onemap_test.SDEADMIN.twnshps

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NC CGIA
Publication_Date: 20020416
Title:
onemap_test.SDEADMIN.twnshps
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: Server=cgiapdb; Service=5151; Database=onemap_prod; User=sdeadmin; Version=sde.DEFAULT
Description:
Abstract:
This set of boundaries represent Township Boundaries and other Minor Civil Divisions as released by the US Bureau of the Census as cartographic boundary files based on Census 2000 geography.  Statistical data are not joined to these boundaries.
Purpose:
The purpose of this data set is to provide approximate township boundaries and other minor civil divisions as a context for other GIS themes and as a reference for statistical data from Census 2000.
Supplemental_Information:
These are cartographic boundary files, not at the same scale as TIGER/Line 2000 boundaries.
Minor civil divisions (MCDs) are the primary governmental or administrative divisions of a county or county equivalent in many states. MCDs represent many different kinds of legal entities with a wide variety of governmental and/or administrative functions. MCDs are variously designated as American Indian reservations, assessment districts, boroughs, charter townships, election districts, election precincts, gores, grants, locations, magisterial districts, parish governing authority districts, plantations, precincts, purchases, road districts, supervisor's districts, towns, and townships. In some states, all or some incorporated places are not located in any MCD (independent places) and thus serve as MCDs in their own right. In other states, incorporated places are part of the MCDs in which they are located (dependent places), or the pattern is mixed- some incorporated places are independent of MCDs and others are included within one or more MCDs. Independent cities, which are statistically equivalent to a county, also are treated as a separate MCD equivalent in states containing MCDs. In Maine and New York, there are American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust lands that serve as MCD equivalents; a separate MCD is created in each case where the American Indian area crosses a county boundary.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.422155
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.415823
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.617232
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.733391
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Township
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: Cartographic
Theme_Keyword: Boundary File
Theme_Keyword: Minor Civil Division
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Because of coordinate thinning:  Cartographic boundary files should not be used for geocoding;  Some offshore, redundant, zero population and housing land areas may be absent from the files;  Cartographic Boundary files are not necessarily vertically integrated with previous boundary file sets.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NC CGIA
Contact_Position: Database Administrator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
20322 Mail Service Center
City: Raleigh
State_or_Province: NC
Postal_Code: 27699-0322
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-733-2090
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-715-0725
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dataq@cgia.state.nc.us
Hours_of_Service: 9:00 to 5:00
Data_Set_Credit:
US Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Cartographic Operations Branch
North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NC CGIA
Publication_Date: 20020416
Title:
Minor Civil Division Cartographic Boundary File
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Minor Civil Divisions of Counties as defined by the US Bureau of the Census. Most MCDs in North Carolina are Townships.
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Accuracy of the boundaries and township names have not been verified.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Data were downloaded from www.census.gov as a cartographic boundary file in shapefile format.
Completeness_Report:
The data cover all of North Carolina
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Boundaries are less accurate than TIGER/Line 2000 boundaries.  The cartographic boundary files are primarily designed for small scale, thematic mapping applications at a target scale range of 1:500,000 to 1:5,000,000.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: US Bureau of the Census, Geography Division, Cartographic Operations Branch
Publication_Date: 2001
Title:
Minor Civil Division Boundary File for North Carolina
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: www.census.gov
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Census 2000
Source_Contribution:
Preparation of cartographic boundary file.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The cartographic boundary files are a generalized extract from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER database. Line simplification/smoothing was performed with a tolerance of 0.005 decimal degrees and a coordinate reduction using the Douglas-Peucker method with a tolerance of 0.0003 decimal degrees. Very small polygons were eliminated when the combination of geographic codes existed elsewhere. The geography was clipped back to the shoreline of the United States, in contrast to TIGER/Liner which shows the full extent of geography out to the 3-mile limit.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
US Bureau of the Census
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: US Bureau of the Census, Geography Division, Cartographic Operations Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
4700 Silver Hill Road
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20233-0001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-4636
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: techsup@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Downloaded shapefile.  Projected to State Plane Coordinates, NAD 1983 meters.  Created metadata record.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NC CGIA
Process_Date: 20040625
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NC CGIA
Contact_Person: Jeffrey Brown
Contact_Position: Project Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
20322 Mail Service Center
City: Raleigh
State_or_Province: NC
Postal_Code: 27699-0322
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-733-2090
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-715-0725
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dataq@cgia.state.nc.us
Hours_of_Service: 9:00 to 5:00
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Server=cgiatdb; Service=5151; Database=onemap_test; User=sdeadmin; Version=sde.DEFAULT
