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New York City Building Footprints to 42nd Street, 1854

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
New York Public Library
Originator
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Publication Date
2014
Title
New York City Building Footprints to 42nd Street, 1854
Publication Information
Publication Place
New York City
Publisher
NYPL
Online Linkage
https://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/cul_nyc_nypl_1854_buildings.zip
Abstract
New York City Building Footprints to 42nd Street, 1854 is a polygon theme representing buildings in Downtown and Midtown Manhattan as of 1854. Attribute information includes building materials and description as well as street adress. This data was created and digitized through the New York Public Libraries usein historical fire insurance maps from Sanborn.
Purpose
For educational and research purposes only.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1854
Bounding Box
West
-74.017
East
-73.968
North
40.761
South
40.7
Theme Keyword
Buildings
Footprints
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
structure
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
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
1854
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
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
61684
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
Vertical Coordinate System Definition
Altitude System Definition
Altitude Resolution
1.000000
Altitude Encoding Method
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity and Attribute Information
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
user_id
User ID
layer_id
layer ID
user_id
User ID
created_at
Created date
updated_at
Updated date
comment
descriptive information
name
Building name
number
Street number
street
Street name
materials
Building materials
use_type
Building use
use_subtype
Secondary building use
layer_year
Year
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20170713
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS)
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
Address
MS-561
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
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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