U.S. 108th Congressional Districts

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 20061001
Title:
U.S. 108th Congressional Districts
Edition: 2006
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI® Data & Maps
Issue_Identification: 2006 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Other_Citation_Details:
Location: \usa\census
Description:
Abstract:
U.S. 108th Congressional Districts represents the political boundaries for the U.S. 108th Congressional Districts.
Purpose:
U.S. 108th Congressional Districts provides the locations of Congressional Districts, primarily for national planning applications.
Supplemental_Information:
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:1,000,000.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200301 200501
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200211
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200211
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200101 200301
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Currentness_Reference:
ground condition: 200301 200501, 200211, 200211, 200101 200301; publication date: 2004
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.147336
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.778482
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.352573
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.884809
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: polygon
Theme_Keyword: Congressional Districts
Theme_Keyword: Congress
Theme_Keyword: House of Representatives
Theme_Keyword: society
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: Congressional Districts
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2003 2005
Temporal_Keyword: 2002
Temporal_Keyword: 2002
Temporal_Keyword: 2001 2003
Temporal_Keyword: 2004
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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953
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Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
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Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2) or tools in ArcGIS.  The SDC data set is then loaded into ArcSDE® to verify and validate the geometry.
Completeness_Report:
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.

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.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The positional accuracy is unknown.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
108th Congressional Districts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 200301
Ending_Date: 200501
Source_Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
ESRI
Source_Contribution:
Attribute and geospatial data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: The Associated Press
Publication_Date: 200211
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: online
Publisher: The Associated Press
Other_Citation_Details:
NAME and PARTY attribute information was completed based on news reports following the November 5, 2002 election.
Online_Linkage: http://www.ap.org/index.html
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200211
Source_Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
AP
Source_Contribution:
Attribute data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Committee for an Effective Congress
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
2002 House Election Results
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: online
Publisher: National Committee for an Effective Congress
Online_Linkage: http://www.ncec.org/election2002/index.phtml#map6
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200211
Source_Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCEC
Source_Contribution:
Attribute data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Geography Division
Publication_Date: 20011207
Title:
Cartographic Boundary Files - Congressional Districts
Edition: 107th Congressional Districts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Congressional Districts
Issue_Identification: 107th Congressional Districts
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: online
Publisher: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Geography Division
Online_Linkage: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd_metadata.html
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
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Time_Period_Information:
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Beginning_Date: 200101
Ending_Date: 200301
Source_Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Census Geo.
Source_Contribution:
Attribute and geospatial data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives
Title:
MEMBER INFORMATION
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: online
Publisher: Clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives
Other_Citation_Details:
Accessed the web site in 2004.
Online_Linkage: http://clerk.house.gov/members/index.php
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
http://clerk.house.gov
Source_Contribution:
Attribute data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Converted to North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Added features for Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico from the ESRI Data & Maps 2002 U.S. 107th Congressional Districts. Corrected attribute value consistency problems. Replaced the entire outer boundary of the continental U.S. (coastlines and international) with features from the U.S. 107th Congressional Districts. Generalized to a tolerance of 0.0003 decimal degrees. Created region (multi-poly) features based on the four-digit state/district id. Then formatted the attributes to match the common attributes in the U.S. 107th Congressional Districts. The values for the attributes, NAME and PARTY, were completed from The Associated Press and National Committee for an Effective Congress. In two records, the winner was still undecided, and the NAME and PARTY attributes were coded with "TBD". Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Converted the data set to SDC.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
ESRI
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
AP
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
NCEC
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Census Geo.
Process_Date: 20021121
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Added SQMI attribute and calculated its values. Updated Congressional District information that was not available at the time of the last release (December, 2003).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
http://clerk.house.gov
Process_Date: 20040308
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Corrected the values for DISTRICTID attribute by changing 'xx99' to 'xx00'. Reduced the attribute width for NAME.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Census Geo.
Process_Date: 20050302
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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: 437
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
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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
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: cd108
Entity_Type_Definition:
An area established by State officials or the courts for the purpose of electing a person to the U.S. House of Representatives. Within each State, these areas must contain, as nearly as possible, an equal number of inhabitants. The number of Congressional Districts in each State may change after each decennial census, and the boundaries may be changed more than once during a decade.
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Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute:
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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: NAME
Attribute_Definition:
The name of the representative for the Congressional District.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau; The Associated Press; National Committee for an Effective Congress
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Names for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PARTY
Attribute_Definition:
The political party of the representative for the Congressional District.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
The Associated Press; National Committee for an Effective Congress
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The representative is a Democrat.
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ESRI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Independent
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The representative is an Independent.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: None
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The representative has no political party affiliation.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Republican
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The representative is a Republican.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DISTRICTID
Attribute_Definition:
The Congressional District code (four-digit number).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STFIPS
Attribute_Definition:
The FIPS code (two-digit number) for the state in which the Congressional District is located.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE_ABBR
Attribute_Definition:
The two-letter abbreviation for the state in which the Congressional District is located.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards 5 2
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SQMI
Attribute_Definition:
The area in square miles.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Calculated areas for the features.
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778
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In the United States, contact the ESRI Telebusiness staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.

Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor.  This information can be found at http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050304
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com
Hours_of_Service: 7:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday Friday
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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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