Dcument Number: DWU-PRO-013-GIS Revisin Number: 1 Apprved By: Casey Gardner Effective Date: 1/14/2014 Descriptin f Last Initial Release Dcument Title: PURPOSE: This dcument utlines the data standards fr all data delivered t City GIS Services. SCOPE: This dcument cvers all data sets prvided t City GIS Services by internal r external agents fr publicatin r use by City GIS Services. RESPONSIBILITY & AUTHORITY: The management and staff f City GIS Services are respnsible fr reviewing all data sets t ensure cnfrmance with published standards. SAFETY: Fllw all applicable City f Dallas safety guidelines assciated with this wrk instructin. ENVIRONMENT: Fllw all applicable City f Dallas Envirnmental prcedures assciated with this wrk instructin. PROCEDURES: All data delivered t the City f Dallas GIS Services divisin will be required t fllw the fllwing standards. CITY OF DALLAS GIS DATA STANARDS All Gespatial data will be in the fllwing Crdinate System: PROJECTION: State Plane DATUM: Nrth American Datum 1983 (NAD83) UNITS: Feet ZONE: Nrth Central Texas. FIPS 4202 SPHEROID: GRS 80 If the prjectin is smething ther than what is listed abve, assciated prjectin files must be included; e.g.,.prj. Crdinate Precisin: Duble precisin is preferable where applicable. 1 f 5
Dcument Number: DWU-PRO-013-GIS Revisin Number: 1 Apprved By: Casey Gardner Effective Date: 1/14/2014 Descriptin f Last Initial Release Dcument Title: All Gespatial data delivered will be in the ne f the fllwing frmats: Vectr Data Envirnmental System Research Institute (ESRI) Shapefile frmat ESRI Gedatabase (File Gedatabase r Persnal Gedatabase) Raster (Image) Data Orth Rectified TIFF (.TIF) with accmpanying Wrld file (.TFW) Orth Rectified JPEG (.JPG) accmpanying Wrld file (.JGW) All assciated database tables will be delivered in the fllwing frmat: dbase (.DBF) Micrsft Access (.MDB) ASCII delimited Gedatabase tables may als be stred as part f File Gedatabase if applicable All data delivered t City f Dallas GIS Services Divisin will include cmpleted metadata. In ne f tw frmats: ESRI Metadata updated using ArcCatalg, FGDC standards (XML preferred) Cmpleted Gedatainputfrm.xls. Accmpanying this dcument 2 f 5
Dcument Number: DWU-PRO-013-GIS Revisin Number: 1 Apprved By: Casey Gardner Effective Date: 1/14/2014 Descriptin f Last Initial Release Dcument Title: All data will fllw the fllwing standards: City f Dallas GIS FGDC Metadata Standards Federal Gegraphic Data Cmmittee (FGDC) cmpliant dcumentatin is required fr all data t be included in the City f Dallas GIS database. The FGDC Cntent Standard fr Digital Gespatial Metadata (CSDGM) has been adpted by the City f Dallas GIS Services Divisin as the dcumentatin r "metadata" frmat fr all data included in the City f Dallas GIS database. Participating parties are respnsible fr prviding dcumentatin in FGDC cmpliant metadata frmat fr gespatial data prducts. The metadata must be stred and maintained by the wner department. FGDC metadata is the required dcumentatin f all gespatial data prducts prduced thrugh partnerships, vendrs, grants r cntracts. Departments cllecting r prducing gespatial data, either directly r indirectly (e.g. thrugh grants, partnerships, vendrs r cntracts with ther entities), are required t ensure, prir t bligating funds fr such activities, that data will be cllected in a manner that meets all relevant standards adpted thrugh the FGDC prcess. (Executive Order 12906, published in the April 13, 1994, editin f the Federal Register, Vlume 59, Number 71, pp. 17671-17674. COORDINATING GEOGRAPHIC DATA ACQUISITION AND ACCESS: THE NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE) Spatial Tplgy Digital data submitted fr inclusin in the City f Dallas GIS database will be tplgically clean and free f errrs. All pints, lines, and plygns will have a single unique user-id number (Lng Integer). Data will have: N vershts N slivers N pen plygns (e.g. undershts) N label errrs N unreslved nde errrs N unreslved line segment intersectins Edge Matching Cntiguus features shuld be edge matched r clsed. Line segments (arcs) that intersect the bundaries f a cverage/layer must be accurately edge matched with the crrespnding arcs in the adjacent cverages/layers. Map features shuld nt t extend beynd prescribed dataset bundaries. Arcs must nt extend beynd (versht) nr fall shrt f (undersht) the dataset bundary. 3 f 5
