BAS/C-BAS WISE-Decade Update

Hello all,

Over the last week we have had several counties using the C-BAS application on the WISE-Decade software platform.  Here are some things we would like to pass along to you:

1.) Only one data set needs to be submitted to the C-BAS tool.  Although we would like you to submit your data that the Municipal Ward level, if this data is not as accurate as your current Municipal layer, please submit your Municipal layer instead. 

• If you submit your current Municipal layer instead of Wards, you will still need to add the "COUSUBFP" and "WARDID" (this field would be blank) fields to your data.
• If you do not know your "COUSUBFB" information for your county, please use the file attached to the e-mail from LTSB as a look-up.

2.) Once your data is loaded into the system, you will only need to document your county's annexations.  All other differences between your local data and the Census data are automatically coded as spatial corrections. 


3.) In order to submit your data to the Census Bureau, you will need a "token" for their new SWIM website. 

• If you do not have a token, follow this link:  http://www.census.gov/geo/partnerships/bas/bas_ar_form.html
• Enter your BASID (when you complete your documentation of annexations, the BASID for your county will be included in the e-mail that has your “Change” file attached).
• Enter your entity name (example…Dane County).
• In section 1, you will need to fill out the contact information of your highest elected official in your county.
• In section 2, fill out your contact information
• In section 3, choose “Our government HAS boundary changes to report. We will submit digital files or will follow submission methods on the BAS website”.
• After you submit this data, you should receive a SWIM token for your county in 5 days or less.

4.) To check the statewide progress of this project please use the following links:

• Wisconsin Spring 2015 MCD Layer: http://bit.ly/1G9600N
• Wisconsin Spring 2015 Ward Layer: http://bit.ly/1xu2Tr2

The maps above are automatically updated when a county participates in the BAS program using the WISE-Decade software platform.

Once again if you have any questions please contact me or my team at:  support.wisedecade@legis.wisconsin.gov.

If you have specific questions for individual team members, please use the following contact information: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/gis/contact

Thanks, 

Tony