TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2008, 2008 state, Connecticut, 2000 Census New England City and Town Area (NECTA) State-based Shapefile

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Publication_Date: 2008

Title:

TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2008, 2008 state, Connecticut, 2000 Census New England City and Town Area (NECTA) State-based Shapefile

Edition: 2008

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

<http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/magic_2/vector/37800/csanecitytownareact_37800_0000_2008_s100_census_1_shp.zip>

Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>

Description:

Abstract:

The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census MAF/TIGER database. The Census MAF/TIGER database represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts. However, each TIGER/Line Shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set or the shapefiles can be combined to cover the whole nation.

Purpose:

In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 200801

Ending_Date: 200807

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:

TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database. No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database.

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.231086

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.859681

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.441059

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.601813

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Nation

Theme_Keyword: Polygon

Theme_Keyword: New England City and Town Area

Theme_Keyword: NECTA

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

FIPS Publication 5-2, FIPS Publication 6-4, FIPS Publication 8-6, FIPS Publication 9-1,FIPS Publication55-4

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: U.S.

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing address

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233-7400

Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tiger@census.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Accurate against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.

Completeness_Report:

Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title: Census MAF/TIGER database

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 200801

Ending_Date: 200807

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: MAF/TIGER

Source_Contribution:

The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for the nation, state, county, and entity are then distributed among 58 shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Census MAF/TIGER

Process_Date: 2008

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.

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: 43

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:

North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Pacific Island Areas.

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298257

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: NECTA.shp

Entity_Type_Definition: Current New England City and Town Area

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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: CNECTAFP

Attribute_Definition:

Current combined New England city and town area code, if applicable

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 700

Range_Domain_Maximum: 799

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NECTAFP

Attribute_Definition: Current New England city and town area code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 70000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 79999

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Current New England city and town area name

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

Refer to the online New England City and Town Area file at URL: <http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html>

Codeset_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAMELSAD

Attribute_Definition:

Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for New England city and town area

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name:

Refer to the online New England City and Town Area file at URL: <http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html> and the translated legal/statistical area description code for New England City and Town Area found in LSAD

Codeset_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LSAD

Attribute_Definition:

Current legal/statistical area description code for New England city and town area

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: New England City & Town Metropolitan Area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M6

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: New England City and Town Micropolitan Area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NMEMI

Attribute_Definition:

Current New England city & town area metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metropolitan

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Micropolitan

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MTFCC

Attribute_Definition: MAF/TIGER feature class code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: G3210

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

New England City and Town Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FUNCSTAT

Attribute_Definition: Current functional status

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Statistical Entity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing address

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233-7400

Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tiger@census.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: TGRSHP (compressed)

File_Decompression_Technique: PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher

Transfer_Size: 0.297

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM (Only if offered offline)

Recording_Format: ISO 9660

Fees:

The online copy of the TIGER/Line files may be accessed without charge.

Ordering_Instructions:

To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line shapefiles visit <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>

Technical_Prerequisites:

The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 2008

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact_Person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing address

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233-7400

Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tiger@census.gov

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