Germany Five-Digit Zip Code Areas (PLZgrenzen)

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• Spatial_Reference_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Originator: ESRI

Publication_Date: 20021201

Title: Germany Five-Digit Zip Code Areas (PLZgrenzen)

Edition: 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: ESRI Data & Maps

Issue_Identification: 2003

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA

Publisher: ESRI

Other_Citation_Details: Location: \europe\germany

Description:

Abstract:

There are no official zip code areas in Germany. Zip codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ) are related only to streets but are organized into the five-digit zip code areas that cover Germany. Germany Five-Digit Zip Code Areas (PLZgrenzen) represent these areas.

Purpose:

Germany Five-Digit Zip Code Areas (PLZgrenzen) provides the five-digit zip code areas of Germany.

Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20001231

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998-2002

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 5.866286

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 15.048632

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.058262

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.273602

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: polygon

Theme_Keyword: zip codes

Theme_Keyword: areas

Theme_Keyword: five-digit zip codes

Theme_Keyword: Postleitzahl (PLZ)

Theme_Keyword: PLZgrenzen

Theme_Keyword: postcodes

Theme_Keyword: location

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Germany

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 1998-2002

Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.

Use_Constraints:

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:
© 1998-2002 ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH, Germany, under license of infas GeoDaten GmbH, Germany.
Redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (e.g. .gif, .jpeg, etc.) that are plotted, printed, or publicly displayed with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s).
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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: ESRI

Contact_Person: Data Team

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 380 New York Street

City: Redlands

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 92373-8100

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday

Contact_Instructions:

In the United States– Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing and consulting services to your local ESRI Regional Office. For support, you may contact Technical Support by telephone (voice) between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, by dialing 909-793-3774; facsimile (fax) available at 909-792-0960; electronic mail (e-mail) support@esri.com; or visit <http://support.esri.com>; ESRI holidays excluded.
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Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes.

Completeness_Report:

After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The positional accuracy of the coordinates does not exceed +/- 150 meters.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Publication_Date: 20001231

Title: ESRI PLZgrenzen 2001

Edition: 2001

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: ESRI PLZgrenzen

Issue_Identification: 2001

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Kranzberg, Germany

Publisher: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Source_Scale_Denominator: 50000 (city area, fit to streets); 100000 (inter-city area)

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20001231

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998-2002

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRI PLZgrenzen 2001

Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

There are no official zip code areas in Germany. Zip codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ) are only related to streets. To build the areas, ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH digitized from topographic maps using community boundaries where possible, digitized from street lines inside cities and communities containing several zip codes, and used free interpretation.

Process_Date: 20001231

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRI PLZgrenzen 2001

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded data set from the ESRI FTP site. Removed an attribute. Renamed attributes. Reduced an attribute's width. Added Region attribute. Reordered the attributes. Created ArcGIS™ layer file (.lyr). Created ArcView legend file (.avl), ArcGIS™ layer file (.lyr) file, projection file (.prj), and spatial indices.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRI PLZgrenzen 2001

Process_Date: 20020927

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 8266

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:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: plzzip5

Entity_Type_Definition:

The polygons represent five-digit zip code areas of Germany from street-based zip codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ).

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZIP_CODE

Attribute_Definition: The five-digit zip code (Postleitzahl, PLZ).

Attribute_Definition_Source: Deutsche Post AG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Zip Codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ)

Codeset_Source: Deutsche Post AG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: POSTSTATN

Attribute_Definition: The Poststation name.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REGION

Attribute_Definition: The region code.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Derived from Zip Codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ)

Codeset_Source: Deutsche Post AG

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 380 New York Street

City: Redlands

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 92373-8100

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778

Contact_Instructions:

In the United States, contact the ESRI Telesales staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.
Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at <http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm>.

Resource_Description: Offline Data

Distribution_Liability: See use constraints.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SHP

Format_Specification:

The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE® format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file (*.shp.xml) contains the metadata describing the data set (optional).

File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied

Transfer_Size: 17.611

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD–ROM or DVD–ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes)

Recording_Format: ISO 9660

Fees: Software purchase price

Ordering_Instructions: ESRI Data & Maps is available only as part of ESRI® software.

Technical_Prerequisites:

To use this data requires software that supports ArcView® GIS shapefiles.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20021101

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: ESRI

Contact_Person: Data Team

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 380 New York Street

City: Redlands

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 92373-8100

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile