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New York City Congressional Districts 2008

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
New York City Department of City Planning
Publication Date
July, 2008
Title
New York City Congressional Districts 2008
Edition
08A
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
BYTES of the BIG APPLE
Issue Identification
08A
Publication Information
Publisher
New York City Department of City Planning
Other Citation Details
No major changes since previous version.
Online Linkage
https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/1d0d7542-8037-45d0-9374-e5217c9f1b4b/file/0a9043e4-9d10-43cc-aab1-e8d026df0ac8
Abstract
US House of Representatives Congressional District boundaries for the City of New York. These district boundaries represent the redistricting as of the US Census 2000.
Purpose
These districts were created by the Department of City Planning to aid city agencies in administering public services.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
April, 2008
Bounding Box
West
-74.257233
East
-73.699214
North
40.915808
South
40.495972
Theme Keyword
House of Representatives
Congressional Districts
Administrative Districts
boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Place Keyword
New York
New York City
Manhattan
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
The data are freely available to all New York City agencies and the public.
Use Restrictions
While all possible measures have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this data, the NYC Department of City Planning and the City of New York assume no responsibility for the accuracy of this data. All users should independently verify the accuracy of the data for their purposes.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Quarterly
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
New York City Department of City Planning
Delivery Point
22 Reade St, 5N
City
New York
State
NY
Postal Code
10007
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
212.720.3505
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6000) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
Data Quality Information
Completeness Report
These data are accurate as of the redistricting after the US Census 2000.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The District files are created from the Department of City Planning LION file of the same release. The LION file is spatially aligned with NYCMap aerial photography.
Lineage
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
13
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection
Map Projection Name
Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard Parallel
40.666667
Standard Parallel
41.033333
Longitude of Central Meridian
-74.000000
Latitude of Projection Origin
40.166667
False Easting
984250.000000
False Northing
0.000000
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.000000
Ordinate Resolution
0.000000
Planar Distance Units
survey feet
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
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
nycg
Attributes
CongDist
US House of Representatives Congressional District Number for the State of New York.
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE_Leng
SHAPE_Area
Area of feature in internal units squared. (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Distributor
New York City Department of City Planning
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20081013
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Organization
New York City Department of City Planning
Contact Position
BYTES of the BIG APPLE Coordinator
Contact Address
Address
22 Reade St, 5N
City
New York
State or Province
New York
Postal Code
10007
Contact Voice Telephone
212.720.3505
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Extensions
Online Linkage
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name
ESRI Metadata Profile
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