U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas Metadata also available as 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: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) Publication_Date: 20001101 Title: U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas 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 2) \usa Description: Abstract: U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas represents urban areas in the United States derived from the urban areas layer of the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Purpose: U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas provides information about the locations, names, and populations of urbanized areas for conducting geographic analysis on national and large regional scales. Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:1,500,000. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Multiple_Dates/Times: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1998 Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1996 Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1994 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -165.447891 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.986389 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 64.856133 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.191788 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: polygon Theme_Keyword: urbanized areas Theme_Keyword: urban areas Theme_Keyword: cities Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: United States Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: 1998 Temporal_Keyword: 1996 Temporal_Keyword: 1994 Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only. 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(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.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday Contact_Instructions: In the United States– 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 ESRI holidays excluded. Outside the United States– 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 For other questions or comments, you may contact ESRI headquarters by e-mail, telephone, or fax or write to us. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) ; 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 originally extracted from the Digital Chart of the World at 1:1,000,000-scale with some geospatial data from a USGS 1:2,000,000-scale hydrography layer. It was updated several times using various sources whose horizontal positional accuracies are unknown. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey Publication_Date: 1998 Title: nationalatlas.gov™ –Urban Areas Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data 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 2000. Online_Linkage: Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000, 2000000 Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1998 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data Process_Step: Process_Description: Urban polygons from the Digital Chart of the World (DCW) CD-ROM were extracted and converted to ARC/INFO format. Where the urban boundaries extend beyond the 1:2,000,000-scale shoreline, the 1:2,000,000-scale shoreline was used by "CLIPPING" the urban polygons. Names of the urban areas were added. In large metropolitan areas many smaller areas were labeled as part of the metropolitan area. The state in which the urban area is located was also added. Several areas were modified to conform to the 1:2,000,000-scale hydrography layer. Some smaller polygons that represent undeveloped areas within the urban area were removed and merged with the larger urban area. Military reservations were removed. Revisions: 1) 6/29/98 - Corrected ellipsoid name from WGS84 to GRS1980 and changed flattening ratio. 2) 11/13/98 - Added State FIPS attribute; moved polygons for Altus, OK and Olustee, OK; and edited State attribute for Kansas City and Washington metro area. Process_Date: 1998 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas Process_Step: Process_Description: The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded the ArcView Shapefile version of the data, urbanap020.tar.gz, from and extracted it. Removed unneeded attributes. Reduced the width of attributes. Created ArcGIS™ 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: National Atlas Process_Date: 20010111 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: 6093 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: urban_dtl Entity_Type_Definition: The polygons represent boundaries for places in the United States where large populations exist. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States and the 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 urban area. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: STATE Attribute_Definition: The two-letter abbreviation for each state in which the urban area 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 5–2 Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIPS Attribute_Definition: The FIPS code (two-digit number) for each state in which the urban area 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 Attribute: Attribute_Label: POPULATION Attribute_Definition: The population of the urban area. Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -999 or 0 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The population is unknown. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI 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 Distribution_Liability: See use constraints. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: SHP File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied Transfer_Size: 2.588 Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: ESRI Data Maps 2000 CD–ROM 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: 20010118 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.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday 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: Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile Generated by mp version 2.5.4 on Fri Jan 26 11:35:20 2001