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Table of Contents

Identification_Information
     Abstract 
     Purpose 
     Supplemental Information 
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
     Detailed Description
     Overview 
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Section


Identification_Information

Citation_Information Originator: United States Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1992 Title: PLSS

Description Abstract Geo-dataset delineating the U.S. Public Land Survey of Missouri. Purpose Land net for spatial analysis. Supplemental_Information Procedures_Used n/a Revisions Coverage was edited and dissolved from county-level coverages. Reviews_Applied_to_Data Reviewed by James D. Harlan, February 5, 1997. Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets County-level PLSS data is also available. References_Cited U.S.G.S. Notes Areas of the coverage with the PAT item "SEC" = 0 can generally be considered to be pre-U.S. owned land. Time_Period_of_Content Single_Date/Time Calendar_Date: 1992 Currentness_Reference 1992 data. Status Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency None planned at this level. Spatial_Domain Bounding_Coordinates West_Bounding_Coordinate: -95.77526771 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.89802996 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.58720585 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.96694123

Keywords Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Public Land Survey Place Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: State of Missouri Stratum Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Temporal Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword:

Access_Constraints Public domain. Use_Constraints Limitation are generally user-defined. Point_of_Contact: See Distribution_Information for contact information.

Data_Set_Credit Missouri Spatial Data Information Service, Department of Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia. Security_Information Security_Classification_System: None Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Security_Handling_Description: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Windows_NT Windows_NT, ARC/INFO version 8.1

Cross_Reference Originator: United States Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1992 Publication_Time: Title: PLSS Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Series_Information Series_Name: Issue_Identification: Publication_Information Publication_Place: Publisher: Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:


Data_Quality_Information

Attribute_Accuracy Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Entity_Attribute_Information

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment Attribute_Accuracy_Value: See Explanation Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Attribute accuracy is described, where present, with each attribute defined in the Entity and Attribute Section.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon and chain-node topology present.

Completeness_Report Data complete. Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: 120 ft.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 120ft. Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Resolution as reported
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: n/a Lineage: See Supplemental_Information for overview.

Process_Steps Process_Step Process_Description: JIM DOCUMENT SPLSS UPDATE JIM Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20030703 Process_Time: 1256 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Cloud_Cover n/a


Spatial_Data_Organization_Information

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 71023 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 157402 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains' Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 71032


Spatial_Reference_Information

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition
    Planar
        Grid_Coordinate_System
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal_Transverse_Mercator (UTM)
           Zone_Number: 15
        Planar_Distance_Units: METERS
    Geodetic Model
        Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
        Ellipsoid_Name:  GRS1980


Entity_and_Attribute_Information

Detailed_Description Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: SPLSS.PAT Entity_Type_Definition: Attribute table of SPLSS. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO Attribute: Attribute_Label: - Attribute_Definition: Attribute table of SPLSS. Attribute_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SPLSS# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SPLSS-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: TWN Attribute_Definition: Numeric identifier of surveyed township Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S.G.S. Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: numeric Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: RNG Attribute_Definition: Numeric identifier of surveyed range Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S.G.S. Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: numeric Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: SEC Attribute_Definition: Numeric identifier of surveyed section Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S.G.S. Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: numeric Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: DIR Attribute_Definition: Direction of surveyed township from the 5th Prime Meridian - East or West Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S.G.S. Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: free text Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Overview_Description Entity_and_Attribute_Overview PAT items: "TWN" lists the identifier of the surveyed township, "RNG" list the identifier of the surveyed range, "SEC" lists the identifier of the surveyed section, and "DIR" lists the direction of the surveyed town- ship from the 5th Prime Meridian. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available


Distribution_Information


Metadata_Reference_Section

Metadata_Date: 19030703 Metadata_Contact: Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608 Metadata_Time_Convention: Local Time Metadata_Security_Information: Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None Metadata_Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None

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