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GIS Standards

GIS Database Policy This document lays forth the vision of GIS for SARA with objectives, organization, data quality, hardware and security.
GIS Data Standards This document describes general guidelines for all data creation for the SARA. Includes standards for data projection, attribute naming convention, cartograghy best practices, metadata format, and other topics.
Basic Meta Data Elements This document outlines the base metadata elements required for all GIS data to ensure the integrity.
Projection Coordinate Standard This document describes the coordinate projection used for all data for SARA GIS data.
CAD (As-Built) Standards This document describes the current as-built standard for CAD data to GIS integration.
Coverage to Enterprise Geodatabase Migration This document describes the procedure for coverage processing and migrating to enterprise geodatabase with coordinate standardization.
General QA/QC Checks This document describes general QA/QC process for GIS data.
Topology and Geodatabase Migration Issues This document describes geodatabase migration and topology issues.
SARA Enterprise GIS Database, Standards, Applications, Internet Map Services This document desribes enterprise GIS overall standards for all GIS databases, websites, and applications.
Shapefile/Personal Geodatabase to Enterprise Geodatabase Migration This document describes procedure for shapefile/personal geodatabase processing and migrating to enterprise geodatabase.