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New York City ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA5), 2008
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- New York City ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA5), 2008
- Edition
- 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/census_nyc_2008_zipcta.zip
- Abstract
- New York City ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA5) is a polygon theme representing zip code areas in New York City.
- Purpose
- In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
- Supplemental Information
- The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census MAF/TIGER database. The Census MAF/TIGER database represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts. However, each TIGER/Line Shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set or the shapefiles can be combined to cover the whole nation.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Period
- Beginning
- 200801
- End
- 200807
- Bounding Box
- West
- -74.257463
- East
- -73.699480
- North
- 40.915317
- South
- 40.495805
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Theme Keyword
- Zip codes
- Census
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- New York (N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
- NYC
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 2008
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database. No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database.
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
- Delivery Point
- 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20233-7400
- Country
- United States
- Contact Telephone
- 301-763-1128
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 301-763-4710
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- tiger@census.gov
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Accurate against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.
- Logical Consistency Report
- The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.
- Completeness Report
- Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
- Publication Date
- Unpublished material
- Title
- Census MAF/TIGER database
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- 200801
- Ending Date
- 200807
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.
- Source
- Originator
- New York City Department of City Planning
- Publication Date
- 2009
- Title
- New York City Borough Boundaries
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- BYTES of the BIG APPLE
- Issue Identification
- 09A
- Publication Information
- Publisher
- : City of New York Department of City Planning
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2009
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Indirect Spatial Reference Method
- Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.
- 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
- 32038
- 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 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Pacific Island Areas.
- Ellipsoid Name
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298257
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- ZCTA500.shp
- Entity Type Definition
- Census 2000 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area
- Entity Type Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- 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
- ZCTA5CE00
- Census 2000 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code
- 00401 to 99950
- Five-digit ZIP code
- 004HH to 999HH
- Five-digit ZIP code unassigned (water only)
- 004XX to 999XX
- Five-digit ZIP code unassigned (land only)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- CLASSFP00
- Census 2000 Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55 class code
- B5
- Five-digit ZCTA
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- MTFCC00
- MAF/TIGER feature class code
- G6350
- ZIP Code Tabulation Area (5-digit)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- FUNCSTAT00
- Census 2000 functional status
- S
- Statistical entity
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- geopackage
- Distributor
- U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090804
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- GIS/Metadata Librarian
- Contact Address
- Address
- 420 W. 118th St.
- City
- New York
- State or Province
- NY
- Postal Code
- 10027
- Country
- United States
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212)854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998