The Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center has adopted the following spatial data disclaimer to be explicitedly included or referenced in all geospatial data, mapping products, and services created or hosted at AGRC including the contents of State Geographic Information Database (SGID).
"This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for, or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Users of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the usability of the information. AGRC provides these data in good faith and shall in no event be liable for any incorrect results, any lost profits and special, indirect or consequential damages to any party, arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data hereon or the services provided. AGRC provides these data and services as a convenience to the public. Furthermore, AGRC reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or these services at any time."
Furthermore, it is the official policy of the AGRC:
that the adopted disclaimer be used on all hard copy maps produced from geospatial data, and that the date and source of the data be included on the map;
that spatial data producers be allowed to extend the adopted disclaimer with additional language further defining the limits of their liability;
that a more robust disclaimer may be used in conjunction with any and all geospatial data published on the Internet, on a separate page preceding access to the data, with an accept/reject option for users;
that standardized metadata be included with any distribution of all geospatial data; and
that the disclaimer above may be used as a blanket disclaimer for documents containing a number of small maps.
The Utah Department of Technology Services, as part of a mandate to meet best practices for implementing secure DNS, is splitting the state DNS servers into internal and external environments. The domain “utah.gov” will be the State’s official public-facing domain. Any records hosted on the State’s internal DNS servers (state.ut.us) will not be accessible from the Internet unless through use of the State’s VPN service. This change is currently scheduled for Wednesday, September 16th @ 18:00 hrs.
This change will affect your ability to access the following AGRC resources: 9.2 SGID, Image Server, and direct FTP data download.
New feature classes recently added to the SGID 9.3 ArcSDE Server are listed below. These datasets should also be available in file geodatabase and shapefile format from the SGID download indices next week.
SGID93.BIOSCIENCE.EcoregionsIV
SGID93.BIOSCIENCE.SWReGAPLandCover*
SGID93.BOUNDARIES.DWRRegions
SGID93.BIOSCIENCE.WatershedRestoration_FocusAreas
SGID93.ECONOMY.EnterpriseZones
SGID93.ENERGY.CoalMines_UGS
SGID93.ENERGY.CoalLeases
SGID93.ENERGY.EnergyCorridorAreas
SGID93.ENERGY.EnergyCorridorCenterline
SGID93.ENERGY.GeothermalLeases_Utah
SGID93.ENERGY.OilGasPipelines_UGS
SGID93.ENERGY.PermittedUraniumMines
SGID93.ENERGY.PowerPlants_CO2
SGID93.ENERGY.UraniumAreaBoundaries
SGID93.ENERGY.UraniumDistricts_UGS
SGID93.ENERGY.UraniumPastProducers
SGID93.ENERGY.UraniumMills
SGID93.UTILITIES.PowerLines_5MileBuffer
SGID93.UTILITIES.PowerLines_10MileBuffer
* the SWReGAP land cover layer replaces an earlier layer that contained polygons that were simplified during the raster to vector conversion process and contained many duplicate polygons. The new layer attempts to more faithfully represent the original raster geometry.The new SWReGap land cover layer does not contain the codes descriptions as an attribute but these codes are available in a lookup table and are also in the metadata under domain information. Alternatively, a SWReGap layer file is available that already contains a join to the lookup table.
AGRC plans to have a new ArcSDE 9.3 database server available by the end of January, 2009. From the time it goes into production mode, this server will contain the most current version of all vector GIS data in the public portion of the State Geographic Information Database.
Several big changes are planned that will affect all users of SGID data layers through an ArcSDE database connection. In addition, the restructuring of the SGID will have an impact on how the file-based vector data on the ftp download site is organized.
First, AGRC will be removing the feature datasets that have been used primarily for data layer categorization.
Second, the user names that were used to designate source scale (U024, U100, etc) will be removed. In general, we plan to archive some of the older, coarse scale data but when it's still relevant the coarser scale data will carry a scale designation in the feature class name.
Third, AGRC is seriously considering adopting the 19 topic categories defined by the ISO 19111 geographic information standard (see summary list below). This will mean that all vector data in the SGID will be organized according tothese topic categories. Where appropriate, prefixes will be added to names to group similar datasets together when listed alphabetically.
These look like big changes and they are. The reasoning is as follows:
the pesky feature datasets need to go as they severly hinder AGRC's ability to keep data updated
everyone is going to have to repoint their existing layers due to the feature dataset removal anyway, so we might as well try to make any structural changes on the horizon so we only have to do this once
adopting the ISO standard will make the SGID organizational structure more compliant and usable to a wider audience.
Like any big change, this will take some time for familiarization. As the plan for the ArcGIS 9.3 conversion matures, AGRC will publish details on the Utah GIS Portal. In addition, resources such as a conversion reference table and possibly a VBA script to automate the repointing of ArcMap layers to the new 9.3 feature classes, will be made available. AGRC is planning to keep the existing 9.2 server in production, using its existing structure, for approximately 6 months after the 9.3 server comes online.
If you have feedback or suggestions regarding the upcoming ArcSDE 9.3 server upgrade and the restructuring and renaming of existing feature classes, please email
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The Utah State Archives and the AGRC are in the midst of a special project to identify GIS datasets for preservation and archival purposes. This project called the Multi-State Geospatial Content Transfer and Archival Demonstration is a partnership of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIP).
