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Canada Postal Points, 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
- Tele Atlas (Firm : U.S.)
- Originator
- Economic and Social Research Institute
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- Canada Postal Points, 2008
- Edition
- 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps: StreetMap
- Issue Identification
- 2008 North America
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2008_canada_fsa_centr.zip
- Abstract
- Canada Postal Points is a point theme representing the centroids of the three-character Forward Sortation Areas (FSA) of Canada.
- Purpose
- Canada Postal Points provide the FSA locations.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2008
- Bounding Box
- West
- -136.444820
- East
- -52.701386
- North
- 68.809761
- South
- 42.052078
- Theme Keyword
- point
- zip codes
- five-digit zip codes
- post offices
- enclosing zip codes
- forward sortation area centroids
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- society
- location
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- Canada
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2007
- 2006
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- For current Columbia affiliates only.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use 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
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Hours of Service
- 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
- 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 horizontal positional accuracy is 167 feet.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- Publication Date
- 200702
- Title
- Tele Atlas StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS v. 9.0
- Edition
- Version 9.0
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Tele Atlas StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS
- Issue Identification
- Version 9.0
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
- Publisher
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.teleatlas.com/
- Source Scale Denominator
- 100000
- Type of Source Media
- DVD?ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200702
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200611
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition: 200611; publication date: 200702
- 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
- 1603
- 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
- canada_fsa_centr
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent the five-digit ZIP Code areas of the United States and the three-character Forward Sortation Areas (FSA) of Canada as centroids.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, 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
- ObjectID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- POSTAL
- The five-digit (ZIP) or three-character (FSA) postal code.
- Five-digit number for the United States.
- The five-digit number used by the postal service to identify an area where mail is delivered.
- Three-character code for Canada.
- The Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Code.
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- ENC_POSTAL
- Enclosing ZIP or FSA.
- Five-digit number for the United States.
- The five-digit number used by the postal service to identify an area where mail is delivered.
- Three-character code for Canada.
- The Forward Sortation Area (FSA) Code.
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- STATE
- State or Province two-letter abbreviation. (USPS City/State File; Canadian Provinces and TerritoriesUnited States Postal Service; Canada Post Corporation)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- STFIPS
- State FIPS or Province code. (Federal Information Processing Standards; Abbreviations and Codes for Provinces and TerritoriesNational Institute of Standards and Technology; Statistics Canada)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME
- ZIP or FSA post office name. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME_TYPE
- The type of facility that the postal code represents for the U.S.; Canada is always blank. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- COUNTY1
- The first county in which the ZIP Code is located; Canada is always blank. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- CTY1FIPS
- The FIPS code for the first county in which the ZIP Code is located; Canada is always '000'. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- COUNTY2
- The second county in which the ZIP Code is located; Canada is always blank. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- CTY2FIPS
- The FIPS code for the second county in which the ZIP Code is located; Canada is always '000'. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- COUNTY3
- The third county in which the ZIP Code is located; Canada is always blank. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- CTY3FIPS
- The FIPS code for the third county in which the ZIP Code is located; Canada is always '000'. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- AREA_MI
- Area in square miles. (Calculated areas for the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- LATITUDE
- The latitude for the feature. (Latitude values for the features.)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- LONGITUDE
- The longitude for the feature. (Longitude values for the features.)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- RPO_FLAG
- The Residential Post Office (post office with mostly residential post office box customers) indicator.
- R
- The ZIP Code is a residential post office (RPO) ZIP Code.
- blank
- The ZIP Code is not a residential post office or the feature is in Canada.
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- PC_TYPE
- The postal code type. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- PT_LOC
- Point location indicator.
- A
- Centroid point represents the actual location of the point ZIP.
- blank
- Centroid is calculated.
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME1
- Alternate postal name 1. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME_TYPE1
- Alternate postal name type 1. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME2
- Alternate postal name 2. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME_TYPE2
- Alternate postal name type 2. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME3
- Alternate postal name 3. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME_TYPE3
- Alternate postal name type 3. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME4
- Alternate postal name 4. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME_TYPE4
- Alternate postal name type 4. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME5
- Alternate postal name 5. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- NAME_TYPE5
- Alternate postal name type 5. (USPS City/State FileUnited States Postal Service)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- geopackage
- Distributor
- ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20100304
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- 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
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Extensions
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
- Profile Name
- ESRI Metadata Profile
