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

CITIES: ESRI northeast cities shapefiles for the Long Island Sound ArcView 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: Valerie Paskevich(ed.)

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

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

CITIES: ESRI northeast cities shapefiles for the Long Island Sound ArcView 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: U.S. Geological Survey 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 point layer of the U.S. cities that fall within the US basemap data layer and border the Long Island Sound study area.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data layer is to provide a general reference as to locations of the major metropolitan cities and towns that fall within the USA basemap data layer distributed with the Long Island Sound ArcView project file.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20020630

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.499817

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.987297

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.686039

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.269600

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Theme_Keyword: ArcView

Theme_Keyword: arcview

Theme_Keyword: shapefile

Theme_Keyword: points

Theme_Keyword: cities

Theme_Keyword: towns

Theme_Keyword: northeast states

Theme_Keyword: mid-atlantic

Theme_Keyword: new england

Theme_Keyword: ESRI

Theme_Keyword: Environmental Systems Resources Institute, Inc.

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: Maine

Place_Keyword: New Hampshire

Place_Keyword: Vermont

Place_Keyword: Massachusetts

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Place_Keyword: New England

Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic

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 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.

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

Point_of_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

Browse_Graphic:

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

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Image showing the extent of the GIS layer cities 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:

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

The attribute fields were not modified and are complete as they are distributed by ESRI.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report:

This is a subset of the complete ESRI cities shapefile. The original dataset was clipped to include only those cities that would fall within the US basemap data layer being utilized in the Long Island Sound ArcView project file.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

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

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: ESRI cities 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: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Redlands, CA

Publisher: ESRI

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 ssample image data on CD #5.

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

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shp

Source_Contribution:

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

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The complete ESRI cities 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: cities.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shx

Process_Date: 20020418

Process_Time: 10:50

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities2.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities2.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities2.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: citiesp.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: citiesp.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: citiesp.shx

Process_Date: 20020418

Process_Time: 11:07

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.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: Unwanted attribute fields were deleted from the shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shx

Process_Date: 20020418

Process_Time: 11:15

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.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: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 605

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001

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: cities.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:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ESRI point shapefile

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CITY_FIPS

Attribute_Definition: Field containing City fips code.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CITY_NAME

Attribute_Definition: City or town name

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_FIPS

Attribute_Definition: Field containing State fips code.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 09

Range_Domain_Maximum: 50

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Text field containing state name.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_CITY

Attribute_Definition: Combination of the State_fips and City_fips code.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0901150

Range_Domain_Maximum: 5066175

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TYPE

Attribute_Definition: Designation for city type.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: borough

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: census designed place

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: city

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: town

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: village

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CAPITAL

Attribute_Definition: Designation if city is state capital.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City is state capital.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City is not state capital.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ELEVATION

Attribute_Definition: Elevation of city location.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -99

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1660

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: POP1990

Attribute_Definition: U.S. 1990 census population value for state.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 8247

Range_Domain_Maximum: 7322564

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialists

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: cities.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 point shapefile

Format_Information_Content:

The seven ArcView files (cities.dbf, cities.shp, cities.shx, cities.avl, cities.sbn, cities.sbx, cities.prj) comprising a general data layer showing the U.S. cities 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: 30 Kbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

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

Fees: none

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.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20020630

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020419

Metadata_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

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