This data set is a subset of a master data set called QUADTILE that contains boundaries for all 7.5' quadrangles from 36 to 43 degrees north latitude and 87 to 92 west longitude. Arcs from QUADTILE can also be used to produce statewide base maps 15' (1:62,500 scale), 30' x 60' (1:100,000), and 1 degree x 2 degree (1:500,000) quadrangles.
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GIS Processing: INHS and ISGS Staff Documentation: M. Joselyn, D. Nelson and S. Beaverson Quality Control: INHS and ISGS Staff, D. Nelson
Data set was DESCRIBED and coverage files listed to determine the feature types present. In this data set, the following feature types were found and checked: polygons, arcs, labels, nodes, and annotation. The presence of spatial indices was also checked.
For PAT and AAT files, each ITEM was checked for the following:
- DOMAIN of allowable values - adherence of values to the DOMAIN - definition of ITEMS - requirement of all UNIQUE values for an item - logic of ITEMS REDEFINED over other ITEMS - length of ITEM name as regards conversion to shape fileBUILD statuses of data sets were checked, as were LABELERRORS and NODEERRORS (where appropriate), and PROJECTION definition.
The presence of a BND file was verified.
The presence and location of TICS were checked.
Polygon and chain-node topology present. There are no dangling arcs. There is one polygon label per polygon, except for universe polygon. Boundary values appropriate for map projection and map units. "Fuzzy" tolerance is suitable for nominal scale. Some minor attribute errors were found and corrected. The annotation class existed but was empty. Annotation was added. All character item values are now in upper case to conform with other data sets in this suite. There are no attribute values outside the appropriate domains.
Differences between this edition (1.1) and the previous edition (1.0) are: Tics and arcs have been regenerated. Tics have been added at every quadrangle corner. Vertices have been added to every arc at 1.5' intervals to reduce shape changes due to projection of the data. All character item values are now in upper case to conform with other data sets in this suite. Arcs are coded with latitude or longitude in decimal degrees. For detailed review see *path_name_suppressed*/quads_v1_0_rev.txt.
Attribute items are in typical ARC/INFO feature class format.
Those requiring additional explanation are:
POLYGON ATTRIBUTES:
MAPNAME - Name of the associated USGS 1 x 2 degree quadrangle
USGS - USGS map sheet index designation. This is an alphanumeric
combination of degrees north and west with a row column
index applied to each 1 degree by 1 degree area.
ARC ATTRIBUTES:
COORD - The latitude value for east-west arcs or the longitude
value for north-south arcs. Values are in decimal degrees.
COORD is redefined into two smaller fields:
INTEGER - The value of COORD to the left of the decimal.
(The value of COORD rounded down to a whole number.)
DECIMAL - The value of COORD to the right of the decimal.
(The incremental fraction of COORD.)
Q15 - Indicates if arc is also a boundary for a 15 minute quad.
0 - arc is not a 15 min. quad boundary
2 - arc is a 15 min. quad boundary
Q75 - Indicates if arc is also a boundary for a 7.5 minute quad.
0 - arc is not a 7.5 min. quad boundary
2 - arc is a 7.5 min. quad boundary
Q100 - Indicates if arc is also a boundary for a 30' x 60' quad.
0 - arc is not a 30' x 60' degree quad boundary
2 - arc is a 30' x 60' degree quad boundary
ANNOTATION ATTRIBUTES:
Each quad is annotated with the quad name.
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