Bronx 1873 Rivers and Streams is a line theme representing rivers in the Bronx in 1873. The features were digitized from the map series entitled "Topographical map made from surveys by the commissioners of the Department of Public Parks of the city of New York of that part of Westchester County adjacent to the City and County of New York embraced in chapter 534 of laws of 1871 as amended by chapter 878 of laws of 1872 " published in 1873 from the New York department of Parks.
Purpose
This map set was digitized for general use. This dataset may be used in a GIS.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
1873
Bounding Box
West
-73.959819
East
-73.857057
North
40.924316
South
40.796548
Theme Keyword
New York (N.Y.)--Maps.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Maps.
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Theme Keyword
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
inlandWaters
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
rivers
streams
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
none
Place Keyword
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2012
1873
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Digital Social Science Center, Columbia University Libraries.
Delivery Point
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Source
Originator
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks.
Publication Date
1873
Title
Topographical map made from surveys by the commissioners of the Department of Public Parks of the City of New York of that part of Westchester County adjacent to the City and County of New York embraced by chapter 534 of laws of 1871 as amended by chapter 878 of laws of 1872 / Department of Public Parks, City of new York, March 8th, 1873.
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
map
Publication Information
Publication Place
New York
Publisher
The Dept.?
Other Citation Details
15 leaves : maps, plans ; 69 x 78 cm.
Source Scale Denominator
12000
Type of Source Media
paper
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1873
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
All data
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
String
Point and Vector Object Count
333
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection
Map Projection Name
Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard Parallel
40.666667
Standard Parallel
41.033333
Longitude of Central Meridian
-74.000000
Latitude of Projection Origin
40.166667
False Easting
984250.000000
False Northing
0.000000
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Planar Distance Units
survey feet
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
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
Shape_Length
Length of feature in internal units. (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
geopackage
Distributor
Digital Social Science Center, Columbia University Libraries
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20130214
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Digital Social Science Center, Columbia University Libraries.
Contact Position
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
