Tax Parcels, Tompkins County NY, 2011

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Identification_Information

Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Originator: Tompkins County Assessment Department
Publication_Date: 2011
Title: Tax Parcels, Tompkins County NY, 2011
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-008152
Description:
Abstract: Tax parcel boundaries in Tompkins County for 2011 plus selected information added from the Tompkins County real property services (RPS) database for web applications. The boundaries represent the one-to-one match (GIS and RPS) with the parcel boundaries shown on the final paper maps for the given year. This version is mainly used for web-based applications where there is a live link to the extensive RPS data via imagemate online.
Purpose: The parcel boundaries represent legal descriptions of property ownership, as recorded in various public documents in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office. This is a trimmed-down version of the Taxparcelrps database for web application use (on the Tompkins County website).
Supplemental_Information: Properties that are tracked by an account number (utilities, railroads, etc.) may be shown as several separate tax parcel boundaries, with different tax map print keys, even though they are tracked in the Real Property Services (RPS) database under the same account number and treated as one single parcel. The parcel region will show these account-number properties as one tax parcel boundary. This data set is derived from the "region_parcel" featureclass currently being maintained in ArcSDE. Please note that as of July 2009, the tax parcel boundaries have not been edge-matched across municipal boundaries since in most cases these require new surveys and legal descriptions.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20110812
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Boundaries updated continually, RPS data extracted annually.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.696211
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.237347
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.627348
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.262716
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: property
Theme_Keyword: ownership
Theme_Keyword: land record
Theme_Keyword: parcel
Theme_Keyword: tax
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH
Theme_Keyword: Real property
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CUGIR Category
Theme_Keyword: property
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Tompkins County, New York
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: The following statement must be included with any products that use or are derived from this data set: Data contained in this product was originally produced by the Tompkins County ITS GIS Division and the Tompkins County Assessment Department and may not be reproduced or redistributed without the express written consent of the originators. The originators do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information portrayed by the data. The data contained herein is for visualization purposes only and cannot be used for conveyance. Property boundaries are based on legal documents, aerial photos, software interpolation, and registration to the 1991 Tompkins County Digital Planimetric Files and, therefore, may differ from legal property descriptions. For complete legal descriptions and conveyance, please refer to the appropriate deeds, surveys, and other legal documents.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Contact_Person: Cattyann Campbell
Contact_Position: GIS Project Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 128 East Buffalo Street
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14850
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (607) 274-5418
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (607) 274-5420
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@tompkins-co.org
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/81/52/preview.png
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: preview of the dataset
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Data_Set_Credit: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division and Tompkins County Assessment Department
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: local
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: Open to the public. Ownership and additional RPS information can be obtained from the Assessment Department.
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.0.2414
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Tompkins County Assessment Department
Publication_Date: 2011
Title: Selected GIS Extract of Real Property Services Data (Public Version)- 2011
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division is responsible for creating the extract and converting it to a format that is compatible with the County's GIS.

