RS_Maps

Data format: Shapefile

File or table name: RS_Maps

Coordinate system: Lambert Conformal Conic

Theme keywords: Land Surveying, Record of Survey, Recorded Map, Cadastral Survey System

Abstract: These polygons are a graphical representation of maps recorded in Books of Records of Survey, Records of Santa Barbara County, California. The record of survey is the means by which field surveys relating to property lines, land boundaries or other subjects are brought to public attention. For more information, please see the Santa Barbara County Surveyor's Manual at http://www.countyofsb.org/pwd/pwsurveyor.aspx?id=5116

FGDC and ESRI Metadata:

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Identification Information:


Citation:
Citation information:
Originators: Santa Barbara County, Public Works Department, Surveyor Division, Teñell Matlovsky, Joseph Paul, Adrian Foster, Olga Ready, Cameron Smith, Zacharias Hunt, Brenda Turner, Daniel Larson, Justin Chapman, Eric Ridgeway, et al


Title:
RS_Maps
*File or table name: RS_Maps


Publication date: 02/22/2024
Publication time: 4:28pm
Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data


Publication information:

Online linkage: http://www.countyofsb.org/pwd/surveyor/pwd_rmlookup.aspx


Description:
Abstract:
These polygons are a graphical representation of maps recorded in Books of Records of Survey, Records of Santa Barbara County, California.

The record of survey is the means by which field surveys relating to property lines, land boundaries or other subjects are brought to public attention. For more information, please see the Santa Barbara County Surveyor's Manual at http://www.countyofsb.org/pwd/pwsurveyor.aspx?id=5116

Purpose:
The data set was created to provide a spatial index for land survey record research.

Supplemental information:
Books of Records of Survey are the third of the six book types that have a common numbering system. (Maps and Surveys, Maps, Records of Surveys, Misc. Maps, Official Maps and Condominiums) The first entry was recorded on 6/5/1922. This book type is active.
For more information, see the downloads page at
http://www.countyofsb.org/pwd/surveyor/pwd_rmlookup.aspx

Polygons were either redrawn in CAD using distance and bearing measurements from the original record or traced from the County Assessor's Cadastral Parcel Landbase dataset.

For multipage documents, the hyperlink field references only the first page. To view subsequent pages, manually type in the desired page in the address bar of the Web browser.

*Language of dataset: en


Time period of content:
Time period information:
Range of dates/times:
Beginning date: 7/5/1938
Beginning time: unknown
Ending date: 02/22/2024
Ending time: 4:28pm

Currentness reference:
02/22/2024 - Updated

Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Spatial domain:
Bounding coordinates:
West bounding coordinate: -120.662385
East bounding coordinate: -119.428431
North bounding coordinate: 35.124368
South bounding coordinate: 34.353925

Local bounding coordinates:
*Left bounding coordinate: 5764896.692967
*Right bounding coordinate: 6130656.827806
*Top bounding coordinate: 2234664.482718
*Bottom bounding coordinate: 1961632.928388

*Minimum altitude: 0.000000
*Maximum altitude: 0.000000


Keywords:
Theme:
Theme keywords: Land Surveying
Theme keyword thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus

Theme:
Theme keywords: Record of Survey, Recorded Map
Theme keyword thesaurus: PLS Act

Theme:
Theme keywords: Cadastral Survey System
Theme keyword thesaurus: GIS for the Nation

