QU'APPELLE RIVER VALLEY LAND PLANNING DATA BASE

                FLYING CREEK PLANNING AREA

                  MERIDIAN, TOWNSHIP and RANGE

1. Coverage Specifications

   Original Map Scale: 1:50,000

   Resolution        : .000061035 of a degree

   Map Projection    : None, i.e. latitude/longitude co-ordinates

   Datum             : NAD27

   Spheroid          : Clarke 1866

   Units of Measure  : decimal degrees

2. Level I Latitude/Longitude Digital Data

   The Qu'Appelle River Valley land planning data in
   latitude/longitude co-ordinates are intended for GIS
   users who may wish to perform their own vertical integration
   of the various layers and themes, or for GIS users who may
   want to integrate these data with GIS data of their own.

   Thematic data layers are intentionally extended past
   the shoreline and as such does not contain the proper
   definition of shoreline. The data are not projected and
   co-ordinates, areas and perimeters are in decimal degrees.

   DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DERIVE AREA STATISTICS FROM THESE DATA
   UNTIL THEY ARE INTEGRATED WITH A PROPER SHORELINE AND THE
   RESULTS PROJECTED TO A SUITABLE MAP PROJECTION.

   If the above restrictions do not meet your GIS objectives,
   obtain the equivalent Level II UTM data where all data
   themes have been vertically integrated, and where the results
   have been projected to UTM.

3. Attribute Schema (Polygon Attribute Table - PAT.DBF)

 a) Standard ArcInfo Polygon Attribute Table (PAT) variables:

    AREA        Num 13,6    Area, in square degrees
    PERIMETER   Num 13,6    Perimeter, in decimal degrees
    COVER_#     Num 11,0    Standard ArcInfo Polygon Number
    COVER_ID    Num 11,0    Standard ArcInfo User ID

 b) Original Digital Data Classification:

    MERIDIAN       Char 1     Meridian
    TOWNSHIP       Char 2     Township
    RANGE          Char 2     Range
    SECTION        Char 2     Section
    QTR_SECTION    Char 2     Quarter Section

4. Valid Data Domains

   Meridian         1, 2 or 3
   Township         14 to 30
   Range            1 to 33
   Section          1 to 36
   Quarter_Section  SE,SW,NE,NW or blank

5. Narrative Description of Qu'Appelle M,T,R Theme

   This theme represents a local coordinate system based on
   a system of zonal medians, townships (north-south)
   and ranges (east-west). Each unique combination of meridian,
   township and range is in turn divided into 36 sections; each
   section is in turn divided into four quarter-section.

6. Accreditation

     The Canada Geographic Information Systems data extraction
     and distribution is managed by:

     The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
     Natural Resources Canada
     Government of Canada
     Room 650 - 615 Booth Street
     Ottawa, ON, Canada
     K1A 0E9

     Based on significant research and development by:

     The National Archives of Canada
     Statistics Canada
     Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

     Data processing completed by:

     Spatialanalysis
     Ottawa, Ontario,
     Canada K1Y ON3

     The National Archives of Canada retains
     intellectual property.

     (Copyright) Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 1999.