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United States Cities and Towns, 2012
- 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
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Title
- United States Cities and Towns, 2012
- Edition
- 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Data Maps for ArcGIS
- Issue Identification
- 2012 - World, Europe, and United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2012_us_cities_dtl.zip
- Abstract
- United States Cities and Towns is a point theme representing cities and towns in the United States.
- Purpose
- United States Cities and Towns provides information about the locations, names, and populations of cities and towns for conducting geographic analysis on national and large regional scales.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:2,000,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- ground condition: 1972-2004; publication date: 20070606
- Bounding Box
- West
- -174.202942
- East
- 178.874601
- North
- 71.290137
- South
- 17.711706
- Theme Keyword
- point
- cities
- towns
- populated places
- population
- location
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Puerto Rico
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1972-2004
- 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 2; Esri ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then imported into a file geodatabase to verify, validate, and if needed repair 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 originally extracted from the USGS 1:2,000,000-scale Digital Line Graphs (DLG) - Manmade Features. The horizontal positional accuracy is about 2 kilometers.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- National Atlas of the United States and the U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 200402
- Title
- Cities and Towns of the United States, 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia, USA
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Online Linkage
- http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html
- Source Scale Denominator
- 2000000
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- 1972
- Ending Date
- 2004
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 20070606
- Title
- Esri Data
- Edition
- 2007
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Esri Data
- Issue Identification
- 2007
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Other Citation Details
- Provided the POP2007 attribute.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20070606
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute 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
- 35432
- 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
- cities_dtl
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent cities and towns in the United States.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the 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
- FEATURE
- The categorized population of the city or town.
- less than 10,000
- The population of the city or town is less than 10,000.
- 10,000 - 49,999
- The population of the city or town is at least 10,000 but not greater than 49,999.
- 50,000 - 99,999
- The population of the city or town is at least 50,000 but not greater than 99,999.
- 100,000 - 249,999
- The population of the city or town is at least 100,000 but not greater than 249,999.
- 250,000 - 499,999
- The population of the city or town is at least 250,000 but not greater than 499,999.
- 500,000 - 999,999
- The population of the city or town is at least 500,000 but not greater than 999,999.
- 1,000,000 - 9,999,999
- The population of the city or town is at least 1,000,000 but not greater than 9,999,999.
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- NAME
- The name of the city or town. (Geographic Names Information SystemUnited States Geological Survey)
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- ST_ABBREV
- The two-letter abbreviation for the state. (Federal Information Processing Standards 5-2National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- FIPS
- The combined state and county FIPS code (five-digit number). The combined code uniquely identifies the county in which the city or town is located. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- PLACE_FIPS
- The FIPS code (five-digit number) for named populated places (city or town). (Federal Information Processing Standards PUB 55-DC3National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- POP_2000
- The 2000 population of the city or town. (Populations for the features.)
- -99999
- The population is unknown.
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- POP2007
- The 2007 population of the city or town. (Populations for the features.)
- -99999
- The population is unknown.
- Definition Source
- Esri
- STATUS
- The status of the city or town.
- National Capital
- City is the national capital.
- State Capital
- City is a state capital.
- State Capital County Seat
- City is a state capital and county seat.
- County Seat
- City is a county seat.
- Definition Source
- Esri
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- Esri; Esri Offices
- Online Access
- http://www.ArcGIS.com
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20130205
- 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
- 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