Data_Quality_Information

Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Entity and Attribute Information
Logical_Consistency_Report: The region parcel dataset is extracted from ArcSDE annually. A special script is used to compare properties in the region parcels feature class to the RPS table. Discrepancies are reviewed and corrected manually. This data set's topology is created real-time using the ESRI set of ArcGIS map and geodatabase topology rules, then converted to an ArcView shapefile. All error checking is done in the source data sets.
Completeness_Report: Complete featureclass or shapefile for the entire County.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Varies, depending on source of parcel boundary (survey, deed, aerial photo, raw conversion from paper maps). The accuracy of the data set is limited to the accuracy of the 1991 Tompkins County Planimetric Base Map series.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Tax parcel boundaries were initially maintained manually on mylar originals, using erasable ink. In 1991, a series of planimetric base data sets were produced from aerial photography, and are now referred to as the 1991 Tompkins County Digital Planimetric Base Map. The tax parcel mylar maps were digitized using MapGrafix and referenced to the 1991 Tompkins County Digital Planimetric Base Map. In 1997, the MapGrafix data sets for the City of Ithaca and the Towns of Caroline and Danby were approved by the New York State Office of Real Property Services (NYS ORPS). In 1998, the MapGrafix data sets were converted to Arc/Info for the City of Ithaca, Towns of Caroline, Danby, Dryden, and Ithaca, and the Villages of Cayuga Heights, Dryden, and Freeville. In 1999, the Towns of Enfield, Groton, Lansing, Newfield, and Ulysses, and the Villages of Groton, Lansing, and Trumansburg were converted to Arc/Info. Beginning with the 1999 tax year, all tax parcel boundaries were maintained in Arc/Info, all tax maps were printed using ArcView, and all tax maps are archived digitally using Adobe Acrobat, as well as the traditional paper archival. During the transition period from paper to digital maps, parcel boundaries were approximated, except for those boundaries that have been input using paper surveys and legal descriptions. The tax parcel data sets consisted of three groups of layers: boundary layers, text layers, and region layers. The boundary layers consisted of those Arc/Info feature classes upon which the region layers are created. Boundary layers include the nodes, arcs, and polygons. Parcel boundaries are changed by first modifying the arc and node layers, and updating the arc attributes. Next, the polygons were re-created and their attributes were updated. The text layers were then updated to reflect the boundary changes. Finally, the regions were created from the polygons using polygon attributes and the Arc/Info REGIONDISSOLVE command. The text layers are Arc/Info annotation layers and include acreage, block, dimension, non-roll section 1 (exempt/utility/state lands), lot, Military Tract/Watkins and Flint Purchase, municipality, place, road name, special district, tax map, tic mark, and water text, as it appears on the printed tax parcel maps. The region layers include deed book/page, municipal, parcel, printkey, and tax map regions. The printkey regions from each of the municipal data sets for the current tax year are then combined into a county-wide data set, which is then converted to an ArcView shapefile. Regions for special districts were derived from polygon attributes in the same manner as the other regions, for each municipality, then combined into a County-wide special districts data set. Regions for public lands were similiarly combined and converted into a County-wide public lands data set. In 2004, the original Arc/Info coverages described above were migrated to the ESRI ArcInfo Desktop geodatabase format. Parcel boundaries are changed based on deed and survey information and are modified in the software using Map topology and several geodatabase topology rules to ensure spatial data integrity. All regions, annotations, centroids and polygons listed above were sucessfully migrated by municipality were maintained in the ESRI personal geodatabase format. Beginning with the 2004 tax year, all tax parcel boundaries and related data are maintained in ArcInfo Desktop. In February of 2007, the parcels and related data were migrated from ESRI personal geodatabase format to the ArcSDE geodatabase format. All tax maps are printed via a set of VBscript that outputs the taxmaps to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. All tax maps are archived digitally using Adobe Acrobat, as well as the traditional paper archival. Tax maps in the Adobe PDF format can be obtained online at: <http://www.tompkins-co.org/gis/property.html>
Process_Date: 1998-2011
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Contact_Organization: Cattyann Campbell
Contact_Position: GIS Project Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 128 East Buffalo Street
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14820
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (607) 274-5418
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (607) 274-5420
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@tompkins-co.org
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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: 34886

Spatial_Reference_Information

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane New York Central FIPS 3102 Feet
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9999375
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -76.58333333333333
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 40.0
False_Easting: 820208.3333333333
False_Northing: 0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.00006400000005960466
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.00006400000005960466
Planar_Distance_Units: Foot_US
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information

Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: TCParcel2011.shp
Entity_Type_Definition: Tompkins County Taxparcels 2011 w/ selected RPS Info.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2011
Attributes:
Name Description Values
OBJECTID Internal feature number. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
PARCELKEY Real Property Services (RPS) database parcel key (Swis-Section-Block-Lot or SSBL). This field is updated yearly based on the GIS extract of the final-roll RPS database (no longer available as single field in RPS4). text string
SWISPRINTK Concatenation of SWIS code, "-", and the PRINTKEY field, for those polygons without an account number (i.e., a blank "ACCT_NUM"), or a concatenation of SWIS code, "-", and the "ACCT_NUM" field, for those polygons with an account number. This field is easily reproducible within the Real Property Services database extract, and is used as the primary join (key) field to the RPS extract from the parcel data sets. text string
SWIS State SWIS code for the municipality in which the property is located. See "MUNI" field for descriptions. coded values
PRINTKEY Real Property Services database print key (Section-Block-Lot or S-B-L). text string
CALCACRES Calculated Acreage Shape area field divided by 43560 (AREA / 43560) please note that this will differ slightly when data is transformed from ESRI ArcSDE to Shapefile format. 0 to 585.89
RPSACRES Real Property Services (RPS) acreage, extracted from the RPS database. This acreage will reflect the total acreage of the parcel, which is not necessarily the same acreage value as the polygon. Properties less than an acre has a value of zero. 0 to 908.27
PC Property class code which identifies the present use of the property. See the "PROPCLASS" and "DESCRIPTIO" fields for short classifications and short descriptions. View full codes and longer descriptions online at: <http://www.orps.state.ny.us/assessor/manuals/vol6/ref/prclas.htm> New York State Office of Real Property Services Property Classification Codes
http://www.orps.state.ny.us/assessor/manuals/vol6/ref/prclas.htm
PROPCLASS Property class values which identifies the present use of the property. See "PC" and "DESCRIPTIO" fields for codes and short descriptions. View full codes and longer descriptions online at: <http://www.orps.state.ny.us/assessor/manuals/vol6/ref/prclas.htm> New York State Office of Real Property Services Property Classification Codes
http://www.orps.state.ny.us/assessor/manuals/vol6/ref/prclas.htm
DESCRIPTIO Property class descriptions which identifies the present use of the property. See the "PC" and "PROPCLASS" fields for codes and short descriptions. New York State Office of Real Property Services Property Classification Codes
http://www.orps.state.ny.us/assessor/manuals/vol6/ref/prclas.htm
BOOK Deed Book from which the legal property description and property survey is referenced. text string
PAGE Deed Page from which the legal property description and property survey is referenced. text string
LOC Street number of the property as assigned by Assessment. (Not the same as site addresses used in E-911). text string
LOCATION Street location of property as assigned by Assessment. (Not the same as site addresses used in E-911). Used for "Street Name" pull values in gisweb applications before EAMS. text string
PROP_ADDR Address number and Street (Full Address) assigned to the property via Assessment.(Not the same as site addresses used in E-911). Used for "Address" values in Assesment applications. text string
FRONT Property dimension adjacent to the road on which the property is located, in US Survey feet. Please note that this field is largely un-populated, see tax map PDFs for more detailed dimensions. 0 to 1450
DEPTH Rear property dimension, in US Survey feet. Please note that this field is largely un-populated, see tax map PDFs for more detailed dimensions. 0 to 1400
MUNI Municipality in which the property is located. See "SWIS" field for codes. text string
LAND Assessed value of the land only. 0 to 26550000
ASMT Total Assessed value of the property including land and structure(s). 0 to 932000000
SCH School district codes. coded values
SCHDIST School districts code descriptions. See the "SCH" field for codes and descriptions. text string
AGDIST coded values
NBHD_CODE Neighborhood codes where available specifically in Urban areas, Contact Tompkins County Planning for metadata. text string
ZONING Zoning codes where available specifically in Urban areas, contact Tompkins County Planning for metadata. text string
WATER Indicates they type of water supply available on the property as indicated (Private, None, Public, or blank record) text string
SEWER Indicates they type of sewer connection available on the property as indicated (Private, None, Public, or blank record) text string
UTILITIES Type of gas connection available on the property as indicated (Electric, Electric and Gas, No Public, or blank record) text string
FULL_MARKE Full market value of the property and all structures on the property 0 to 932000000
YEAR Indicates the year the tax parcel was added in mapping, used to track changes for Planning purposes. year

Distribution_Information

Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Albert R. Mann Library
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Cornell University
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14853
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mann-ref@cornell.edu
Distribution_Liability: Cornell University provides these geographic data "as is". Cornell University makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Cornell University further makes no warranty either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully on computers at Cornell University, no warranty is made by Cornell University regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Information_Content: zipped shapefile
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 8.90
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: metadata
Format_Information_Content: FGDC XML metadata
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: HTML metadata
Format_Information_Content: FGDC HTML metadata
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: KML
Format_Information_Content: generated KML, via WFS
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: GeoJSON
Format_Information_Content: generated GeoJSON, via WFS
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: OGC:WMS
Format_Information_Content: WMS, from GeoServer
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Fees: None

Distribution_Information

Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Contact_Person: Cattyann Campbell
Contact_Position: GIS Project Leader
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 128 East Buffalo Street
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14850
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (607) 274-5418
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (607) 274-5420
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@tompkins-co.org
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Distribution_Liability: See access and use constraints information.
Standard_Order_Process:
Non-digital_Form: Printed maps
Fees: For printed maps Half-size (11"x17") color maps are $2.50 each. Full-size (24"x36") color and black and white maps are $12.00 each on coated paper. Fees for special-request media or non-standard print sizes will vary.
Ordering_Instructions: Submit a written request to the Tompkins County GIS Department at <http://www.tompkins-co.org/email.aspx?email=gis@tompkins-co.org> or visit our office at 128 E. Buffalo St. to obtain map in person.
Turnaround: Existing Half-size maps: 1-2 days. Existing Full-size maps: 1-2 days. Custom maps may take up to 5-10 days. Digital maps 5-10 days.

Metadata_Reference_Information

Metadata_Date: 20190524
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Albert R. Mann Library
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Albert R. Mann Library
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14853
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mann-ref@cornell.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time