     DIGITAL SPATIAL DATA DOCUMENTATION FORM                   ENTRY DATE: 4/29/11

     NAME OF DATA SET:            Maryland 2010 Voting Districts as certified by the Local Board of elections with minor
				  corrections to misassigned census blocks to correct VTD\Precinct, 2002 Legislative and 
				  Congressioanal districts made by Maryland Departments of Planning and Legislative Services. 
				  

     KEYWORDS:		          Voting District (VTD)
				  Precinct

     ORIGINATING AGENCY:          Maryland Department of Planning
     DIVISION:                    Clearinghouse, Redistricting
     PHONE NUMBER:                (410) 767-4490

     DESCRIPTION OF DATA SET:     2010 Voting District (VTD)\Precinct for Maryland.
	  Derived from the U.S. Census Bureau TIGER\Line Files for Maryland with minor corrections to misassigned
	  census blocks to correct VTD\Precinct made by Maryland Departments of Planning and Legislative Services.

     PROJECT OR INTENDED PURPOSE: 2010 Adjusted Census Population for use of Maryland Redistricting pursuant to 
				  the "No representation Without Population" Act of 2010

     RELATED DATA SETS (include catalog #:)  2002 Congressional and Legislative Districts 

     DIGITAL DATA (agency/vendor/other):     Maryland Department of Planning
     TYPE OF DATA (raster/vector/cad/database/text):     Vector
     TYPE OF SOURCE MATERIAL (Map/photo/field/document): U.S. Census Bureau
                  			   TIGER\Line Files for Maryland

     SCALE OR ACCURACY OF SOURCE MATERIAL:   1:100,000 (varies)

     DATE(s) OF SOURCE MATERIAL:             2010
     METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION/DIGITIZATION: 2010 Census Blocks were aggregated with minor corrections to
     	 misassigned census blocks to create 2010 Voting District (VTD)\Precinct

     DATE(s) OF DIGITAL PRODUCTION:          April 29, 2010
     STATUS OF DATA SET:                     Completed
     INTENDED ACCURACY OR OUTPUT SCALE:      1:100,000 (varies)
     RESOLUTION (pixel size or min. unit):   N/A

     GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERED:                All of Maryland covered
     GEOGRAPHIC UNITS (quad/county/other):   State
     COORDINATE SYSTEM AND UNITS:            Maryland State Plane Coordinates
     HORIZONTAL DATUM (1927/1983):           NAD 1983 meters (U.S. State Plane)
     VERTICAL DATUM:                         N/A

     ATTRIBUTES OR DATA BASE (see TERMS and P.L.94-171 DATA files):
     FORMAT OF DATA:                	     ARC Shape File and Block Assignment 
	      			             file in Dbase formats are available. 
     FILE/COVERAGE SIZE (mb/unit):           4 and 2.1 megabytes
     AVAILABLE MEDIA:                        CD ROM
     AVAILABLE HARDCOPY:                     Yes, black and white and color maps are
					     available for a fee or via web
                                   

     CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS:            Contact the Maryland Office of Planning					
                                             for a copy of the Product Announcement
				             describing this data set.

     COMMENTS: Any question Related to Voting District (VTD)\Precinct contact: 
      Nasrin Rahman
      Maryland Department of Planning
      Clearinghouse,Redistricting
      301 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201
      Phone # (410)767-4211
      Email nrahman@mdp.state.md.us


