108th Congressional Districts

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Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
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:
Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: Nartional Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
Edition: 2003
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington DC
Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
Description:
Abstract:
The 108th Congressional District Boundaries data set contains geographic information for the political entities of the 108th Congressional districts.
Purpose:
The data provide users with information about the locations of congressional districts, primarily for national planning applications.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.147340
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.778470
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.352561
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.884813
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Area
Theme_Keyword: Background
Theme_Keyword: Polygon
Theme_Keyword: Boundary
Theme_Keyword: Congressional District
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: US Territoriees
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: ground
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Temporal_Keyword: 2003
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
None. Acknowledgment of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statsitics (BTS)
Contact_Address:
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
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
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:
Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: Nartional Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
Edition: 2003
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington DC
Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Attributes for the 108th Congressional District data set were created in a consistent manner using similar tolerances.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unknown
Logical_Consistency_Report:
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:
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.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The Congressional District data set was created from TIGER/Line data having a nominal scale of 1:100,000.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unknown
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: 108th Congressional Districts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
Publisher: US Bureau of the Census
Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: none
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TIGER
Source_Contribution:
Spatial information for the 107th Congressional District boundaries.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: Techpolitics
Online_Linkage: (<http://congress.techpolitics.org/houseofreps.htm> )
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Techpolitics
Source_Contribution: Attribute Data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Process_Date: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Contact_Address:
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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Contact_Address:
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
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: 437
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 706
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 706
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
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: cd108
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: DISTRICT
Attribute_Definition: Congressional District Code
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: List of Official Congressional District Codes
Codeset_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LSAD_
Attribute_Definition: Type of the congressional district
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition:
Name the congress person that represents the congressional district
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PARTY
Attribute_Definition: The party affiliation
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: D
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Democrat
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: BTS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: R
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Republican
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: BTS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: I
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Independent
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: BTS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FIPS
Attribute_Definition: State FIPS code
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE
Attribute_Definition: US Postal Service State Abbreviation
Attribute_Definition_Source: US Postal Service (USPS)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official US Postal Service State Abbreviations
Codeset_Source: US Postal Service (USPS)
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportaion Statistics (BTS)
Contact_Address:
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-DATA
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov
Resource_Description: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
Distribution_Liability: None
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Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile
File_Decompression_Technique:
No compression applied. However, if using digital transfer online option, note access instructions.
Transfer_Size: 8.038
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
Access_Instructions:
Anyone with access to the World Wide Web may connect to the BTS server. To access a specific database, go to the address listed above in the Network Resource Name. The visitor can create a package of the dataset for download in a .zip format (i.e. MS-DOS zip archive). This archived package is stored in a temporary file that can then be copied to the visitor's home directory.
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Offline_Media: CD-ROM
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Recording_Density_Units: megabytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees: None
Ordering_Instructions:
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/>).
Technical_Prerequisites: Software that can process GIS files.
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20030501
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation (BTS)
Contact_Address:
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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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
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