Dcument Number: DWU-PRO-013-GIS Revisin Number: 1 Apprved By: Casey Gardner Effective Date: 1/14/2014 Descriptin f Last Initial Release Dcument Title: Attribute Cding Accuracy 99.5 percent f all attributes will be cded crrectly. The mst serius prblem is miscding a feature. Other errrs in attribute cding include any ccurrence f misspelling r missins. It is the respnsibility f the prducing agency r City f Dallas department that has entered int a cntract with the prducing agency t verify that the data has been encded within the accuracy limits set by these standards. The City GIS Services divisin will nt verify attribute accuracy f the delivered data. It is the respnsibility f the department wh wns the data t cnfirm the accuracy. Attribute Cding Data and cdes shuld be cnsistent and the descriptins well dcumented in the metadata r data dictinary. Chse attribute cding schemes that are well defined and in cmmn use. Names f new datasets shuld nt be the names f existing datasets in the City f Dallas GIS database unless replacing that dataset. Begin all dataset names, item names, and attribute cdes with a letter. Eliminate punctuatin, including hyphens, pund signs, and perids, frm dataset names, item names and attribute cdes. Limit the length f dataset names and item names t 8 characters when pssible. Define items accrding t intended use, i.e. numeric data types fr statistical data r fr data that will be used fr calculatin, characters data types where these functins are nt anticipated. Limit the length f attribute cdes t 12 characters r digits when pssible. Eliminate the use f the Blean values 0 and 1 as attribute cdes. Wherever practicable utilize character attribute cdes, i.e. previusly defined acrnyms r abbreviatins in cmmn use. Any physical prperty (street) address will be brken int its cmpnent fields as fllws: Street Address Number Street Prefix directin Street Name (make sure they are spelled crrectly) Street Type - US Pstal Service (USPS) abbreviatins required. Cf. USPS Publicatin 28, Sectin C. Street Suffix directin City State USPS ZIP Cde Naming cnventins, item length, and punctuatin recmmendatins are based n frmat cnversin and cmpatibility requirements. Fr example, cnversin t shapefile frmat changes sme characters (# -.) t underscres; item names ver 8 places are truncated; the Blean values 0 and 1 impact the results f gegraphic analysis. An effrt will be made ver time t cnsider these limitatins in item names and t eliminate the use f these characters in data included in the City f Dallas GIS database. 4 f 5
Dcument Number: DWU-PRO-013-GIS Revisin Number: 1 Apprved By: Casey Gardner Effective Date: 1/14/2014 Descriptin f Last Initial Release Dcument Title: City f Dallas GIS Data Disclaimer f Liability The accuracy is nt t be taken / used as data prduced by a Registered Prfessinal Land Surveyr fr the State f Texas. Fr this level f detail, supervisin and certificatin f the prduced data by a Registered Land Surveyr fr the State f Texas wuld be required. This prduct is fr infrmatinal purpses and may nt have been prepared fr r be suitable fr legal, engineering, r surveying purpses. It des nt represent an n-the-grund survey and represents nly the apprximate relative lcatin f prperty bundaries. (State f Texas: Huse Bill 1147 (W. Smith) - Effective 2011-09-01) The City f Dallas makes n representatin f any kind, including, but nt limited t, warranties f merchantability r fitness fr a particular purpse r use, nr are any such warranties t be implied with respect t the infrmatin, data r services furnished herein. In n event shall the City f Dallas, nr its emplyees, fficers r agents becme liable t users f the data, infrmatin r services prvided herein, r t any ther party, fr any lss r damage, cnsequential r therwise, including but nt limited t time, mney r gdwill, arising frm the use, peratin r mdificatin f the data r infrmatin, r fr the failure t transmit a cpy f any particular dcument. In using the infrmatin r data, users assume the risk fr relying n such data r infrmatin, and further agree t indemnify, defend, and hld harmless The City f Dallas, and its emplyees, fficers and agents fr any and all liability f any nature arising ut f r resulting frm the lack f accuracy r crrectness f the infrmatin r data, r the use f the infrmatin r data. Further, in using this infrmatin r data the user acknwledges that the user is respnsible fr assessing the accuracy and reliability f the data r infrmatin prvided, and that it may be subject t errr and missin, and is nt guaranteed r represented t be true, cmplete r crrect. N persn, entity r user shall use the infrmatin/data prvided in a manner that is in vilatin f any federal, state r lcal law r regulatin. All City f Dallas GIS data electrnic r therwise, and any services which may be prvided related theret, are prvided "as-is" withut any warranty f any kind, and all warranties n merchantability and fitness fr a particular purpse are hereby disclaimed. USE OF THESE MATERIALS/DATA CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY. REFERENCES: State f Texas: Huse Bill 1147 (W. Smith) - Effective 2011-09-01 RECORDS: Nne 5 f 5