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November 1, 1996
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
(** This data set now only contains the GIS corrected TxDOT urban/county
files.)
Digital County/Urban Map Files
I. Map Content
TxDOT county/urban map files were digitized from USGS 7.5
minute quadrangles. Updates are made using TxDOT Highway
Construction Plans, Aerial Photographs, Official City Maps
and Field Inventory. These files contain most of the
features found on 7.5 minute quads, except for items such as
contour lines, fence lines, jeep trails, electrical
transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines and control data
monuments.
II. Map Projection
These files are based on the following map projection system:
TEXAS STATEWIDE MAPPING SYSTEM (NAD 27)
Available formats: DGN, DWG, & DXF
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Spheroid: Clarke 1866
Datum: North American 1927
Longitude of Origin: 100 degrees west (-100)
Latitude of Origin: 31 degrees 10 minutes north
Standard Parallel # 1: 27 degrees 25 minutes north lat.
Standard Parallel # 2: 34 degrees 55 minutes north lat.
False Easting: 3,000,000 feet (914,400 meters)
False Northing: 3,000,000 feet (914,400 meters)
Unit of Measure: feet (international)
TEXAS STATEWIDE MAPPING SYSTEM (NAD 83)
Available formats: Arc/Info Export (e00)
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Spheroid: Clarke GRS80
Datum: North American 1983
Longitude of Origin: 100 degrees west (-100)
Latitude of Origin: 31 degrees 10 minutes north
Standard Parallel # 1: 27 degrees 25 minutes north lat.
Standard Parallel # 2: 34 degrees 55 minutes north lat.
False Easting: 1,000,000 meters
False Northing: 1,000,000 meters
Unit of Measure: meters
III. Positional Accuracy
These digital maps were created primarily for the purpose of
producing county/urban published maps, certain features -
particularly railroads, have been displaced in congested
areas so as to insure map readability at county map
scales.Although TxDOT makes no official claim as to the
positional accuracy of these maps, given the USGS stated
positional accuracy of plus or minus 40 feet for its 7.5
minute quads, and the inadvertent positional shifts that may
have been introduced during the digitizing process, TxDOT
estimates that the positional accuracy of most features will
be approximately plus or minus 50 feet.
IV. Tables and Libraries
These files have been furnished with the following tables and
libraries:
txdot.ctb (color table)
txdot.flb (high resolution bit stream font library)
txdot.cel (cell library)
V. County Map Levels
TxDOT uses the following level structure for its county/urban
maps. These following features are found in (county number)
cnty.dgn and (county number)urban.dgn files.
Feature Level
Highway Number and County Line .............................. 1
Highway Boulevard and State Line ............................ 2
Frontage Road / Ramp ........................................ 3
Highway Boulevard Centerlines ............................... 4
Highway in City ............................................. 5
Pedestrian Overpass ......................................... 6
Blank ....................................................... 7
Highway Rural ............................................... 8
Bridges on Boulevard Highways ............................... 9
Highway Shields ............................................. 10
Bridge on Highways in Cities ................................ 11
Bridge on Rural Highways .................................... 12
Blank ....................................................... 13
Culture Names ............................................... 14
City Street Boulevard Roadways .............................. 15
City Street Boulevard Centerlines ........................... 16
Concrete Ford ............................................... 17
City Streets ................................................ 18
Street Names (on Urban files only) .......................... 19
County Road Bridges ......................................... 20
Rural Subdivision Streets ................................... 21
Earth County Roads .......................................... 22
All Weather County Roads .................................... 23
Paved County Roads .......................................... 24
Rural Subdivision Boulevard Centerlines....................... 25
Rural Subdivision Boulevard ................................. 26
Railroad: Main Line Pattern and Name ........................ 27
Railroad Main Line .......................................... 28
Railroad: Spur Line Pattern ................................. 29
Railroad Spur Line .......................................... 30
Railroad Bridge ............................................. 31
Blank ....................................................... 32
Blank ....................................................... 33
Water Feature Names ......................................... 34
Flume ....................................................... 35
GIWW Channel Centerlines .................................... 36
Intermittent Streams ........................................ 37
Flowing Streams and Small Rivers ............................ 38
Lakes ....................................................... 39
Medium Flowing Rivers ....................................... 40
Large Flowing Rivers ........................................ 41
Intermittent Lakes .......................................... 42
Inundation Line ............................................. 43
GIWW Canal (through water) and Channel Names ................ 44
GIWW Canal (through land) and Barge Symbol .................. 45
Dam ......................................................... 46
Mask for Barge Symbol ....................................... 47
Escarpment, Bluff ........................................... 48
Mountain Range and Prominent Peak Symbol .................... 49
Blank ....................................................... 50
State Line Monument ......................................... 51
Boundary Lines .............................................. 52
Airport Runways ............................................. 53
Public Facility Symbols ..................................... 54
Culture Symbols ............................................. 55
Government Symbols .......................................... 56
Town Symbols, City Names and Population ..................... 57
City Limit Lines ............................................ 58
Bubble Inset Lines .......................................... 59
Asterisks and Mileage Between Points ........................ 60
Asterisks Masks ............................................. 61
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VI. Contacts for Additional Information
Each county directory has a (county number)hist.dat file listing
the responsible operator and their phone number. If further
clarification is needed please contact:
Will Watson (512) 486-5094
For information concerning CD, please contact:
Texas Natural Resources Information System
P.O. Box 13231
Austin, Texas 78711-3232
Scott D. Grant
phone: (512) 463-8862
fax: (512) 463-7274
e-mail: info@tnris.state.tx.us
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