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U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits 2008
- 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
- 20080401
- Title
- U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits 2008
- Edition
- 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI® Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 2008 World, Europe, United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/acf2a027-5cda-442e-b6e1-71c0c032f57d/file/3c278189-7640-4398-9fe1-babd58fc0e0b
- Abstract
- U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits represents an automated inventory of the proper names and locations of physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories.
- Purpose
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), of which U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits is a part, promotes geographic feature name standardization and serves as the Federal Government's repository of information regarding feature name spellings and applications for features in United States and its Territories. The names listed in the inventory can be published on Federal maps, charts, and in other documents. The feature locative information has been used in emergency preparedness, marketing, site-selection and analysis, genealogical and historical research, and transportation routing applications.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date: 19810501, 20070125; ground condition: 1974-Present
- Bounding Box
- West
- -178.794285
- East
- 179.828928
- North
- 70.492504
- South
- -14.357500
- Theme Keyword
- point
- summit
- place name
- geographic feature
- environment
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- United States
- U.S. Commonwealths
- U.S. Territories
- U.S. Freely Associated States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 1981
- 2007
- 1974-Present
- 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 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. 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 ESRI Data Maps. 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. 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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
- Annually
- 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
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2) or tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then loaded into ArcSDE® to verify and validate the geometry.
- 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 accurate to within +/- 1 second of latitude or longitude. The source data is based upon the use of printed or electronic source graphics which are compiled to meet National Map Accuracy Standards.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- United States Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 19810501
- Title
- U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Edition
- 20070125
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia, USA
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details
- The web page is titled 'U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names - State and Topical Gazetteer Download Files'. The data set was last revised on January 25, 2007.
- Online Linkage
- http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm
- Online Linkage
- http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/stategaz/AllStates.zip
- Source Scale Denominator
- 24000
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19810501
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20070125
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1974-Present
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date: 19810501, 20070125; ground condition: 1974-Present
- 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
- 70737
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS_1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257224
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- gsummit
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- United States Geological Survey
- Attributes
- ObjectID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- NAME
- The name of the geographic feature. (Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic NamesPrinciples, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997)
- Definition Source
- United States Geological Survey, United States Board on Geographic Names
- ELEV_METER
- The elevation of the feature in meters relative to sea level. (Numbers for the features.)
- Definition Source
- United States Geological Survey
- STCTYFIPS
- The combined state/territory and county FIPS code (five-digit number). The combined code uniquely identifies the county in which the geographic feature is located. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- 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
