CANALS_HISTORIC_STRUCTURES_IN: Historic Canal Structures in Indiana (Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates, Point Shapefile)
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- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates
- Publication_Date: 20000403
- Title:
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CANALS_HISTORIC_STRUCTURES_IN: Historic Canal Structures in Indiana
(Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates, Point Shapefile)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Evansville, Indiana
- Publisher: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, INC
- Other_Citation_Details:
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This data set was provided to personnel of Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. (BLA) by the Stan Schmidt. The data was originally provided in hard copy format and then digitized into an ESRI shapefile format, and was named CANALS_HISTORIC_STRUCTURES_SW. As part of the development of the State Wide GIS of Indiana, this file was expanded to include additional areas that were not part of the SW Indiana GIS and renamed Canal_Historic_Structures_IN.
- Online_Linkage: <http://igs.indiana.edu/arcims/statewide/download.html>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Data depicts the locations of historic structures associated
with the Wabash-Erie, Central, and Whitewater Canals
constructed in Indiana in from 1830-1870. Canal historians
have searched county courthouse records and archived state
engineering reports to plot canal structures on USGS 7.5
minute quadrangles. Some locations of the canal structures
are unknown and approximated as indicated in the table.
Some historic structures are known to be destroyed.
- Purpose:
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This data was collected by Bernardin-Lochmueller and
Associates, IN, to depict the locations of canal structures in
Indiana.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 1830
- Ending_Date: 1870
- Currentness_Reference: County Courthouse and Records Description
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.612945
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.758853
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.180358
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.957205
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geography Network Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: transportation
- Theme_Keyword: economy
- Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
- Theme_Keyword: society
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Canal
- Theme_Keyword: Wabash-Erie Canal
- Theme_Keyword: Central Canal
- Theme_Keyword: White Water Canal
- Theme_Keyword: Lock
- Theme_Keyword: Aqueduct
- Theme_Keyword: Dam
- Theme_Keyword: Culvert
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Indiana
- Place_Keyword: Allen
- Place_Keyword: Carroll
- Place_Keyword: Cass
- Place_Keyword: Clay
- Place_Keyword: Daviess
- Place_Keyword: Dearborn
- Place_Keyword: Fayette
- Place_Keyword: Fountain
- Place_Keyword: Franklin
- Place_Keyword: Gibson
- Place_Keyword: Greene
- Place_Keyword: Huntington
- Place_Keyword: Johnson
- Place_Keyword: Marion
- Place_Keyword: Miami
- Place_Keyword: Morgan
- Place_Keyword: Owen
- Place_Keyword: Parke
- Place_Keyword: Pike
- Place_Keyword: Tippecanoe
- Place_Keyword: Vanderburgh
- Place_Keyword: Vigo
- Place_Keyword: Wabash
- Place_Keyword: Warrick
- Place_Keyword: Wayne
- Place_Keyword: Whitley
- Access_Constraints:
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This file is available to anyone, but access may be
contingent on written request, specific terms relevant to
the agency or person making the request, and (or) current
freedom of information statutes in the state of Indiana.
- Use_Constraints:
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Data is plotted as closely as possible but error has not
been tested. Expected error is 100-300 feet. This data is
not suitable for high accuracy or precision work. Tables
indicates some locations are estimated but unknown.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates
- Contact_Person: Cinda Bonds
- Contact_Position: Environmental Biologist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6200 Vogel Road
- City: Evansville
- State_or_Province: IN
- Postal_Code: 47715-4006
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
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812-479-6262
Contact_Website: www.blainc.com
- Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Deductive Estimate: Accuracy is estimated to be good.
Quality is dependant on historian knowledge and availability
of historic records.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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No points have been repeated. Occasions where two points
appear to overlap indicate instances where two structures
are in practically the same location.
- Completeness_Report:
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All canal structures researched in archived records within
the study area of Indiana are mapped. Some structures were
destroyed and covered by development. Not all historic
structures have been mapped. For example, each stream
crossing should have a culvert, but not all have been found
in records.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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The collector of the data descriptions estimated the error
at approximately 100 feet. Users should expect error
between 50-300 feet at various locations. Tables indicate
locations that are unknown and estimated.
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: None.
