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Atlanta Regional Commission Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC)
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Title
- Atlanta Regional Commission Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-arcstat
- Abstract
- This polygon datalayer depicts the metropolitan statistical areas with associated attribute data for the Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) 10-county region. This layer includes an additional 10 counties. ARC documentation states that: This Theme was derived from The State of Georgia CountiesTheme (GACOUNTY) which is based on U.S. Census Bureau census tracts. The geographic extent of this Theme is the 20-county Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the Atlanta Region which includes ARC's 10 counties plus the counties of Pickens, Bartow, Forsyth, Barrow, Paulding, Walton, Carroll, Newton, Coweta, and Spalding.
- Purpose
- This layer is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production. This layer will provide a basemap for layers related to socio-economic and political anaylsis, statistical enumeration and analysis, or to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. More advanced user applications may focus on urban and rural land use planning, infrastructure or economic analysis and related areas including defining boundaries, managing assets and facilities, integrating attribute databases with geographic features, spatial analysis, and presentation output.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Time Instant
- 1990
- Bounding Box
- West
- -85.338234
- East
- -83.505730
- North
- 34.563683
- South
- 33.178562
- ISO Topic Category
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword
- Municipal
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- HGL Category Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword
- Boundaries
- Census
- Metropolitan areas
- Cities and towns
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Theme Keyword
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
- Place Keyword
- Atlanta
- Georgia (United States)
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GNIS
- Temporal Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- Access is granted to licensee (Harvard University) only. Available only to Harvard University affiliates. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational non-commercial use only. Harvard University makes no claims, no representations, and no warranties, express or implied, concerning the validity (express or implied), the reliability or the accuracy of the GIS data and GIS data products furnished, including the implied validity of any uses of such data. This data may not be redistributed by HGL users. Any authorized use of information derived or supplemented by use of the Database shall acknowledge the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) as the source.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC)
- Delivery Point
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Delivery Point
- 40 Courtland Street, NE
- Delivery Point
- Attn: GIS Division
- City
- Atlanta
- State
- GA
- Postal Code
- 30303
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- (404) 463-3100
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- (404) 463-3105
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- jbohn@atlantaregional.com
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
- Data Quality Information
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Title
- Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Data
- Edition
- 5th
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Atlanta Regional Information System (ARIS)
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Publisher
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Other Citation Details
- Fifth in a continuing series of CD-ROMs with updates.
- Source Scale Denominator
- Range from 5,000 to 100,000
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- 1983
- Ending Date
- 2002
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Contribution
- Data used to produce Shapefiles in HGL
- Source
- Title
- Various Sources
- Source Scale Denominator
- 5,000 to 100,000
- Type of Source Media
- GPS data; Orthophotos; TIGER files; Vector data
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- 1983
- Ending Date
- 2002
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Contribution
- Various source materials were used to produce ARC CD-ROM Data. Data derived form such sources as: Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA); Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT); Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism (GDITT); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Census Bureau; Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI); Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA); Reapportionment Services Office, Georgia General Assembly; Cobb County Department of Transportation (CCT) and others.
- 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
- 20
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- 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
- Vertical Coordinate System Definition
- Altitude System Definition
- Altitude Resolution
- 1.000000
- Altitude Encoding Method
- Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- ARC Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Entity Type Definition
- Polygons represent 20 MSAs in Atlanta region
- Entity Type Definition Source
- ARC
- Attributes
- TIM.ARCSTAT.AREA
- Area of feature in square coverage units
- Definition Source
- Computed
- PERIMETER
- Perimeter measured in map units
- Definition Source
- Computed
- MSA_20_
- Feature Identifier
- Definition Source
- ARC
- MSA_20_ID
- Feature Identifier
- Definition Source
- ARC
- FIPS
- FIPS County Code (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- epartment of Commerce, Census Bureau
- NAME
- County Name
- Definition Source
- ARC
- CEDO
- Community Economic Development Region (old designation by the Georgia DCA, no longer used)
- Definition Source
- ARC
- NONATTAINM
- Clean air non-attainment counties (13); Designation by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
- Definition Source
- ARC
- ARC
- Atlanta Regional Commission counties (10)
- Definition Source
- ARC
- SHAPE
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- SHAPE.AREA
- Area of feature in square coverage units
- Definition Source
- Computed
- SHAPE.LEN
- Length of arc in coverage units
- Definition Source
- Computed
- SHAPE.FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Distributor
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20050819
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Contact Person
- Geospatial Resources Cataloger
- Contact Address
- Address
- Harvard University Library
- Address
- Office For Information Systems
- Address
- 1280 Massachusetts Avenue
- City
- Cambridge
- State or Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 617-495-2417
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 617-496-0440
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
- Hours of Service
- Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Extensions
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
- Profile Name
- ESRI Metadata Profile
