U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-002

URBAN: Bureau of Census Urbanized Area for the Long Island Sound Project area

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Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)

Publication_Date: 1997

Title:

URBAN: Bureau of Census Urbanized Area for the Long Island Sound Project area

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002/data/basemaps/>

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/data/download/index.html>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Larry Poppe

Originator: Valerie Paskevich

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990: A Digital Data Release

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 02-002

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002>

Description:

Abstract:

This is a polygon layer of the U.S. urbanized areas that fall within the US basemap data layer and border the Long Island Sound study area.

Purpose:

The data provide users with information about the locations, names, urban and FIPS Codes, and size of urban areas primarily for the Long Island Sound project area.

Supplemental_Information:

The origins of this data layer is the Bureau of the Census Urbanized Area Boundaries database. It is a geographic database of boundaries for urban areas with a population greater than 50,000. The database includes boundaries for urban areas in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The data provide users with information about the locations, names, urban, census and FIPS Codes, and size of urban areas primarily for national planning applications.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.519440

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -68.630997

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.995304

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.203793

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: ArcView

Theme_Keyword: arcview

Theme_Keyword: shapefile

Theme_Keyword: urban area

Theme_Keyword: polygon

Theme_Keyword: ESRI

Theme_Keyword: Environmental Systems Resources Institute, Inc.

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS, Bureau of Transportation Statistics or ESRI as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS, Bureau of Transportation Statistics or ESRI in the use of these data or related materials.

Please read the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) licensing agreement at <http://www.esri.com/licenseagreement/>

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: ../../htmldocs/images/browse/urban.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Image showing the extent urbanized areas GIS layer that fall within the USA basemap data layer distributed with the Long Island Sound ArcView project file.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Set_Credit:

The Bureau of the Census Urbanized Area Boundaries files were acquired from the US Bureau of the Census.

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) for the source subsetted dataset.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attributes were supplied by the Bureau of the Census.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

All node-link and polygon topological relationships are created and verified using computer algorithms.

Completeness_Report: 405 distinct Urbanized Areas are identified database.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The Bureau of the Census Urbanized Area database was derived from the TIGER data base. It was created from data created at a scale of 1:100,000 or better and as such has a positional accuracy of +/- 80m.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.(comp.)

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: ESRI urban shapefile

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: ESRI Data and Maps; Disk 1

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Redlands, CA

Publisher: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: ESRI Data and Maps CD

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Other_Citation_Details:

The data is organized on five CD-ROMS. CD#1 contains data for the world, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the United States. Detailed data for the entire United States is continued on CD #2. The very detailed data for the regions of the United States is split between the west (CD #3), the east (CD # 4), and the south (CD #5). Also, there is a sample image data on CD #5.

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/data/download/index.html>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shp

Source_Contribution:

The ArcView shapefile, urban.shp, provided by ESRI with their software distribution was used to create the new urban data layer for use with the Long Island Sound study project views.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The complete ESRI urban shapefile was clipped to include only those records that fall within the US basemap data layer distributed with the Long Island Sound ArcView project file.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shx

Process_Date: 20020418

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The dataset was reprojected to the Clarke 1866 spheroid to be compatible with the other data layers.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shx

Process_Date: 20020507

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: urban.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 172

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000464

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000464

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: urban.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute file

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FEATURID

Attribute_Definition:

Unique identification for the geographic entity.(the Urbanized Area Code)

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIP

Attribute_Definition:

Name/identification for the geographic entity.(Urbanized Area Name)

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: urban.shp

Distribution_Liability:

Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have been used by the USGS and ESRI, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or ESRI as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or ESRI in the use of these data or related materials.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ArcView

Format_Version_Number: 3.2

Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile

Format_Information_Content:

The seven ArcView files (urban.dbf, urban.shp, urban.shx, urban.avl, urban.sbn, urban.sbx, urban.prj) comprising a general data layer showing the U.S. urban falling within the USA basemap data layer distributed with the Long Island Sound ArcView project file and an ASCII version of the metatdata file.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 588 Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002/data/basemaps/urban.zip>

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75

Recording_Density_Units: Gigabytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a DVD capable of reading an UDF standard DVD-R disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of a WWW browser available.

Technical_Prerequisites:

This GIS layer is available in an ArcView shapefile format. Users must have ArcView 3.0 or later, or another GIS application capable of importing the data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020507

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None