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DATA SUB-CATEGORIES: Data Licensing -- Submit Data -- Paper Maps
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As per Richland County Ordinance Sec. 2-261 (d)(3), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data elements are distributed to customers in exchange for a data licensing and/or maintenance fee. Upon receipt of GIS data, customers must enter into a nontransferable data license agreement with the County.

Data Organization/format

Licensing fees for years 2000, 2004 and 2007 digital orthophotos and thematic layers are per 5,000 ft. x 5,000 ft. tile. 1996 digital orthophotos are licensed per 2,500 ft. (urban areas only) and 10,000 ft. tiles. Other layers are licensed as full County coverages and require a single (tile-less) fee.

Image files are delivered in uncompressed .TIF format. Thematic layers are delivered in ArcInfo Export format (.e00). CAD (.DXF) files may be delivered for linework of some layers upon request. Due to limitations in CAD file formats, attributes may not be available for all .DXF requests.

All Richland County data are based on the South Carolina State Plane coordinate system and reference the North American datum of 1983 (NAD83/ original 1986 adjustment) and North American vertical datum of 1988 (NAVD88).

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Aerial Photography and Imagery (per tile fee, .TIF file format, .TWF world files included)

Year 2007 Digital Orthophoto (1 foot pixel)

Color

Color and NIR

$90.00

$110.00

Note: 2004 and 2007 imagery was collected using digital collection technologies. Therefore, the raw imagery is 12bit (R,G,B,NIR) stored in 16bit format. For aesthetic purposes, the raw imagery was converted to 8bit (R,G,B) and (NiR, R, G) TIFF images. The 8bit images (similar to 2000 photography) will be licensed by default. If the raw imagery is required, please note that request in the special instructions portion of the data licensing application. 

Previously Collected Imagery

Year 2004 Digital Orthophoto (1 foot pixel)

Color

Color and NIR

$30.00

$40.00

Year 2000 Digital Orthophoto (1 foot pixel)

Color

B&W

$40.00

$30.00

Year 1996 Digital Orthophoto (2 foot pixel)

B&W

$30.00

Parcel Boundary Data – (per parcel fee)

Richland County Parcel Boundary Lines $0.50 per Parcel (minimum 100 parcels)


Note:
Richland County Parcel Boundary Lines include linework and Tax Map Number (TMS) only. All other data maintained by the Assessor's Office (Owner Name, Acreage, etc.) must be acquired from the Richland County Assessor's Office (803-576-2640). Users will not be able to select parcels using the online Spatial Data Licensing application. To select these parcels, please contact an RCGEO Employee.
 

Thematic Layers - (per tile fee)

Soils

$100.00

Building Footprints

$100.00 (linework only)

Streets

$20.00 (linework only)

$40.00 (Named and Addressed)

Hydro

$15.00 (linework only)

$25.00 (w/ feature names)

Rail

$15.00 (linework only)

 

Elevation (2 ft. Contours)

$800.00

* Elevation (DTM points)

$700.00

* Hard/Soft Breaklines

$100.00

* As of July 1, 2004, licensing of Richland County terrain points and breaklines requires written proof that the user possesses a valid South Carolina license to specifically practice photogrammetric surveying per SC Code of Laws 40-22-20 (23)(b).

Thematic Layers - Full County Coverage

County Boundary
$100.00
County Council Districts
$100.00
Public Safety (sheriff, police, fire, etc.)
$100.00
Education (public/private schools)
$100.00
Bridges (polygons)
$100.00

Full County Coverage Reference Layers

2,500 ft. Photo Grid (1996 Orthos)
FREE
5,000 ft. Photo Grid (2000/2004 Orthos)
FREE
10,000 ft. Photo Grid (1996 Orthos)
FREE

USGS Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) Quad Maps with Elevation Hillshading

7.5 minute quad image (.TIF)
$100.00
Full County image (.SID)
$2000.00

Request Processing

Processing of standard data products and paper maps are completed within three to six business days.

RUSH Orders

If possible, data or map requests may be filled in less than three business days (Rush Order). A 'Rush Order' fee (Order Fee x 3) is required for such requests. All 'Rush Orders' require a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours to complete