Place:
Place keywords: Santa Barbara County
Place keyword thesaurus: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Access constraints: It is public information and is available upon request.
Use constraints:
DISCLAIMER: The information regarding properties contained in this data is compiled from various public sources, including tax parcel information, recorded documents, survey information and historical cartography sources.  The actual size, shape, acreage, boundaries, zoning, legal basis and title to properties may differ significantly from that information shown in this data.  The existence of a tax parcel or an Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) for a property is not indicative that a given parcel is lawfully created and is legally divided from surrounding property.
     We recommend that prior to making decisions regarding purchase, sale, permitting or use of real property that you consult with an appropriate professional, such as an attorney, land surveyor, real estate broker or land title company to ascertain the accurate status of a particular parcel of real property. Santa Barbara County employees in various offices will endeavor to answer questions from the public, but they cannot provide legal advice or any recommendations regarding a particular property outside the scope of their office.
     Santa Barbara County makes no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information, maps, or data contained herein. This data is for informational purposes and has not been prepared for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. This data is provided with the understanding that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete and conclusions drawn from such information are the responsibility of the user. The Santa Barbara County records, drawings, and other documents have been gathered over many decades, using differing standards for quality control, documentation, and verification. All of the data provided represents current information in a readily available format. This map is for reference only. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop the database may be reflected on this map. 
     Santa Barbara County shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, or damages that result from inappropriate use of this document. No level of accuracy is claimed for the lines shown hereon and this map should not be used to obtain coordinate values, bearings or distances. Notification of any errors would be appreciated. If misleading, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate information is brought to our attention, a reasonable effort will be made to fix or remove it.

Point of contact:
Contact information:
Contact organization primary:
Contact person: Teñell Matlovsky
Contact organization: Santa Barbara County, Public Works Department - Surveyor Division
Contact position: Survey Supervisor


Contact address:
Address type: mailing address
Address:
123 East Anapamu Street, Suite 222
City: Santa Barbara
State or province: CA
Postal code: 93101-2097
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 805-568-3020
Contact facsimile telephone: 805-568-3318


Contact electronic mail address: tmatlov@countyofsb.org


Hours of service: 8am - Noon, Pacific Time
Contact instructions:
Ask for GIS

Browse graphic:
Browse graphic file name: http://www.countyofsb.org/uploadedImages/pwd/Surveyor/icon_recorded_maps.jpg
Browse graphic file description:
Recorded Maps
Browse graphic file type: JPEG

Data set credit:
Santa Barbara County, Public Works Department, Surveyor Division

Security information:
Security classification: Unclassified
Security handling description: This is public data to be made available upon request

*Native dataset format: Shapefile
Native data set environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500


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Data Quality Information:


Logical consistency report:
Valid Values: Books 16-39, 42-44, 46, 49, 60-69, 80-89, 110-119, 140-149 and 170-179. Note: book numbers are not consecutive because the County Recorder has multiple book types that use the same numbering system.
Valid pages: 1-226 (varies by book)

Completeness report:
7/21/2014						
Book	GIS	Count	Index	Pages	Sucessive Sheets	Multiples/PG
16	1	199	878	200	-6	+6 multiples on a page (+5,+1)
17	2	201	835	200	-5	+6 multiples on a page (+3,+3)
18	0	228	950	226	-5	+7 multiples on a page (+3,+4)
19	0	216	1158	225	-14	+1 multiples on a page (+1)
20	3	191	815	200	-9	+0 multiples on a page (+0)
21	4	180	573	200	-23	+4 multiples on a page (+3,+1)
22	96	113	191	98	-1	+16 multiples on a page (+1,+3,+1x10,+2)
23	61	172	430	167	-12	+17 multiples on a page (+1,+1,+1,+2,+1x9,+2,+1)
24	58	175	372	160	-3	+18 multiples on a page (+1,+1,+2,+1,+1,+1,+3,+1x6,+2)
25	256	320	320	200	First record on 7/5/1938	
26	255	255	255	151		
27	326	326	326	204		
28	353	353	353	200		
29	349	369	369	201		
30	324	325	325	200	  (30/119 not depicted. Kelp Beds Pt. Arguello to USA Mexico Boundary)	
31	162	162	162	100		
32	168	168	168	100		
33	155	155	155	100		
34	162	162	162	100		
35	149	149	149	100		
36	169	169	169	100		
37	146	146	146	100		
38	151	151	151	100		
39	121	121	121	100		
42-44	303	303	303	300		
46	100	100	100	100		
49	96	96	96	100		
60-69	973	973	973			
80-89	901	901	901			
110-119	886	887	887		 (111/40-41** Not depicted, "Replacement for certain City of Santa Barbara Monuments)	
140-149	697	706	706		 (9 Control surveys not depicted: 142/82-83; 147/17-23, 28-29, 57-61, 70-74, 98; CORS 148/29-44**; 149/16-17, 35-47. See tabular index and control surveys Web page for more information. 	
170-176	455	461	461		 (6 Control surveys not depicted: 170/1-2, 47-49, 63-65, 78-82; 171/22-23**, 24-25)	
177	61	61	61			
178	60	60	60			
179	54	54	54			
Total*:	8057	9608	14135			
to do:		1551				
percent complete:		84%				
percent since 7/8/1938:		99.6%				
						
