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SoilMap Layer: Counties

County boundaries within Pennsylvania as delineated for the PennDOT Type 10 general highway map. The layer includes a text option which shows the County name.

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This data is intended for use at 1:24,000 or smaller scale and should be used with caution since county boundaries are difficult to locate exactly.

The Counties layer is visible at all scales.

Note: All SoilMap source data has been projected to an Albers Conical Equal Area projection with the following parameters.

PROJCS["Albers Conical Equal Area",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Albers"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-78.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",40.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",42.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",39.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

The data and documentation on SoilMap are provided 'as is' and the User assumes the entire risk as to their quality and performance. SoilMap source data was produced at a variety of scales and may not be suitable for use at larger scales.

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