U.S. Geographic Names Information System School

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Identification_Information: 
       Citation: 
              Citation_Information: 
                    Originator: United States Geological Survey
                    Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
                    Publication_Date: 20001101
                    Title: U.S. Geographic Names Information System School
                    Edition: 2000
                    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
                    Series_Information: 
                           Series_Name: ESRI Data Maps
                           Issue_Identification: 2000
                    Publication_Information: 
                           Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
                           Publisher: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
                    Other_Citation_Details: Location: ESRI Data Maps 2000 (CD 3) \usa
       Description: 
              Abstract: 
                    U.S. Geographic Names Information System School represents an automated inventory of the proper names and locations of physical and cultural geographic 
                    features located throughout the United States and its Territories. 
              Purpose: 
                    Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), of which U.S. Geographic Names Information System School is a part, promotes geographic feature name 
                    standardization and serves as the Federal Government's repository of information regarding feature name spellings and applications for features in United States and 
                    its Territories. The names listed in the inventory can be published on Federal maps, charts, and in other documents. The feature locative information has been used in 
                    emergency preparedness, marketing, site-selection and analysis, genealogical and historical research, and transportation routing applications. 
              Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
       Time_Period_of_Content: 
              Time_Period_Information: 
                    Range_of_Dates/Times: 
                           Beginning_Date: unknown
                           Ending_Date: 2000
              Currentness_Reference: publication date
       Status: 
              Progress: Complete
              Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases
       Spatial_Domain: 
              Bounding_Coordinates: 
                    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.801117
                    East_Bounding_Coordinate: 158.260834
                    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 64.871803
                    South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.363060
       Keywords: 
              Theme: 
                    Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
                    Theme_Keyword: point
                    Theme_Keyword: school
                    Theme_Keyword: place name
                    Theme_Keyword: geographic feature
              Place: 
                    Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
                    Place_Keyword: United States
                    Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
                    Place_Keyword: U.S. Virgin Islands
                    Place_Keyword: Commonwealths
                    Place_Keyword: Territories
                    Place_Keyword: Freely Associated States
              Temporal: 
                    Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
                    Temporal_Keyword: 2000
       Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.
       Use_Constraints: 
              The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data & Maps CDÐROMs for use with ESRI¨ software. Each data 
              vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on 
              ESRI Data & Maps CDÐROMs. As used herein, ÒGeodataÓ shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes.

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       by providing any data source information, descriptions, and file names to assist in this effort. 
       Point_of_Contact: 
              Contact_Information: 
                    Contact_Organization_Primary: 
                           Contact_Organization: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (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.Ð5:30 p.m. Pacific time, MondayÐFriday
                    Contact_Instructions: 
                           In the United StatesÐ 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. 

                    Outside the United StatesÐ Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing, sales, support, and consulting services to your local ESRI International 
                    Distributor. This information can be found at <http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm.>

                    For other questions or comments, you may contact ESRI headquarters by e-mail, telephone, or fax or write to us. 
       Data_Set_Credit: 
              United States Board on Geographic Names; United States Forest Service; Office of Coast Survey; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Aviation Administration; 
              United States Army Corps of Engineers 
       Native_Data_Set_Environment: 
              Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 5; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.0.570 




Data_Quality_Information: 
       Logical_Consistency_Report: 
              No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes. 
       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 calculated from latitude/longitude coordinates accurate to within +/- 5 seconds of latitude or longitude. The 
                           horizontal positional accuracy is equal to or better than 506 feet. 
       Lineage: 
              Source_Information: 
                    Source_Citation: 
                           Citation_Information: 
                                  Originator: United States Geological Survey
                                  Publication_Date: 2000
                                  Title: Index of /pub/gnis
                                  Series_Information: 
                                  Publication_Information: 
                                        Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia, USA
                                        Publisher: United States Geological Survey
                                  Other_Citation_Details: The data set was downloaded from the web site in January, 2001.
                                  Online_Linkage: <http://mapping.usgs.gov/pub/gnis/>
                    Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
                    Type_of_Source_Media: online
                    Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
                           Time_Period_Information: 
                                  Single_Date/Time: 
                                        Calendar_Date: 2000
                           Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
                    Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS - GNIS
                    Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
              Process_Step: 
                    Process_Description: 
                           The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) contains name and locative information about almost 2 million physical and cultural features located 
                           throughout the United States and its Territories. GNIS was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic 
                           Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. GNIS is being compiled in phases.

