Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication Date
20001101
Title
U.S. State Capitals and Major Cities
Edition
2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ESRI Data Maps
Issue Identification
2000
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Other Citation Details
Location: ESRI Data Maps 2000 (CD 7) \data\cities
Online Linkage
https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-smusacity
Abstract
U.S. State Capital and Major Cities represents locations for all state capitals within United States and a few major cities in the country.
Purpose
U.S. State Capital and Major Cities provides locations and names for state capitals and a few major cities. The city locations are used for displaying a State level detailed map in StreetMap.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
1999
Bounding Box
West
-157.804199
East
-69.729202
North
61.182237
South
21.317249
ISO Topic Category
location
Theme Keyword
Cities and towns
Capitals (Cities)
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
1990
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
LCAF
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
For Non-commercial use only
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Matches software update releases
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
California
Postal Code
92373-8100
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
909-793-2853
Contact Facsimile Telephone
909-793-5953
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@esri.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes.
Completeness Report
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The geospatial part of this data set was calculated from latitude/longitude coordinates from the U.S. Bureau of the Census 1990 Summary Tape File 1C (STF-1C). The horizontal positional accuracy is unknown.
Lineage
Source
Publication Date
Unknown
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
tabular digital data
Series Information
Publication Information
Source Scale Denominator
100000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1990
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
103
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000001
Longitude Resolution
0.000001
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
298.257222
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.SMUSACITY
Entity Type Definition
U.S. State Capital and Major Cities. The points represent locations for State capitals and some major cities within the United States.
Entity Type Definition Source
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attributes
CITY_NAME
The city name. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
CAPITAL
The state capital city indicator.
Y
The city is a state capital.
N
The city is not a state capital.
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE.FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
SHP
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Online Access
http://hgl.harvard.edu
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20020801
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Harvard Geospatial Library
Contact Person
Geospatial Resources Cataloger
Contact Address
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
