Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM)
Online Linkage
http://dx.doi.org/10.13020/D67P40
Abstract
A shapefile was generated from ArcINFO coverages, which were in turn created by digitizing a 1978 paper map of land use in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The map was originally published by the Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission.
Purpose
Land use data for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area digitized from a 1978 map of the Metropolitan Planning Commission.
Supplemental Information
Twin Cities County Metropolitan Area
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
Date published of print map from which the data were extracted.
Time Instant
1978
Bounding Box
West
-94.019175
East
-92.727311
North
45.414759
South
44.464741
ISO Topic Category
planningCadastre
Place Keyword
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None Planned
Point of Contact
Contact Person
David M. Levinson
Contact Electronic Mail Address
dlevinson@umn.edu
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Point and Vector Object Information
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Grid Coordinate System
Grid Coordinate System Name
Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM Zone Number
15
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Distance Units
meters
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
NAD83
Ellipsoid Name
GRS80
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
L1978_poly
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
Esri
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
AREA
PERIMETER
L1978_
L1978_ID
LANDUSE
100 = Single Family Residential.
110 = Agricultural and Vacant Land.
120 = Water
. 130 = Marshland.
200 = Mixed Single and Multi-family residential
. 210 = Multi-family residential
. 300 = Commercial Central Business District.
310 = Other Commercial
. 400 = Industrial Intensive
. 410 = Industrial Extensive.
600 = Airport.
700 = Institutions
. 800 = Cemeteries.
900 = Park.
Definition Source
Researcher
e00_centro
e00_cent_1
Shape_Leng
Shape_Area
Area of feature in internal units squared. (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