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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: 1145
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 3200
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 34.333333
Standard_Parallel: 36.166667
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -79.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 33.750000
False_Easting: 609601.220000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: onemap_test.SDEADMIN.twnshps
Entity_Type_Definition:
Townships and other Minor Civil Divisions in North Carolina, Census 2000
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
NC CGIA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LSAD
Attribute_Definition:
Legal Statistical Area Description Code
Attribute_Definition_Source:
US Bureau of the Census
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: LSAD Codes
Codeset_Source: US Bureau of the Census
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LSAD_TRANS
Attribute_Definition:
Legal Statistical Area Description type
Attribute_Definition_Source:
US Bureau of the Census
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Type varies.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition:
Perimeter of the polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CGIA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Perimeter varies
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CS37_D00_
Attribute_Definition:
Internal id
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CGIA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential identifier
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CS37_D00_I
Attribute_Definition:
Internal ID
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CGIA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential identifier
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE
Attribute_Definition:
State Number
Attribute_Definition_Source:
CGIA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: FIPS State Codes
Codeset_Source: US Bureau of the Census
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COUNTY
Attribute_Definition:
County code
Attribute_Definition_Source:
US Bureau of the Census
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: FIPS County Codes
Codeset_Source: US Bureau of the Census
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MCD
Attribute_Definition:
Minor Civil Division Code
Attribute_Definition_Source:
US Bureau of the Census
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: FIPS MCD Codes
Codeset_Source: US Bureau of the Census
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COUSUBFP
Attribute_Definition:
Census subareas are statistical subdivisions of boroughs, census areas, city and boroughs, and the municipality (entities that are statistically equivalent to counties) in Alaska. Census subareas are delineated cooperatively by the state of Alaska and the U.S. Census Bureau. They were first used for data presentation purposes as part of the 1980 census
Attribute_Definition_Source:
US Bureau of the Census
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Number varies
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition:
Name of subdivision
Attribute_Definition_Source:
US Bureau of the Census
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Name varies.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
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: OBJECTID
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: AREA
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Attributes represent names, types, and identification codes for minor civil divisions.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
US Bureau of the Census
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: CGIA
Contact_Position: Database Administrator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
20322 Mail Service Center
City: Raleigh
State_or_Province: NC
Postal_Code: 27699-0322
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-733-2090
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-715-0725
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dataq@cgia.state.nc.us
Hours_of_Service: 9:00 to 5:00
Resource_Description: Shapefile of Township and other Minor Civil Divisions Boundaries in North Carolina.
Distribution_Liability:
NCCGIA is charged with the development and maintenance of the State's corporate geographic  database and, in cooperation with other mapping  organizations, is committed to offering its users accurate, useful, and current information about the state. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop the corporate database may be reflected in the data supplied.  The client must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors,original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data.
NCCGIA does not support secondary distribution of these data.  The use of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the NCCGIA or North Carolina State Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCG
Format_Version_Number: 8
Format_Specification:
shapefile
Transfer_Size: 2.493
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: shapefile
Fees: contact CGIA for offline data orders
Ordering_Instructions:
Contact CGIA at 919-733-2090
Custom_Order_Process:
Data creation and large data analysis jobs contact Database Administration P:(919)733-2090. All data are available through standard ordering procedures on a cost recovery basis.
Technical_Prerequisites:
All formats supplied are created using ARC/INFO GIS software on Unix workstations or ArcGIS on Windows PCs. Other formats are available. Format compatibility is the user's responsibility. For more information on formats and media, use a web browser: http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/cost.html
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20060214
Metadata_Review_Date: 20040617
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NC CGIA
Contact_Person: Database Administrator
Contact_Position: Database Administrator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
20322 Mail Service Center
City: Raleigh
State_or_Province: NC
Postal_Code: 27699-0322
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-733-2090
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-715-0725
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dataq@cgia.state.nc.us
Hours_of_Service: 9:00 to 5:00
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
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
Metadata_Extensions:
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
Metadata_Extensions:
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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