U.S. GDT Institutions (Hospitals) represents point locations for hospitals and medical centers within the United States.
Purpose
U.S. GDT Institutions (Hospitals) provides the locations and names for hospitals and medical centers within the United States.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
199901
Bounding Box
West
-158.035772
East
-67.269085
North
64.836263
South
19.720732
ISO Topic Category
health
location
structure
Theme Keyword
Health facilities
Hospitals
Medical centers
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
1999
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
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
Hours of Service
8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
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 positional accuracy matches or is better than the positional accuracy of the TIGER/Line coordinates. The positional accuracy of the TIGER/Line coordinates at best is +/- 167 feet approximately.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Geographic Data Technology, Inc.
Publication Date
199901
Title
Dynamap/2000 v9.0
Edition
Version 9.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Dynamap/2000
Issue Identification
v9.0
Publication Information
Publication Place
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Publisher
Geographic Data Technology, Inc
Source Scale Denominator
100000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
199901
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
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
4111
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
TIM.SMUSAHOSPITAL
Entity Type Definition
The points represent the locations for hospitals and medical centers within United States. The names are from the U.S. Department of the Interior Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
Entity Type Definition Source
Geographic Data Technology, Inc. (GDT)
Attributes
NAME
The proper name of the institution. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
Department of the Interior Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
FCC
The Feature Classification Code of the institution. (Census Feature Classification Codes (also called "FCC")Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
TIM.SMUSAHOSPITAL.FID
Internal feature number. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE
Internal feature number (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
SHP
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library Team
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
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
Hours of Service
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday-Friday
Contact Instructions
Cambridge
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