*Estimate only. Estimate may be based on page counts. There are unresolved duplicates in the Excel index and some pages may have more than one record.						
**Denotes Surveys not listed on the Geodetic Survey page.						
						
						
ID	ControlPage					
R143/081	No					
R148/029	No					
R171/022	No					
R172/100	no					
R175/087	No					
R142/082	Yes					
R147/017	Yes					
R147/028	Yes					
R147/057	Yes					
R147/070	Yes					
R147/098	Yes					
R149/016	Yes					
R149/035	Yes					
R170/001	Yes					
R170/047	Yes					
R170/063	Yes					
R170/078	Yes					
R171/024	Yes					
R172/004	Yes

Positional accuracy:
Horizontal positional accuracy:
Horizontal positional accuracy report:
The dataset is registered to the County Assessor's Cadastral Parcel Landbase dataset. The County assessor's cadastral Parcel Landbase dataset has no established level of accuracy and is based on printed Assessor's Map Books. 
Due to the nature of its construction the County Assessor's Cadastral Parcel Landbase dataset has varying degrees of positional precision. It is useful to distinguish between positional accuracy and positional precision. In the Assessor's Cadastral Parcel Landbase feature class, the former refers to the relative accuracy of a given group of spatially related parcel polygons. In other words, for any given polygon, are the neighboring polygons in a proper or accurate relationship spatially with our subject polygon? Subjectively we find that the Assessor's Cadastral Parcel Landbase feature class positional accuracy is good to excellent. On the other hand, positional precision refers to an actual ground location and how well any determinable cadastral point in the dataset is related to this established ground location. As stated previously, this will vary depending on its general location. In those areas which were initially spatially referenced to the Flood Control Topo Map Sets, which are the areas of Santa Barbara city, the Goleta valley, the Santa Ynez valley, and the Santa Maria valley, there is consistently a positional horizontal error of between 3 and 6 feet. The lower figure would be within the city blocks themselves, and the higher figure in the areas outside the numbered orthogonal blocks. Outside of this control set, the nature of the precision may be quite varied. In the unpopulated areas outside the control of the Knopf GPS road set, there may be variances of more than 100-200 feet. For the majority of the populated areas, any horizontal positional precision would be between these general values, and more closer to the lower side given a reasonable distance and tie-in to the Knopf GPS road set. Ultimately it must be remembered that for many of the more antique legal descriptions that might reference, say, a rancho line, that a precise location of any given cadastral point is by its nature an abstraction unless referenced by a modern record of survey, and even then there may be serious discrepancies in the various surveys that are available. The southern Tepusquet Rd area is a prime example, where it would take a survey and the signed acquiescence of all of the affected property owners to truly call that area spatially precise in cadastral terms.
"Notice: Assessor Parcels are for tax assessment purposes only..." In general, Rancho areas with less monuments and fewer records of measured distances are less accurate, whereas urban areas with a higher density of recorded monuments and therefore more repeated distance measurements are more accurate.

