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Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Economic Areas
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Publication Date
- 2001
- Title
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Economic Areas
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-ntadbea
- Abstract
- The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)database is a Geographic polygon dataset representing county based economic regions for the United States.
- Purpose
- The database provides locational information for use in national and regional cartographic and spatial analysis applications.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 1998
- Bounding Box
- West
- -179.149375
- East
- 179.776404
- North
- 71.382377
- South
- 18.911255
- ISO Topic Category
- boundaries
- economy
- Theme Keyword
- Economic zones
- Administrative and political divisions
- Boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Territories and possessions
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Temporal Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None. Acknowledgment of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Bureau of Transportation, USDOT
- Delivery Point
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics, USDOT
- Delivery Point
- Delivery Point
- 400 Seventh Street, SW
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 1-202-366-DATA
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 1-202-366-3640
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- answers@bts.gov
- Credit
- The data set was compiled by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the NTAD county database.
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649
- Collection
- Originator
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Publication Date
- 2001
- Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Attributes for the Bureau of Economic Areas data set have been created using ARC/INFO, a Geographic Information System. All area and distance values are calculated to the nearest 50m.
- Logical Consistency Report
- All node-link and polygon topological relationships are created and verified using ARC/INFO. Unique entity identifiers were similarly verified using ARC/INFO.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The positional accuracy of each data set varies as described. The County borders database was compiled from TIGER/Line data with a corresponding positional accuracy of +/- 80m for the contiguous 48 States plus Washington DC and Hawaii. TIGER lines for Alaska are at a scale of 1:250,000. The shorelines for the 23 coastal states were created using 1:250,000 NOS digital data which has a positional accuracy of +/- 200m. Thus, all internal political boundaries have a higher accuracy than do the coastal definitions with the exception of Alaska.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Title
- NTAD county database, BEA
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1996
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Spatial information for BEA economic regions.
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 19580
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Area chain
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 12160
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000464
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000464
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- 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
- 298.257224
- 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
- SDE.NTADBEA
- Entity Type Definition
- ESRI Shapefile
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI
- Attributes
- VERSION
- The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. In this release the value is 03. (00 to 99)
- Definition Source
- Assigned
- REVISION
- REVISION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented individually for each record whenever a change is made to one of its fields. (Revision numbers will not be reset with each new release). In this release the values is 00. (00 to 99)
- Definition Source
- Assigned
- MODDATE
- Record Modification Date
- Definition Source
- Assigned
- POLYID
- Unique identifier for each polygon
- Definition Source
- Assigned
- FEATUREID
- Unique identifier for the geographic entity - the BEA Code
- Definition Source
- BEA
- LONGITUDE
- Centroid longitude value for the polygon expressed as a signed integer with six implied decimal places. Adding the six decimal places converts the value to decimal degrees. Negative values indicate West longitude and positive values indicate East longitude.
- Definition Source
- BTS
- LATITUDE
- Centroid latitude value for the polygon expressed as a signed integer with six implied decimal places. Adding the six decimal places converts the value to decimal degrees. Negative values indicate South latitude and positive values indicate North latitude.
- Definition Source
- BTS
- DESCRIPT
- Name/identification - blank
- SHAPE
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI and BTS
- SHAPE.AREA
- SHAPE.LEN
- SHAPE.FID
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SHAPE
- Distributor
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Online Access
- hgl.harvard.edu
- Name
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- BTS Product Distribution Center
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20020705
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Contact Person
- Geospatial Resources Cataloger
- Contact Address
- Address
- Office of 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
- 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
