U.S. County Boundaries

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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: 2000
Title: U.S. County Boundaries
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Other_Citation_Details:
Compiled by University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research GIS GROUP from TIGER/Line Machine Readable Files, US Bureau of the Census
Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: National Trasportation 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 County Boundary with Detailed Shorelines database was created using TIGER/LINE 2000 shapefile data gathered from ESRI's Geography Network. The individual county shapefiles were processed into Arc/Info coverages and then appended together to create complete state/county coverages. BTS Hydrographic data was integrated to create detailed shorelines.
Purpose:
The United States County Boundary database is a geographic database of county political boundaries. The database includes boundaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C..
Supplemental_Information:
The BTS County Boundary Database contains TIGER 2000 geometry and attributes. To find out more about TIGER/Line files and other Census TIGER data base derived data sets visit <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.168567
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.748709
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.389610
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.881241
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: COUNTY
Theme_Keyword: POLYGON
Theme_Keyword: LINE
Theme_Keyword: BOUNDARY
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States of America
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: ground
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Temporal_Keyword: 2003
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Point_of_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
Data_Set_Credit: Census TIGER/Line 2000
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: 2000
Title: U.S. County Boundaries
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Other_Citation_Details:
Compiled by University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research GIS GROUP from TIGER/Line Machine Readable Files, US Bureau of the Census
Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: National Trasportation 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:
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unknown
Logical_Consistency_Report:
All node-link and polygon topological relationships are created and verified using computer algorithms. Unique entity identifiers were similarly verified by computer algorithm.
Completeness_Report: Completeness report not provided.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Consistent with TIGER 2000
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unknown
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research GIS GROUP
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Nationwide County Boundary Database with Detailed Shorelines
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: TIGER
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: county
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1) Downloaded zipped shapefiles from www.geographynetwork.com; 2) Converted the Shapefiles to Coverages; 3) Integrated Hydrographic Features into County Borders to create detailed shorelines
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TIGER
Process_Date: June 2000
Process_Time: 4 days
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Address: 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
City: Washington
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
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:
When UTN process the TIGER dataset for State, County and Hydrographic (line and polygons) it created a 3-mile buffer around Texas shorelines. This buffer removed the island off the coast of Texas. To correct this error, BTS used ARC/INFO to remove the 3-mile buffer to capture the islands along Texas. To capture the islands the state dataset needed to be reselected, by selecting the code = 1. This process created a few inaccurate polygons and they were removed. To create the final datasets, the datasets were dissolved and regions created on STFIPS and County FIPS.
Process_Date: March 2003
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: 3219
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 24274
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 24274
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
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: county
Entity_Type_Definition: ESRI shapefile of the United States counties
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI and BTS
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:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: "polygon"
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
A "polygon" is an area feature comproised of points and line segments.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STFIPS
Attribute_Definition: State FIPS code
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard, Publication 6-4
Codeset_Source: National Institute for Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CTFIPS
Attribute_Definition: County FIPS code
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard, Publication 6-4
Codeset_Source: National Institute for Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE
Attribute_Definition: State name
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Offical List of State Names
Codeset_Source: Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COUNTY
Attribute_Definition: County name
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official List of U.S. County Names
Codeset_Source: Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VERSION
Attribute_Definition: Version of the database
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 99
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REVISION
Attribute_Definition: Feature revision number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportaion Statistics (BTS)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 99
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
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
Resource_Description: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
Distribution_Liability: None
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 2003
File_Decompression_Technique:
No compression applied. However, if using digital transfer online option, note access instructions.
Transfer_Size: 88.052
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.
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: megabytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9600
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: 20030507
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statisitics (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
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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