Metadata for Montana Reservations, 2012

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Citation:

Originator: Montana State Library
Publication date: 04/10/2009
Title: Montana Reservations, 2012

Abstract:

These data are from the Montana reservations database that was available on the Montana State Library web site at the end of 2012. Apparently the data had not been modivied since April 2009. The data are archived in Esri personal geodatabase format and shapefile format.

Montana Indian Reservation Boundaries were digitized from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1:250,000 scale maps and were adjusted to be coincident with the Bureau of Land Management's Geographic Coordinate Database (GCDB) or the USGS 1:24,000 scale Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs). Where reservation boundaries are coincident with public land survey lines, they were copied from the BLM's GCDB. If boundaries were not coincident with GCDB lines, they were digitized on screen from the USGS DRGs. Reservation Boundaries will change as the GCDB is adjusted by the BLM and those data are imported into the Montana Cadastral Data Model. Reservation Boundaries were adjusted to the newest GCDB on 04/10/09.

Time period of content:

Calendar date: 04/10/2009
Currentness reference: publication date

Access constraints: None

Use constraints:

The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.

Point of contact:

Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, Montana 59620-1800
Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

Data set credit:

US Bureau of Land Management, Geographic Coordinate Database, US Geological Survey 1:24,000 Digital Raster Graphics

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Source information:

Originator: U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Title: Geographic Coordinate Database
Online linkage: http://www.mt.blm.gov/cadastral/gcdb/index.html
Source contribution:: This is the source of all Montana Indian Reservation lines that follow Public Land Survey lines.

Source information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Title: 1:24,000 scale Digital Raster Graphics
Online linkage: http://nris.state.mt.us/nsdi/drgpages/tifstate.html
Source scale denominator: 24000
Source contribution:: Montana Indian Reservation lines that do not follow Public Land Survey lines were screen-digitized from these images.

Process step:

Montana Indian Reservation boundaries when coincident with the PLSS were copied from original GCDB data downloaded from the Montana State BLM Office. Based on recent observations, this GCDB data varies somewhat from what is available at the Denver GCDB LSIS site and BLM needs to coordinate to ensure one standard version of GCDB. The boundaries that are not coincident with PLSSS, rivers and other topographic features, were on screen digitized from the USGS rastergraphics. Discrepencies were researched when encountered, however this is not meant to represent a legal survey of Montana Indian Reservation boundaries.


Process date: 2003

Entity and Attribute Information:

Entity type label: Reservations

Attribute label: FID

Attribute definition: shapefile sequence number

Attribute label: Shape

Attribute definition: Feature geometry

Attribute label: NAME

Attribute definition: Reservation Name

Attribute label: Perimeter

Attribute definition: Perimeter of polygon in meters

Attribute label: Area

Attribute definition: Area of polygon in square meters.

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620-1800
Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

Resource description: Offline data

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 06/07/2016

Metadata contact:

Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, Montana 59620-1800
Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov