CITIES_DTL: U.S. National Atlas Cities

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What does this data set describe?

    Title: CITIES_DTL: U.S. National Atlas Cities
    Abstract:
    U.S. National Atlas Cities represents cities and towns in the United States.
    Supplemental_Information:
    Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:2,000,000.

    This is a subset of the original dataset. It has been clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project extent.

  1. How should this data set be cited?

    National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey, Environmental Systems Research , Inc. (ESRI), and Paskevich, Valerie, 2003, CITIES_DTL: U.S. National Atlas Cities: ESRI Data & Maps 2002, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), Redlands, California, USA.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Poppe, L.J., Paskevich, V.F., Williams, S.J., Hastings, M.E., Kelley, J.T., Belknap, D.F., Ward, L.G., FitzGerald, D.M., and Larsen, P.F., 2003, Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation: Open-File Report 03-001, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    Data is released via CD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.875183
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.990135
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.355175
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.208488

  3. What does it look like?

    cities_dtl (GIF)
    Image map showing extent of data layer coverage overlaid on the NOS80K U.S. area shapefile for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project extent.

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 1998
    Currentness_Reference: publication date

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Entity point (3380)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    cities_dtl
    The points represent cities and towns in the United States. (Source: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey)

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    FEATURE
    The population range of the city or town, and type of city or town. (Source: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey)

    ValueDefinition
    Population: Less than 10,000; 10,000 to 49,000 (actual 49,999); 50,000 to 99,999; 100,000 to 249,000 (actual 249,999); 250,000 to 499,999; 500,000 to 999,999. Type: County Seat; State Capital; State Capital Country Seat.The listing of population ranges and types.

    NAME
    The name of the city or town. (Source: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey)

    Formal codeset
    Codeset Name:Geographic Names Information System
    Codeset Source:United States Geological Survey

    FIPS
    The combined state and county FIPS code (five-digit number). The combined code uniquely identifies the county in which the city or town is located. (Source: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology)

    Formal codeset
    Codeset Name:Federal Information Processing Standards
    Codeset Source:National Institute of Standards and Technology

    FIPS55
    The FIPS code (five-digit number) for named populated places (city or town). (Source: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology)

    Formal codeset
    Codeset Name:Federal Information Processing Standards PUB 55-DC3
    Codeset Source:National Institute of Standards and Technology

    POP
    The population of the city or town. (Source: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey)

    ValueDefinition
    0The population is unknown.


Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    U.S. Geological Survey
    c/o Valerie Paskevich
    Information Specialist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2281 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    vpaskevich@usgs.gov


Why was the data set created?

U.S. National Atlas Cities provides information about the locations, names, and populations of cities and towns for conducting geographic analysis on national and large regional scales.


How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    National Atlas (source 1 of 1)
    National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey, 1998, nationalatlas.gov - - Cities and Towns:, United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details: The data set was downloaded from the web site in 2000.
    Type_of_Source_Media: online
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000
    Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 1998 (process 1 of 3)
    Digitized place names from the 1970 National Atlas of the United States were compared with Bureau of Census Place names from the Codes for Named Populated Places (FIPS 55-DC3). Where there were discrepancies, names from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) were used. A small number of places could not be assigned FIPS-55-DC3 codes and were removed from the data set. Minor positional corrections were also made.

    Data sources produced in this process:

    • National Atlas

    Date: 22-Jan-2001 (process 2 of 3)
    The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded the ArcView Shapefile version of the data, citiesx020.tar.gz, from <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html> 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.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
    c/o Data Team
    380 New York Street
    Redlands, CA 92373-8100
    USA

    909-793-2853 (voice)
    909-793-5953 (FAX)
    info@esri.com

    Data sources used in this process:
    • National Atlas

    Data sources produced in this process:

    • cities_dtl.dbf
    • cities_dtl.shp
    • cities_dtl.shx

    Date: 20-Jan-2003 (process 3 of 3)
    The ESRI cities_dtl shapefile was clipped to fit the USA basemap area for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project extent

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Valerie Paskevich
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Information Specialist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2281 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    vpaskevich@usgs.gov

    Data sources used in this process:
    • cities_dtl.dbf
    • cities_dtl.shp
    • cities_dtl.shx

    Data sources produced in this process:

    • cities_dtl.dbf
    • cities_dtl.shp
    • cities_dtl.shx


How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    The geospatial part of this data set was originally extracted from the USGS 1:2,000,000-scale Digital Line Graphs (DLG) - Manmade Features. The horizontal positional accuracy is about 2 kilometers.

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.

    This is a subset of the original dataset and it has been clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project extent.

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes.


How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.
Use_Constraints:
The redistribution rights for this data set: Public domain data from U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution.

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  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 2)

    Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI); ESRI International Distributors
    380 New York Street
    Redlands, California 92373-8100
    USA

    800-447-9778 (voice)

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  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Offline Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    See use constraints.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

    To use this data requires software that supports ArcView® GIS shapefiles.


  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 2 of 2)

    U.S. Geological Survey
    c/o Valerie Paskevich
    Information Specialist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2281 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    vpaskevich@usgs.gov

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, cities_dtl.shp

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

    The data is available in ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data.


Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 06-Mar-2003

Metadata author:
U.S. Geological Survey
c/o Valerie Paskevich
Information Specialist
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
USA

(508) 548-8700 x2281 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)


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