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New York City Sub-Borough Areas, 2004

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Publication Date
2004
Title
New York City Sub-Borough Areas, 2004
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/cul_2004_nyc_subborough.zip
Abstract
All sub-borough areas for the five boroughs of New York City with names and codes matching definitions from the US Census.
Purpose
For use in conjunction with data from the New York Housing and Vacancy Survey
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
2002
Time Instant
2004
Bounding Box
West
-73.933406
East
-73.765101
North
40.915278
South
40.785680
Theme Keyword
Sub-borough boundary
New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Theme Keyword
ISO Topic Category
Boundaries
Place Keyword
New York City
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780
Data Quality Information
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
55
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
0.000256
Ordinate Resolution
0.000256
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
NYC_Sub_borough_Area_shp
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
bor_subb
Borough / sub-borough code
Definition Source
US Census Bureau - NYCHVS
NAME
Sub-borough name
Definition Source
US Census Bureau - NYCHVS
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070327
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.
Address
215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
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
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