U.S. National Atlas Cities

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 20040301
Title: U.S. National Atlas Cities
Edition: 2004
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI® Data & Maps
Issue_Identification: 2004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Other_Citation_Details: Location: \usa
Description:
Abstract:
U.S. National Atlas Cities represents cities and towns in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Purpose:
U.S. National Atlas Cities 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.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1972-2000
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1990
Currentness_Reference: publication date: 1972-2000, 1998; ground condition: 1990
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -174.198764
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 178.874609
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.290073
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.711709
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: point
Theme_Keyword: cities
Theme_Keyword: towns
Theme_Keyword: populated places
Theme_Keyword: location
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: U.S. Virgin Islands
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 1972-2000
Temporal_Keyword: 1998
Temporal_Keyword: 1990
Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.
Use_Constraints:
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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 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format in ArcSDE®. This verifies and validates 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.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
National Atlas of the United States and the U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 20001106
Title: Cities and Towns of the United States
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia, USA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details: The data set was downloaded from the web site in August 2002.
Online_Linkage: <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1972-2000
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1990
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date: 1972-2000, 1998: ground condition: 1990
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Digitized place names from the 1970 National Atlas of the United States were compared with U.S. Census Bureau place names from the Codes for Named Populated Places (FIPS 55-DC3). Where there were discrepancies, names from the Geographic Names Information System were used. A small number of places could not be assigned FIPS-55-DC3 codes and were removed from the data set. Minor positional corrections were also made.
No spatial data was changed in Cities and Towns of the United States 1998. The following edits were made to the Cities and Towns of the United States 1998 attribute data base file. In the Feature field, inconsistencies were removed and the population ranges were corrected as necessary to match the 1990 population information in the Pop field. Unnecessary fields were deleted (Idnum, Capcode, Stid). Fields were added for State, State_Fips, and County. Lakewood Center, Washington was changed to Lakewood, Washington with a population of 58412. Incorrect population information for Lakewood, Snohomish County was deleted. Boise City, Idaho was changed to Boise, Idaho. Points generated from the U.S. Gazetteer Place File 1990 text file were added to Cities and Towns of the United States 2000; points with duplicate FIPS55 codes were removed. County, State, and FIPS data from Cities and Towns of the United States 2000 were compared and corrected, if necessary, with data from FIPS55-3 index, and with the populated place text file (pop_places_deci) from the Geographic Names Information System anonymous ftp site. Remaining incorporated and Census Designated Places (CDP's) from Geographic Names Information System were added; all unincorporated and non-CDP places were then removed from Cities and Towns of the United States 2000. A few populated places in high density areas were filtered out. Population data from the Population Estimates for Places: July 1, 1998, and Population Change: April 1, 1990 to July 1, 1998 and U.S. Gazetteer Place File 1990 files were added to Cities and Towns of the United States 2000 (a population value of -99999 was used where population data was not available). Some places were updated with new FIPS55 codes since the last online release (1998). Minor positional corrections were made using Hydrography Features of the United States and County Boundaries of the United States as references. A display attribute, based on population size and distance to nearest town, was added to determine which place names will be shown at the most detailed scale on the National Atlas interactive map browser.
Process_Date: 200011
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded the ArcView GIS Shapefile compressed file, citiesx020.tar.gz, from <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html> and extracted it. Removed unneeded attributes. Combined the values from POP_RANGE_ and FEATURE attributes and put the values into the FEATURE attribute. Recoded POP_98 attribute values of -99999 to 0. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Converted the data set to SDC.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas
Process_Date: 20021018
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Added STATUS attribute and populated it by removing text from the FEATURE attribute and putting it in STATUS. Removed the text "Population" from the FEATURE attribute. Renamed attribute FIP55 to be PLACE_FIPS. Added attribute ST_ABBREV and populated it with the 2-character State code based on the state fips portion of the existing FIPS code.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas
Process_Date: 20040318
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: 35301
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
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:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: cities_dtl
Entity_Type_Definition:
The points represent cities and towns in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ObjectID
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: FEATURE
Attribute_Definition:
The population range of the city or town, and level of government of the city or town.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:
Population - Less than 10,000; 10,000 to 49,999; 50,000 to 99,999; 100,000 to 249,999; 250,000 to 499,999; 500,000 to 999,999; 1,000,000 to 9,999,999. Level of government: County Seat; State Capital; State Capital County Seat; National Capital.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The listing of population ranges and levels of government.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: The name of the city or town.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Geographic Names Information System
Codeset_Source: United States Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ST_ABBREV
Attribute_Definition: The two-letter abbreviation for the state.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards 5–2
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FIPS
Attribute_Definition:
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.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PLACE_FIPS
Attribute_Definition:
The FIPS code (five-digit number) for named populated places (city or town).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards PUB 55-DC3
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POP_98
Attribute_Definition:
The 1998 estimated population of the city or town. (A 1990 population value may be available for places where the 1998 estimated population value is unknown.)
Attribute_Definition_Source:
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The population is unknown.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATUS
Attribute_Definition: The status of the city or town.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: National Capital
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City is the national capital.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: State Capital
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City is a state capital.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: State Capital County Seat
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City is a state capital county seat.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: County Seat
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City is a county seat.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
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: SDC
Format_Specification:
The SDC file contains the geospatial and attribute data. The SDI file contains the spatial and attribute indexes. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The XML file (*.sdc.xml) contains the metadata describing the data set (optional).
File_Decompression_Technique: ArcGIS® software
Transfer_Size: 1.144
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD–ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.38
Recording_Density_Units: GB (gigabytes)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD–ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees: Software purchase price
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Technical_Prerequisites: To use this data requires software that supports SDC files.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20040324
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:
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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