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U.S. ZIP Code Points 2002

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Geographic Data Technology, Inc. (GDT)
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication Date
20020401
Title
U.S. ZIP Code Points 2002
Edition
2002
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ESRI Data Maps
Issue Identification
2002
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Online Linkage
https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/c2cb6cf7-b65a-4696-8661-0c20452706e3/file/018747ee-a1c6-4b2a-bf23-cc766796b77b
Abstract
U.S. ZIP Code Points represents five-digit ZIP Code areas as points by placing the location using delivery based centroids and those ZIP Codes that have few or no street delivery locations or are assigned to a single organization such as a business which has street delivery.
Purpose
U.S. ZIP Code Points provides the post office name, types, and area for each ZIP Code location in the United States.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
200111
Bounding Box
West
-177.967291
East
-66.988399
North
70.621213
South
19.081338
Theme Keyword
point
zip codes
locations
five-digit zip codes
post offices
enclosing zip codes
location
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
2001
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
Access granted to Licensee only.
Use Restrictions
The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs for use with ESRI® software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes. The redistribution rights for this data set: Redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (e.g. .gif, .jpeg, etc.) that are plotted, printed, or publicly displayed with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). Geodata is redistributable with a Value-Added Software Application developed by ESRI Business Partners on a royalty-free basis with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). The terms and conditions below apply to all the data sets provided on the ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs. Proprietary Rights and Copyright: Licensee acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor(s). The Data and Related Materials are owned by ESRI and its licensor(s) and are protected by United States copyright laws and applicable international copyright treaties and/or conventions. Limited Warranty and Disclaimer: ESRI warrants that the media upon which the Data and Related Materials are provided will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt. THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND THE LICENSEE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE DATA CONTAINS SOME NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS. ESRI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE DATA WILL MEET LICENSEE'S NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS; THAT THE USE OF THE DATA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED; OR THAT ALL NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED. ESRI IS NOT INVITING RELIANCE ON THIS DATA, AND THE LICENSEE SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY ACTUAL DATA. EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE, THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Exclusive Remedy and Limitation of Liability: The entire liability of ESRI or its licensor(s) and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be to terminate the Agreement upon Licensee returning the Data and Related Materials to ESRI with a copy of Licensee's invoice/receipt and ESRI returning the license fees paid to Licensee. IN NO EVENT SHALL ESRI AND/OR ITS LICENSOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, OR BUSINESS EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS, OR COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS; LOSS OF ANY GOODWILL; OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ESRI OR ITS LICENSOR(S) HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. Third Party Beneficiary: ESRI's licensor(s) has (have) authorized ESRI to (sub)distribute and (sub)license its (their) data as incorporated into the Data and Related Materials. As an intended third party beneficiary to this Agreement, the ESRI licensor(s) is (are) entitled to directly enforce, in its own name, the rights and obligations undertaken by the Licensee and to seek all legal and equitable remedies as are afforded to ESRI. In the event that the data vendor(s) has (have) granted the end user permission to redistribute the Geodata, please use proper proprietary or copyright attribution for the various data vendor(s), and provide the associated metadata file(s) with the Geodata. In compliance with FGDC metadata standards, ESRI has attempted to practice proper metadata methodologies by providing any data source information, descriptions, and file names to assist in this effort.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Matches software update releases
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Princeton University Library
Contact Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST, Monday–Friday
Credit
United States Postal Service
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.3.679
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
No duplicate features are present.
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 extracted from many sources. Most locations are based on 2000 Census Version TIGER/Line™ files (CD–ROM edition), processed to improve their accuracy, then placed as points based on the actual distribution of residential deliveries within each ZIP code polygon. Residential Post Office ZIP Codes (with RPO_flag R) are placed at the actual location of the post office. Other ZIP Code points include Post Office box ZIP Codes and Unique ZIP Codes (single site, building or organization). Due to the different sources and methods used, the horizontal accuracy is unknown.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Geographic Data Technology, Inc.
Publication Date
200201
Title
Dynamap/ZIP Code Boundary Inventory Files v10.0
Edition
Version 10.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Dynamap®/ZIP Code Boundary Inventory Files
Issue Identification
v10.0
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
200111
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
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
41727
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
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
zip_usa
Entity Type Definition
The points represent areas where mail is delivered (from a city block or two to a whole rural town), Residential Post Office locations, Post Office box ZIP Codes, and unique ZIP Codes (single site, building or organization) within United States.
Entity Type Definition Source
Geographic Data Technology, Inc.
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
ZIP
The five-digit number used by the postal service to identify a location where mail is delivered. (USPS National 5-Digit ZIP and Post Office DirectoryUnited States Postal Service)
Definition Source
United States Postal Service
ENC_ZIP
The five-digit ZIP Code of the area that encloses a ZIP Code point (if present) which has no geographic extent defined in terms of street segments, or which correspond to geography not defined in any Postal Service data files. (USPS National 5-Digit ZIP and Post Office DirectoryUnited States Postal Service)
Definition Source
Geographic Data Technology, Inc.
STATE
The two-letter abbreviation for the state in which the ZIP Code point is located. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
Definition Source
United States Postal Service
AREA
The area of the ZIP Code area the point is based on in square miles using Albers Equal Area Projection. (Calculated areas for the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
PO_NAME
The post office name. (USPS National 5-Digit ZIP and Post Office DirectoryUnited States Postal Service)
Definition Source
United States Postal Service
NAMETYPE
The type of post office facility. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
Definition Source
United States Postal Service
CTY1FIPS
The FIPS code for the first county in which the ZIP Code is located. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
CTY2FIPS
The FIPS code for the second county in which the ZIP Code is located. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
CTY3FIPS
The FIPS code for the third county in which the ZIP Code is located. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
RPO_FLAG
The Residential Post Office (post office with mostly residential post office box customers) indicator.
R
This ZIP Code is a Residential Post Office.
(blank)
This ZIP Code is not a Residential Post Office.
Definition Source
United States Postal Service
ZIP_TYPE
The type of ZIP Code. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
Definition Source
United States Postal Service
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20080930
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Princeton University Library
Contact Person
Tsering Wangyal Shawa
Contact Address
Address
Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center, The Lewis Library, Room 228, Princeton University
City
Princeton
State or Province
NJ
Postal Code
08544
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST, Monday–Friday
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
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