108th Congressional Districts
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: 108th Congressional Districts
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
- Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html>
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: Nartional Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
- Edition: 2003
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- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Washington DC
- Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The 108th Congressional District Boundaries data set contains geographic information for the political entities of the 108th Congressional districts.
- Purpose:
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The data provide users with information about the locations of congressional districts, primarily for national planning applications.
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- Calendar_Date: 2003
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.147340
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.778470
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.352561
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.884813
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- Theme_Keyword: Boundary
- Theme_Keyword: Congressional District
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- Place_Keyword: United States
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- Place_Keyword: US Territoriees
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- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Temporal_Keyword: 2000
- Temporal_Keyword: 2003
- Access_Constraints: None
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None. Acknowledgment of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statsitics (BTS)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: DC
- Postal_Code: 20590
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-3282
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov
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Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: 108th Congressional Districts
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
- Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html>
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: Nartional Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
- Edition: 2003
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- Publication_Place: Washington DC
- Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Attributes for the 108th Congressional District data set were created in a consistent manner using similar tolerances.
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unknown
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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All node-link and polygon topological relationships were created and verified using ARC/INFO a Geographic Information System. The unique identifiers were verified using ARC/INFO, (The data was then converted to a shapefile format.)
- Completeness_Report:
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This data set is composed of the 437 Districts having voting representation plus seven districts without voting rights including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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The Congressional District data set was created from TIGER/Line data having a nominal scale of 1:100,000.
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unknown
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- Source_Information:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: 108th Congressional Districts
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- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
- Publisher: US Bureau of the Census
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html>
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- Calendar_Date: 2001
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- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TIGER
- Source_Contribution:
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Spatial information for the 107th Congressional District boundaries.
- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: Techpolitics
- Online_Linkage: (<http://congress.techpolitics.org/houseofreps.htm> )
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- Calendar_Date: 2003
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- Source_Contribution: Attribute Data
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Individual files for the Congressional Districts in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the 48 contiguous states were merged into a single data set using ARC/INFO. After completing topological and attribute verification using ARC/INFO, the data was converted into shapefile format.
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: DC
- Postal_Code: 20590
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (202) 366-DATA
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (202) 366-3640
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov
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Download the shapefile from BOC. Download congressional district information from (<http://congress.techpolitics.org/houseofreps.htm> ) and join the spatial with the attribute data. Used ArcGIS for topological and attribute verification.
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: DC
- Postal_Code: 20590
- Country: USA
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- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: DISTRICT
- Attribute_Definition: Congressional District Code
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- Codeset_Name: List of Official Congressional District Codes
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- Attribute_Label: LSAD_
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- Attribute_Label: NAME
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Name the congress person that represents the congressional district
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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- Attribute_Label: PARTY
- Attribute_Definition: The party affiliation
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: D
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Democrat
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: R
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Republican
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: I
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- Attribute_Label: FIPS
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- Attribute_Label: STATE
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- Codeset_Name: Official US Postal Service State Abbreviations
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Call 202-366-DATA, fax 202-366-3640, or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003 CD-ROM. This and other BTS products may be ordered from the BTS Internet website (<http://www.bts.gov/gis/>).
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- Calendar_Date: 2003
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