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U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas, 2015
- 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
- United States Geological Survey
- Originator
- Esri
- Publication Date
- 20181231
- Title
- U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas, 2015
- Edition
- 2018
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Data and Maps for ArcGIS®
- Issue Identification
- 2018 - World, Europe, and United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Other Citation Details
- Location: \usa\census
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/7f662f98-b2c8-4112-aa07-29e93bbe0391/file/d048f66c-cffd-407b-b265-d503652d4f9d
- Abstract
- U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas represents urban areas in the United States. Urban areas are places that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, these places consist of areas of high population density and urban land use.
- Purpose
- U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas provides information about the locations, names, codes, and types of urban areas for conducting geographic analysis on national and large regional scales.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 20150401
- Bounding Box
- West
- -165.422976
- East
- -64.650264
- North
- 71.307540
- South
- 17.680186
- Theme Keyword
- polygon
- urbanized areas
- cities
- urban areas
- urban clusters
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 2015
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to Esri for inclusion on Data and Maps for ArcGIS® 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 Data and Maps. 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: Public domain data from U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The terms and conditions below apply to all the data sets provided on Data and Maps. Proprietary Rights and Copyright: Licensee acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of Esri and its licensor(s). 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- Use Restrictions
- See Resource Constraints legal constraints. Data are licensed to Princeton University-affiliated persons only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Esri
- Delivery Point
- 380 New York Street
- City
- Redlands
- State
- California
- Postal Code
- 92373-8100
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Hours of Service
- 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
- Credit
- ESRI
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The dataset is converted to file geodatabase (FGDB) format using tools in ArcGIS. The geometry is checked, and if needed repaired.
- Completeness Report
- After processing, the dataset is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:1,000,000-scale data. The horizontal positional accuracy is unknown.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 20150401
- Title
- USGS 1:1,000,000-Scale Urban Areas of the United States 201504 Shapefile
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Rolla, Missouri, US
- Publisher
- National Geospatial Program, The National Map Small Scale
- Online Linkage
- http://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/atlasftp.html?openChapters=chpref#chpref
- Source Scale Denominator
- 1000000
- Type of Source Media
- onLine
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20150401
- 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
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 3593
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-09
- Longitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-09
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D WGS 1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS 1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.0
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257223563
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- urban_dtl
- Entity Type Definition
- The polygons represent urban areas in the United States. Urban areas are places that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, these places consist of areas of high population density and urban land use.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- U.S. Geological Survey
- 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
- UACE10
- The 2010 Census code for the urban area. (Unique codes for the features.) (00037 to 98263)
- Definition Source
- National Geospatial Program, The National Map Small Scale
- UA_Label
- The 2010 Census name for the urban area. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- National Geospatial Program, The National Map Small Scale
- STATE
- The two-letter abbreviation for each state/territory in which the urban area is located. Where the urban area falls in more than one state, the abbreviations are separated by dashes, e.g., DC-VA-MD. (Codes for States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United StatesAmerican National Standards Institute)
- Definition Source
- National Geospatial Program, The National Map Small Scale
- TYPE
- The type of the urban area.
- UA
- The urban area type is an urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants.
- UC
- The urban area type is an urban cluster of at least 2,500 but less than 50,000 inhabitants. Note: U.S. Virgin Islands urban clusters may contain populations greater than 50,000 inhabitants.
- Definition Source
- National Geospatial Program, The National Map Small Scale
- ACRES
- The size of the urban area in acres. (Calculated areas for the features.)
- Definition Source
- National Geospatial Program, The National Map Small Scale
- SQMI
- The size of the urban area in square miles. (Calculated areas for the features.)
- Definition Source
- National Geospatial Program, The National Map Small Scale; Esri
- Shape_Leng
- Shape_Area
- Area of feature in internal units squared. (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- Esri
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- File Geodatabase Feature Class
- Distributor
- Esri; Esri Offices
- Online Access
- http://www.ArcGIS.com
- Online Access
- https://my.esri.com
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20190625
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Esri
- Contact Person
- ArcGIS Content Team
- Contact Address
- Address
- 380 New York Street
- City
- Redlands
- State or Province
- California
- Postal Code
- 92373-8100
- Country
- US
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Hours of Service
- 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
