King County Cadastral Annotation - Part 1

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• What does this data set describe?
  1. How should this data set be cited?
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
• Who produced the data set?
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  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
• Why was the data set created?
• How was the data set created?
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• How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
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  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
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• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How should this data set be cited?

   King County Dept of Assessments, 20060101, King County Cadastral Annotation - Part 1.

   Online Links:

   • None

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.482048

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.117385

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.769658

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.164350

3. What does it look like?

   <http://www5.kingcounty.gov/sdc/DataImages/ca1.jpg> (JPEG)

   JPG File of layer overlain on base of WA counties or local cities

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

   Calendar_Date: 25-Nov-2012

   Currentness_Reference: publication date

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):

      • GT-polygon composed of chains (0)

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

      The map projection used is NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Washington North FIPS 4601 Feet.

      Projection parameters:

      Standard_Parallel: 47.5

      Standard_Parallel: 48.73333333333333

      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.8333333333333

      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 47.0

      False_Easting: 1640416.666666667

      False_Northing: 0.0

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0005
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0005
      Planar coordinates are specified in foot_us

      The horizontal datum used is D North American 1983 HARN.
      The ellipsoid used is GRS 1980.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222101.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   maint.KCA.ca1_anno_xml

   OBJECTID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   FEATUREID

   ZORDER

   ANNOTATIONCLASSID

   ELEMENT

   SYMBOLID

   STATUS

   TEXTSTRING

   FONTNAME

   FONTSIZE

   BOLD

   ITALIC

   UNDERLINE

   VERTICALALIGNMENT

   HORIZONTALALIGNMENT

   XOFFSET

   YOFFSET

   ANGLE

   FONTLEADING

   WORDSPACING

   CHARACTERWIDTH

   CHARACTERSPACING

   FLIPANGLE

   OVERRIDE

   EDITDATE

   SHAPE

   Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

   Coordinates defining the features.

   Shape.STArea()

   Shape.STLength()

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • King County Dept of Assessments

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   King County Dept of Assessments
   Attn: Christie Most
   GIS Coordinator
   500 4th Ave ADM-AS-0709
   Seattle, WA 98104
   

   206-263-2284 (voice)
   christie.most@kingcounty.gov
   

Why was the data set created?

Annoation for the King County cadastral layer.

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: Accessible by ArcGIS users on the King County local network.

Use_Constraints:

King County data are made available with the understanding that they shall be used exclusively by the obtainer or his/her authorized agents. Digital products may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form or by any means without the express written authorization of King County.

1. Who distributes the data set?[Distributor contact information not provided.]

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

   /plibrary/property/ca1.lyr

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   King County disclaims any warranty of use of any digital product or data beyond that for which it was designed.

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Cost to order the data: Not Available

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 09-Jul-2020

Metadata author:

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)