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BROWSE THUMBNAIL IMAGE: Image showing the extent of the urbanized areas GIS layer that falls within the USA basemap data layer distributed with the Long Island Sound project

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

 

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Metadata:


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

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