building a new authoritative gis boundary file for indiana
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Building a New Authoritative GIS Boundary File for Indiana. Wayne County, IN. 2013 Indiana GIS Conference. Shaun N. Scholer, GISP GIS Manager, Wayne County/City of Richmond GIS Interlocal 401 E Main St. Richmond , IN 47374 Office: 765-973-9385 Cell: 317-414-0889 [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Building a New Authoritative GIS Boundary File for Indiana
Building a New Authoritative GIS Boundary File for Indiana2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceShaun N. Scholer, GISPGIS Manager, Wayne County/City of Richmond GIS Interlocal401 E Main St. Richmond , IN 47374Office: 765-973-9385Cell: [email protected]
Wayne County, IN
2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 2Factors Identifying the Boundary of Wayne County
Historic Legal Description
Indian Treaty Lines
State Line
Spanning Multiple Baselines.2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 2History of the Wayne County Boundary
2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 4Interpreting the Legal Description
Indiana Revised Statute of 1852Generalized the county boundaryVague descriptions of some cornersCall/bearing missing
2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 2Defining Corners from Legal Description
2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 6Indian Treaty Lines
Greenville Treaty Line - The Treaty was signed at Fort Greenville on August 3, 1795 following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers the previous year.
Harrison or 12 mile Treaty Line - In 1809 Governor Harrison signed a treaty with the Indians which opened for settlement a 12-mile strip, paralleling the Greenville boundary line.
2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 2Treaty Lines
Greenville Treaty Line12 Mile Treaty Line2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 8Impact to the County Boundary
Greenville Treaty LineWayne CountyRandolph County
Harrison Treaty LineWayne CountyRandolph County2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 9
2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 5
Point Quality#0High Quality Field Location (125)#0Calculated - interpreted between points (0)#0Ortho-photo interpretation (48)#0Location plotted to unknown accuracy (0)Section Corner Accuracy2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 11
Local GPS Base Station vs. InCORS Network
2013 Indiana GIS ConferenceSlide 12Future GIS Work related to Updated County Boundary
Create new County Boundary polygon
Share with the State our updated County Boundary
Update various GIS layers affected by new section corner locations
Continue to work with neighboring counties to update our closing corners between their closing corners.