Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Tom Heavisides, Office of Realty and Environmental Planning Publication_Date: 1985 Title: Political Townships in Illinois Edition: 20040330 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: IGIS GIS Database Issue_Identification: GISDB.IL_ADMIN_Political_Township_Py Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Champaign, Illinois Publisher: Illinois Department of Natural Resources Online_Linkage: http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/ Online_Linkage: http://illinois.edu Description: Abstract: This map shows political township boundaries of Illinois. Purpose: The purpose of this map is to show political (voting) townships in Illinois. Information contained in this data set is valid unless there has been re-districting since 1985. These data are appropriate for use in regional thematic analysis. The data are not appropriate as a geodetic, legal or engineering base. The data set was not and is not intended as a substitute for surveyed locations, such as can be determined by a registered Public Land Surveyor. Although useful in a GIS as a thematic, reference, or base layer for maps, the data set has no legal basis in the definition of boundaries or property lines. Supplemental_Information: This is edition 20040330. The previous edition was 1.0. Recent updates: the data were converted from coverage storage model to SDE storage model. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1985 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -91.58050943 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.38825182 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.49669441 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.9521143 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: township Theme_Keyword: political boundary Theme_Keyword: vote Theme_Keyword: district Theme_Keyword: political Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Illinois Access_Constraints: ISGS information must be obtained directly from the ISGS or from an authorized distributor. Be aware that ISGS information obtained from an unauthorized third party may have been altered subsequent to original distribution, or may no longer be current. 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Individuals or entities may make fair use of copyrighted ISGS material, such as reproducing a single figure or table, or using a brief text quotation, without obtaining formal permission, but in all cases the Illinois State Geological Survey must be credited as the source of the material. To reproduce ISGS information beyond the fair use standard, permission must be obtained from the ISGS Information Office, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820, 217-333-4747, isgs@isgs.illinois.edu. License fees and a license agreement may be required, depending on the proposed usage. Any use of these data is governed by University and campus policies, in particular, but not limited to, the Policy on Appropriate Use of Computers and Network Systems at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the ISGS Terms of Use document available at the ISGS Web site, and the University of Illinois Web Privacy Notice. Links to these are provided in the Cross References section. Map information is to be used at a scientifically and cartographically appropriate scale, that is, at a scale no greater than indicated on the map or as described in the documentation of the map or map data.  Map information is not appropriate for, and is not to be used as, a geodetic, legal, or engineering base. Map information has no legal basis in the definition of boundaries or property lines and is not intended as a substitute for surveyed locations such as can be determined by a registered Public Land Surveyor. The data do not replace the need for detailed site-specific studies. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Instructions: Please refer to the Distribution Information section. Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcSDE 9.1 on Oracle 10g Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Title: ISGS Terms of Use Online_Linkage: http://www.isgs.illinois.edu Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Title: University of Illinois Web Privacy Notice Online_Linkage: http://www.vpaa.uillinois.edu/policies/web_privacy.cfm Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Title: University Copyright Policy (stated in the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, Article III, Section 4) Online_Linkage: http://www.uillinois.edu/trustees/rules.cfm#sec34 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Title: Policy on Appropriate Use of Computers and Network Systems at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Online_Linkage: http://www.fs.uiuc.edu/cam/CAM/viii/viii-1.1.html Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No report. Logical_Consistency_Report: No report. Completeness_Report: No report. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No report. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Created by Tom Heavisides, DNR Office of Realty and Environmental Planning, using township maps from IDOT. Process_Date: 1985 Process_Step: Process_Description: Source coverage (politown) converted to double precision and reprojected to GCS_NAD83 using Workstation ArcInfo 7.2.1. The polygon features were imported into the ISGS SDE enterprise database following steps outlined in ISGS procedure GISDB_0009. Some redundant fields were removed. Metadata updated. Process_Date: 20040330 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Process_Step: Process_Description: A user found a township in Fayette county (in the SW corner) that was missing the name. It should be Pope township and is just south of Seminary and Kaskaskia township. Made the correction using the following SQL. update IL_ADMIN_Political_Township_Py set tship_name = 'POPE' where objectid = 1299; commit; Process_Date: 20080602 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: D. Nelson Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: 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: 1691 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees 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 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Attribute items are in typical ArcSDE feature class format. Those requiring additional explanation are: TSHIP_NUM The numeric township identifier by county. Each county has political township #1, #2, etc. TSHIP_NAME Name of township in capital letters. COUNT_FED_FIPS The 6 digit federal FIPS code for the state and county. COUNTY_ The county FIPS number. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Information Office, Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS), a division of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability (INRS) of the University of Illinois Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 615 East Peabody Drive City: Champaign State_or_Province: Illinois Postal_Code: 61820 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 217-333-4747 Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 217-785-0211 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: isgs@isgs.illinois.edu Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, U.S. Central Time Distribution_Liability: Refer to the Legal Notices of Terms and Conditions of the University of Illinois Web Privacy Policy (there is a link in the Cross References section) for policy statements regarding the following: Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Warranties and Accuracy of Data Disclaimer of Endorsement Disclaimer for External Links Disclaimer of Duty to Continue Provision of Data Security Choice of Law By obtaining these data you agree to the provisions of the University of Illinois Web Privacy Policy, regardless of the manner in which the information was obtained. Technical_Prerequisites: The data are intended for use with GIS software. The ISGS uses ESRI ArcGIS software, however, ESRI formats can be imported into many different GIS software packages. It is expected that customers who obtain these data have the technical expertise to use GIS software. The ISGS does not provide software support of any kind. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20090224 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Instructions: Please refer to the Distribution Information section. 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: The access constraints as stated for the data apply also to the metadata. Refer to the Access Constraints section of the Identification Information section. Metadata_Use_Constraints: The use constraints as stated for the data apply also to the metadata. Refer to the Use Constraints section of the Identification Information section. Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile