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Pictometry Sector Grid

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Descriptive namePictometry Sector Grid
File nameptnsects
Spatial domainPima County
Abstractptnsects shows the complete rectangular Pictometry sector grid for Pima County and a few miles beyond.
ptnsects shows the entire possible grid and does not represent the area covered by any particular Pictometry project.

While Pictometry sectors are approximately 1 square mile, they are not PLSS sections and are not coincident with PLSS section boundaries.

This grid was used for Pictometry projects up to 2018. It was replaced with a new grid, pt_grid, for 2020 and beyond.
Known errors/qualifications
Feature typepolygon
Feature count 17,945
Thumbnail Map ptnsects.pdf PDF file format   (869,233 bytes, PDF created 07/20/2022 )
ProjectionNAD83 HPGN (Parameters)
Rectificationunknown
Field/value metadata Field metadata
Source organizationPC ITD GIS
Source contactJohn Dickinson
Source document or file name
Source date20091105
Source scale
Source formatShape
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
20151015
Last data update byJohn Dickinson
Date/time last touched - Meaning? 2020-09-04  08:03 AM - Enterprise GDB
  2020-09-04  12:30 AM - Shapefile - Library input format
  See coverage files, if any, for date.
Lineageptnsects was generated by selecting a rectangular area in the Pictometry Sector Planner program and exporting the result as a shapefile. Three fields were renamed and many fields that were not needed were deleted.

10/15/2015 Replaced with a new grid again made from Sector Planner, but with 12 columns added on the east side.
On maintenance?No
Maintenance organizationPC ITD GIS
Maintenance description
Original conversion byJohn Dickinson
Pima County ITD GIS contactJohn Dickinson
Alternate Pima County ITD GIS contacte-mail address
On  Pima County Geospatial Data Portal? No

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