Quantitative horizontal positional accuracy assessment:
Horizontal positional accuracy value: +/- 1 to 100 meters
Horizontal positional accuracy explanation:
Survey-collected GPS coordinate data from a small sample of monuments were compared to corresponding vertices in the County Assessorss Cadastral Parcel Landbase (Assessor's Parcel Layer).
Verifying Survey data was obtained from horizontal positions derived by GPS observations holding Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) or Control Points fixed as shown in Record of Survey Books, based on California Coordinate System 1983 (CCS83) 1991.35 epoch.
The County Assessor's Cadastral Parcel Landbase dataset (Assessor's Parcel Layer) was obtained from the County Assessor.

Lineage:
Source information:
Type of source media: stable-base material
Source contribution:
Current map material is tracing cloth or polyester base film with black ink. Map size: is 18" x 26" or 460 x 660 mm. Historial records may vary.

Process step:
Process step:
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Spatial Data Organization Information:


Direct spatial reference method: Vector


Point and vector object information:
SDTS terms description:
*Name: RS_Maps
*SDTS point and vector object type: G-polygon
*Point and vector object count: 8995

ESRI terms description:
*Name: RS_Maps
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Polygon
*ESRI topology: FALSE
*ESRI feature count: 8995
*Spatial index: TRUE
*Linear referencing: TRUE


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Spatial Reference Information:


Horizontal coordinate system definition:
Coordinate system name:
*Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_StatePlane_California_V_FIPS_0405_Feet
*Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_North_American_1983

Planar:
Map projection:
*Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert conformal conic:
*Standard parallel: 34.033333
*Standard parallel: 35.466667
*Longitude of central meridian: -118.000000
*Latitude of projection origin: 33.500000
*False easting: 6561666.666667
*False northing: 1640416.666667

Planar coordinate information:
Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair
Coordinate representation:
Abscissa resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate resolution: 0.000000
Planar distance units: survey feet

Geodetic model:
Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222

Vertical coordinate system definition:
Altitude system definition:
*Altitude resolution: 0.000100
*Altitude encoding method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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Entity and Attribute Information:


Detailed description:
*Name: RS_Maps


Entity type:
Entity type label: RS_Maps
*Entity type type: Feature Class
*Entity type count: 8995

Attribute:
Attribute label: PopUp
*Attribute alias: PopUp
Attribute definition:
HTML formatted hyperlink

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: FID
*Attribute alias: FID
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: OID
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
Attribute label: Shape
*Attribute alias: Shape
Attribute definition:
Feature geometry
Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Geometry
*Attribute width: 0
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
Unrepresentable domain:
Coordinates defining the features.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: RM_ID
*Attribute alias: RM_ID


*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 60


Attribute:
Attribute label: Descript
*Attribute alias: Descript
Attribute definition:
Description

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
Attribute label: APN
*Attribute alias: APN
Attribute definition:
Assessor's Parcel Number

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Surveyor
*Attribute alias: Surveyor
Attribute definition:
Surveyor name

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Company
*Attribute alias: Company
Attribute definition:
Survey company

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
Attribute label: Hyperlink
*Attribute alias: Hyperlink
Attribute definition:
Hyperlink to the scan

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
Attribute label: ID
*Attribute alias: ID
Attribute definition:
Unique identifier

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 60


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Book
*Attribute alias: Book
Attribute definition:
Recorded book number

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: SurvSystem
*Attribute alias: SurvSystem
Attribute definition:
Survey type

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Page
*Attribute alias: Page
Attribute definition:
First recorded page number

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Sheets
*Attribute alias: Sheets
Attribute definition:
Number of pages

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: PageSuffix
*Attribute alias: PageSuffix
Attribute definition:
Page suffix

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ProjectNo
*Attribute alias: ProjectNo
Attribute definition:
Project serial number

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ProjCode
*Attribute alias: ProjCode
Attribute definition:
Project code (Project Type and Project Serial Number)

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: RequestOf
*Attribute alias: RequestOf
Attribute definition:
Surveyed at the request of

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: LicenseNo
*Attribute alias: LicenseNo
Attribute definition:
License number

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: LicenseNo2
*Attribute alias: LicenseNo2
Attribute definition:
Second license number

