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Atlanta Regional Commission MSA Census Tracts
- 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 MSA Census Tracts
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-arcstatcen
- Abstract
- This polygon datalayer depicts Census Tracts, with associated attribute data, for tracts located within the 20 county Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the Atlanta Region. ARC documentation states that: This Theme is a subset of the ARC Census Tracts Theme (CEN_TRCT) which was derived from the U.S. Census Bureau. The geographic extent of this Theme 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
- society
- Theme Keyword
- Municipal
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- HGL Category Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword
- Boundaries
- Census
- Census districts
- Administrative divisions
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Theme Keyword
- Census Tracts
- 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
- 497
- 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 MSA Census Tracts
- Entity Type Definition
- Polygons represent Census Tracts
- Entity Type Definition Source
- ARC
- Attributes
- TIM.ARCSTATCEN.AREA
- Area of feature in square coverage units
- PERIMETER
- Perimeter length in coverage units
- MSA_CT90_
- Feature Identifier
- Definition Source
- Assigned
- MSA_CT90_I
- Feature Identifier
- Definition Source
- Assigned
- FIPS
- FIPS County Code (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- COUNTY_NAM
- County Name
- Definition Source
- ARC
- CT90
- Census tract number
- Definition Source
- ARC
- CT90_PREFI
- Census tract number prefix (ARC Internal Use)
- Definition Source
- ARC
- REGION
- Atlanta Regional Commission counties (10)
- Definition Source
- ARC
- POP90
- Population Total 1990
- Definition Source
- ARC
- WPOP90
- White Population 1990
- Attribute Value Accuracy
- Persons of Hispanic descent may be of any race
- BPOP90
- Black Population 1990
- HU90
- Total Housing Units 1990
- CTTEXT
- Census tract number for text output (ARC internal use)
- Definition Source
- ARC
- SHAPE
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- SHAPE.AREA
- Area of feature in square coverage units
- SHAPE.LEN
- Length of arc in coverage units
- 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
