                       City of Richardson GIS Data

Disclaimer
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The City of Richardson has prepared this information for general inquiry only. 
The data is compiled from various sources and subject to constant revision.  
It is made available under the Public Information Act.  Any reliance on 
this information is AT YOUR OWN RISK. The City of Richardson assumes no 
liability for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the information 
regardless of the cause of such or for any decision made, action taken, 
or action not taken in reliance upon any information provided herein.  
The City of Richardson makes no warranty, representation, or guarantee of
any kind regarding any information provided herein or the sources of such 
information and DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED AND 
IMPLIED, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness 
for a particular purpose.   



Use of Data
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The GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Team serves under the leadership of 
Information Services Dept. of the City of Richardson. Our primary mission is to
support projects within the City of Richardson with clear and effective maps, 
geospatial analysis and other GIS solutions. We provide these same services for 
other departments and partner with other agencies to develop and maintain the 
region's GIS data resources. 

Data is provided in ESRI Shapefile format and zip packaged. Data may be viewed 
in commercial packages such as ArcMap, ArcView, AutoCAD, Intergraph, Microstation, 
MapInfo, and Google Earth Pro, etc.  ArcGIS Explorer is a free GIS data viewer
provided by ESRI which may be downloaded at http://www.esri.com/.

Additionally, a variety of free and open GIS software packages can be 
found at http://freegis.org/.

The City of Richardson does not endorse or provide techical support for the 
installation or use of any of the above products.



Coordinate Reference
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All shapefiles are projected in the State Plane coordinate system, Texas
North Central zone, using a datum of NAD 83.



Questions and Comments
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Questions and comments concerning downloaded data may be directed to the 
City of Richardson GIS Division via e-mail at gis@cor.gov.



Need more GIS data?
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If you need more GIS data for the City of Richardson, or adjacent regions, 
please visit the North Central Texas Council of Government's GIS Data Clearinghouse 
at: http://www.dfwmaps.com/clearinghouse. 

The City of Richardson includes portions of both Dallas County and Collin County.
Inquiries for parcel data should be directed to the Dallas Central Appraisal District 
at: http://www.dallascad.org/ for Dallas County, and the Collin Central Appraisal 
District at: http://www.collincad.org/ for Collin County. 

For School Attendance Zone information, please visit Richardson ISD at: 
http://www.risd.org/