                    The first phase is complete for the entire United States, and entailed the collection of names from Federal sources including large-scale USGS topographic maps, 
                    Office of Coast Survey charts, U.S. Forest Service maps, and digital datasets distributed by the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Aviation 
                    Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These data are compared to the records of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

                    The second phase of data collection is complete or in progress for about 80% of the United States, and captures names from State, locally, and other published 
                    current and historical maps, charts, and texts.

                    GNIS Maintenance program--Maintenance cooperators feed GNIS new names and corrections discovered in the course of new mapping and revision activities and 
                    implementation of the national geographic names standardization program.

                    In both processes, a random sample of 10% of the entries in the system were visually verified against the compilation source data (large-scale USGS topographic 
                    maps) to ensure an attribute accuracy rate of at least 95%. Locative references (geographic coordinates, topographic map, and county) were crosschecked for logical 
                    consistency. 
                    Process_Date: 2000
                    Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS - GNIS
              Process_Step: 
                    Process_Description: 
                           The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded each data set from <http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.html,> extracted, and assembled 
                           all into a national data set. Ran ArcView command Add Event Theme on the data set to create the point location centroids from the latitude/longitude 
                           coordinate attributes. Converted United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands to North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Selected each feature type 
                           from the type field. Reduced the width of the Name attribute. Removed the Type attribute. Created ArcGISª layer file (.lyr). Created ArcView legend file 
                           (.avl). Created projection file (.prj). Ran ArcView Avenue request ExportClean, and created spatial indices. 
                    Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS - GNIS
                    Process_Date: 20010123




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: 152270




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: 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: gschools
                    Entity_Type_Definition: 
                           The points represent physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories. 
                    Entity_Type_Definition_Source: United States Geological Survey
              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: NAME
                    Attribute_Definition: The name of the geographic feature.
                    Attribute_Definition_Source: 
                           United States Geological Survey, United States Board on Geographic Names 
                    Attribute_Domain_Values: 
                           Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features.
              Attribute: 
                    Attribute_Label: FIPS
                    Attribute_Definition: 
                           The combined state/territory and county FIPS code (five-digit number). The combined code uniquely identifies the county in which the geographic feature 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




Distribution_Information: 
       Distributor: 
              Contact_Information: 
                    Contact_Organization_Primary: 
                           Contact_Organization: 
                                  Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (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.>
       Distribution_Liability: See use constraints.
       Standard_Order_Process: 
              Digital_Form: 
                    Digital_Transfer_Information: 
                           Format_Name: SHP
                           File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied
                           Transfer_Size: 17.834
                    Digital_Transfer_Option: 
                           Offline_Option: 
                                  Offline_Media: 
                                        ESRI Data Maps 2000 CDÐROM Set is available only as part of ESRI¨ software. 
                                  Recording_Capacity: 
                                        Recording_Density: 650
                                        Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes)
                                  Recording_Format: ISO 9660
              Fees: Software purchase price
       Technical_Prerequisites: 
              To use this data requires software that supports ArcView¨ GIS shapefiles. 




Metadata_Reference_Information: 
       Metadata_Date: 20010127
       Metadata_Contact: 
              Contact_Information: 
                    Contact_Organization_Primary: 
                           Contact_Organization: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (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.Ð5:30 p.m. Pacific time, MondayÐFriday
       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


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