, based on property records. Physiographic features were digitized from digital orthophotos (1:1200 urban), (1:4800 rural). Parcels, lots, road right of ways and other representations were digitized based on recorded legal documents. The Technical Implementation Plan for the Black Hawk County cadastral GIS is on file with the Process Contact Person.

Process_Date: 03/01/99, updated 3/10/2006

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Black Hawk County Information Technology Department

Contact_Person: Kim Veeder

Contact_Position: Director

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 316 E. 5th Street

City: Waterloo

State_or_Province: IA

Postal_Code: 50703

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (319) 833-3154

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (319) 833-3139

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kveeder@co.black-hawk.ia.us

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Contact_Instructions: Call, e-mail, or write with requests

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\BHC-GIS-DATA\Transportation\railroad

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 464

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System

State_Plane_Coordinate_System:

SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 1401

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: 42.066667

Standard_Parallel: 43.266667

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -93.500000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.500000

False_Easting: 4921250.000000

False_Northing: 3280833.333333

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000256

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000256

Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: railroad

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ALPHATAG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HAS_SELECT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE_Leng

Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Black Hawk County Information Technology Department

Contact_Person: Kim Veeder

Contact_Position: Director

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 316 E. 5th Street

Address: Black Hawk County Information Technology Department

City: Waterloo

State_or_Province: IA

Postal_Code: 50703

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (319) 833-3154

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (319) 833-3165

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kveeder@co.black-hawk.ia.us

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Contact_Instructions: Call, e-mail, or write with requests

Resource_Description: Offline Data

Distribution_Liability:

See access constraints and use constraints under Identification Information

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SHP

Format_Version_Number: 9x

Format_Specification: ArcView Shape File

Transfer_Size: 0.953

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Fees: Contact Black Hawk County Information Technology Department for established fee schedule.

Ordering_Instructions: Contact Distributor

Turnaround: Generally one week or less

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990301

Ending_Date: Present

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060830

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kim Veeder

Contact_Organization: Black Hawk County Information Technology

Contact_Position: Director

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 316 E. 5th Street

Address: Black Hawk County Information Technology Department

City: Waterloo

State_or_Province: IA

Postal_Code: 50703

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (319) 833-3154

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (319) 833-3165

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kveeder@co.black-hawk.ia.us

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Contact_Instructions: Call, e-mail, or write with requests

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_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile