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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania land parcels, 2007

  • Identification Information
  • Data Quality Information
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  • Spatial Reference Information
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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Department of Records
Publication Date
20071107
Title
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania land parcels, 2007
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/86f112a2-1dfd-425d-9b73-dae16ee18c8f/file/b97aacab-2762-4b45-beb3-56968f832689
Abstract
This dataset is composed of the entire City of Philadelphia's parcels based on their legal descriptions as of 2007.
Purpose
For use with GIS software. This dataset is used as a physical representation of the legal recorded deed documents for properties in the City of Philadelphia.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
Version date.
Time Instant
20071107
Bounding Box
West
-75.277755
East
-74.955805
North
40.137851
South
39.870910
Theme Keyword
parcel
parcels
tax parcels
tax map
registry
property
property maps
cadastral maps
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
planningCadastre
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Center City
South Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia
Manayunk
Germantown
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
Access to this dataset is granted to City of Philadelphia employees and those who are given special permission only.
Use Restrictions
Data are licensed to Princeton University-affiliated persons only.
Status
In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Unknown
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
City of Philadelphia-Department of Records
Delivery Point
City Hall Rm 163
Delivery Point
Department of Records
City
Philadelphia
State
Pennsylvania
Postal Code
19102
Country
United States of America
Contact Telephone
215-686-2289
Contact Electronic Mail Address
andrew.meloney@phila.gov
Hours of Service
8-2
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
Delivery Point
Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
City
Princeton
State
NJ
Postal Code
08544
Country
US
Contact Telephone
609-258-1097
Credit
National ParcelMap Data Portal; Department of Records Mapping Unit staff; MM Solutions LLC. for data scrubbing, edgematching, and Duplicate Parcel Removal; ESRI
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.0.3348
Data Quality Information
Completeness Report
This dataset is currently undergoing Edgematching and Duplicate Parcel Removal in order to increase the accuracy of the data.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The positional accuracy of this dataset is dependent upon the scales of the maps which this dataset is drawn from. Smaller scale maps have a larger level of inaccuracy.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Department of Records
Title
City of Philadelphia-Department of Records
Source Scale Denominator
0
Type of Source Media
hardcopyPaper
Contribution
Department of Records tax maps
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count
576770
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
8.9831528411952133e-009
Longitude Resolution
8.9831528411952133e-009
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal Degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D North American 1983
Ellipsoid Name
GRS 1980
Semi-major Axis
6378137.0
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222101
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
parcel_42101
Entity Type Definition
Land parcels in Philadelphia.
Entity Type Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
Esri
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
APN
Assessors Parcel Number.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
APN2
APN without punctuation and/or another indexing field in GIS.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
STATE
State.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
COUNTY
County name.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
FIPS
Unique number assigned to county by Census.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
SIT_HSE_NU
House number.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
SUF
The suffix to a house number.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
SIT_DIR
Street direction.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
SIT_STR_NA
Street name.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
SIT_STR_SF
Street suffix.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
SIT_FULL_S
Full street address.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
UNIT
The address unit.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
STEX
The extension of an address accross multiple addresses.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
SHAPE_AREA
Area of feature in internal units squared. (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
Esri
SHAPE_LEN
Perimeter of feature.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
Xcoord
Longitude of point-in-parcel.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
Ycoord
Latitude of point-in-parcel.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
minX
Longitude of lower left parcel bounding box.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
minY
Latitude of lower left parcel bounding box.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
maxX
Longitude of upper right parcel bounding box.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
maxY
Latitude of upper right parcel bounding box.
Definition Source
NPDP Standard Extended Attribute Table Format
RECSUB
Submap to a registry map.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
PARCEL
Identifier for properties on the same map.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
RECMAP
Registry map name. Department of Records tax map.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia Department of Records
STCOD
Street code.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia Department of Streets
ELEV_FLAG
The elevation flag. Whether or not a parcel contains elevated rights.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
TOPELEV
The topmost elevation.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
BOTELEV
The bottommost elevation.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
CONDOFLAG
Condominium flag.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
MATCHFLAG
Unused.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
ORIG_DATE
The date of origination.
Definition Source
City of Philadelphia
Distribution Information
Distributor
MOIS-GIS services group
Online Access
http://www.pasda.psu.edu
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20140813
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
City of Philadelphia-Department of Records
Contact Person
Andrew Meloney
Contact Position
GIS Specialist II
Contact Address
Address
City Hall Attn: Rm 163
City
Philadelphia
State or Province
Pennsylvania
Postal Code
19102
Country
US
Contact Voice Telephone
215-686-2289
Contact Electronic Mail Address
andrew.meloney@phila.gov
Hours of Service
8-4
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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