Canada Institutions is a point theme representing locations within Canada for common institution landmark types including hospitals, educational institutions, religious institutions, government centers, and cemeteries.
Purpose
Provides the locations for hundreds of thousands of hospitals, educational institutions, religious institutions, government centers, and cemeteries.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
200702
Bounding Box
West
-130.347154
East
-52.658796
North
62.456624
South
42.036247
Theme Keyword
point
institutions
hospitals
educational institutions
religious institutions
government centers
cemeteries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
location
structure
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
Canada
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2007
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
DVDROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
200702
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
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
17047
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_institutions
Entity Type Definition
The points represent point locations within the United States and Canada for common institution landmark types including hospitals, educational institutions, religious institutions, government centers, and cemeteries.
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
NAME
The name of the institution. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
FCC
The Feature Class Code. (Census Feature Classification Codes (also called "FCC")Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
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