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Reference
*Attribute alias: Reference
Attribute definition:
Reference case

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Status
*Attribute alias: Status
Attribute definition:
Recorded or filed

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: LicType
*Attribute alias: LicType
Attribute definition:
License type

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: LicType2
*Attribute alias: LicType2
Attribute definition:
Second license type

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: SurveyDate
*Attribute alias: SurveyDate
Attribute definition:
Survey date

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: SurveyYear
*Attribute alias: SurveyYear
Attribute definition:
Survey year

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: PgPosition
*Attribute alias: PgPosition
Attribute definition:
Position on the page

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: FiledAs
*Attribute alias: FiledAs
Attribute definition:
Filed as

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: RecorderNo
*Attribute alias: RecorderNo
Attribute definition:
Recorder's serial number (resets annually)

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: RecordType
*Attribute alias: RecordType
Attribute definition:
Type of Record

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ProjType
*Attribute alias: ProjType
Attribute definition:
Type of Project

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: DateFiled
*Attribute alias: DateFiled
Attribute definition:
Date filed for record

*Attribute type: Date
*Attribute width: 8


Attribute:
*Attribute label: APN2
*Attribute alias: APN2
Attribute definition:
Second Assessor's Parcel Number

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Reference2
*Attribute alias: Reference2
Attribute definition:
Second reference

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: CorrBy
*Attribute alias: CorrBy
Attribute definition:
Later record that this item is corrected by

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: CorrByDate
*Attribute alias: CorrByDate


*Attribute type: Date
*Attribute width: 8


Attribute:
*Attribute label: OthrCorrBy
*Attribute alias: OthrCorrBy


*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: SurveyMo
*Attribute alias: SurveyMo
Attribute definition:
Month of Survey

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Corrects
*Attribute alias: Corrects
Attribute definition:
Earlier record that this record corrects

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Title
*Attribute alias: Title
Attribute definition:
Title stated on the Record of Survey

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: CCS83
*Attribute alias: CCS83
Attribute definition:
Does the survey coordinates derived from the California Coordinates System of 1983

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ScanPPI
*Attribute alias: ScanPPI
Attribute definition:
Scan quality resolution in Points Per Inch

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: SerialNo
*Attribute alias: SerialNo
Attribute definition:
internal sequential serial number for sorting purposes only

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 16
*Attribute number of decimals: 6


Attribute:
*Attribute label: SHPfiled
*Attribute alias: SHPfiled


*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ReScan
*Attribute alias: ReScan


*Attribute type: Date
*Attribute width: 8


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Image
*Attribute alias: IMAGE
Attribute definition:
Scanned Image file ID

*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Comments
*Attribute alias: Comments


*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 254


Attribute:
*Attribute label: SHP_ID
*Attribute alias: SHP_ID


*Attribute type: String
*Attribute width: 60


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Distribution Information:


Resource description: Downloadable Data; Publicly available upon request


Distribution liability:
See Use Constraints.

Standard order process:
Digital form:
Digital transfer information:
Transfer size: 0.121
*Dataset size: 7.283

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Metadata Reference Information:


Metadata date: 02/22/2024


*Language of metadata: en


Metadata contact:
Contact information:
Contact organization primary:
Contact person: Teñell Matlovsky
Contact organization: Santa Barbara County, Public Works Department - Surveyor Division
Contact position: Survey Supervisor


Contact address:
Address type: mailing address
Address:
COUNTY SURVEYOR
Address:
123 E ANAPAMU ST, SUITE 222
City: Santa Barbara
State or province: CA
Postal code: 93101-2097
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 805-568-3020
Contact facsimile telephone: 805-568-3318


Contact electronic mail address: tmatlov@countyofsb.org


Hours of service: 8 am - Noon, Pacific Time
Contact instructions:
Ask for GIS

Metadata standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata time convention: local time


Metadata security information:
Metadata security classification: Unclassified

Metadata extensions:
Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata extensions:
Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata extensions:
*Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
*Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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