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Stan Schmitt, Canal Historian
- Publication_Date: Unknown
- Title: USGS Quadrangles Route Maps
- Edition: Unknown
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Evansville, IN
- Publisher: Unknown
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Stan Schmitt has worked as a Indiana canal historian for
over 20 years and is an active member of the Indiana Canal Society.
- Online_Linkage: Unknown
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
- Type_of_Source_Media: paper
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 1830
- Ending_Date: 1873
- Source_Currentness_Reference: historic record descriptions
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Canal maps
- Source_Contribution:
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Canal routes penciled on USGS quads were digitized onscreen
into ArcView GIS using visual landmarks. This is the only
information source of this detail known to exist in a map format.
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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Stan Schmitt plotted historic canal structures on USGS
quads by researching archived historic records. Schmitt's USGS
locations were traced onto company USGS quads to create
location Company maps of historic locations were digitized
onscreen into ArcView GIS using DRGs of quads and visual landmarks. No
paper was scanned or registered.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Canal Structure Maps
- Process_Date: 20000403
- Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Canal Structure GIS
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates
- Contact_Person: Cinda Bonds
- Contact_Position: Environmental Biologist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6200 Vogel Road
- City: Evansville
- State_or_Province: IN
- Postal_Code: 47715-4006
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
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812-479-6262
Contact_Website: www.blainc.com
- Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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A shapefile named "CANALPTS" was obtained by the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) from
Bernardin, Lochmueller, & Assoc. Inc. Personnel of IGS clipped the shapefile to a coverage
named "SWCLP83," which contains the area within the
boundaries of the southwestern 26 counties in the state of Indiana, compiled at a scale
of 1:24,000. The Geoprocessing Wizard in ArcView was used to perform the clipping operation.
The clipped shapefile was renamed "CANALS_HISTORIC_STRUCTURES_SW."
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: canalpts.shp
- Process_Date: 20000922
- Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: canals_historic_structures_sw.shp
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Indiana Geological Survey
- Contact_Person: Chris Walls
- Contact_Position: GIS Technician
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
- Address: 611 N. Walnut Grove
- City: Bloomington
- State_or_Province: IN
- Postal_Code: 47405-2208
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 812-855-1346
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-855-2862
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: awalls@exchange.indiana.edu
- Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1700 EST, M-F
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by using Stan Schmitt's USGS routes were traced onto company USGS quads to create route
maps. Company route maps were digitized onscreen into ArcView GIS using DRGs of quads and visual landmarks. No
paper was scanned or registered. This file was then saved as Canals_Historic_Structures_IN
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CANALS_HISTORIC_STRUCTURES_SW.shp
- Process_Date: 20000922
- Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: canals_historic_structures_in.shp
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates
- Contact_Person: Neal Schroeder
- Contact_Position: Geographer, Environmental Planner
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6200 Vogel Road
- City: Evansville
- State_or_Province: IN
- Postal_Code: 47715-4006
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nschroeder@blainc.com
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- Process_Date: 20040927
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- Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates
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- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 6200 Vogel Road
- City: Evansville
- State_or_Province: IN
- Postal_Code: 47715-4006
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nschroeder@blainc.com
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- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
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812-479-6262
Contact_Website: www.blainc.com
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MAP DISCLAIMER: This map was compiled by
Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. using data
believed to be accurate; however, a degree of error is
inherent in all maps. This product is distributed "as is"
without warranties of any kind, either expressed or
implied, including but not limited to warranties of
suitability of a particular purpose or use. Users must
assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of
the data. No attempt has been made in either the design or
production of these maps to define the limits or
jurisdicition of any federal, state, or local government.
These maps are intended for use only at the published
scale. A detailed on-the-ground survey and historical
analysis may differ from this map. Land ownership changes
continually, so additional lands or changes in ownership
beyond the data currentness will not be reflected on this
map.
LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY: The risk or
liability resulting from the use of this product is assumed
by the user. Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates shares no
liability with product users indirect, incidental, special,
or consequential damages whatsoever, including, but not
limited to, loss of revenue or profit, lost or damaged
data, or other commercial or economic loss.
Bernardin-Lochmueller & Associates are not responsible for
claims made by a third party.
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