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New York City Building Footprints, 2013

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
New York (N.Y.). Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Publication Date
2013
Title
New York City Building Footprints, 2013
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Building Footprint
Publication Information
Publication Place
City of New York
Publisher
Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Online Linkage
https://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/doitt_building_footprints_082014.zip
Abstract
New York City Building Footprints, 2013 is a polygon theme representing the perimeter extent of buildings in ew York City as of 2013.
Purpose
Use of the data is for analytic and cartographic purposes.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2013
Bounding Box
West
-74.257061
East
-73.699273
North
40.915087
South
40.498294
Theme Keyword
Buildings
Building footprint
BIN
Structure
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
2013
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Quarterly
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Citywide GIS
Delivery Point
2 Metrotech Center, 4th Floor
City
Brooklyn
State
NY
Postal Code
11201
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
718-403-8394
Contact Facsimile Telephone
718-403-8591
Contact Electronic Mail Address
creilly@doitt.nyc.gov
Data Quality Information
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
All the NYCMap data was aerotriangulated and stereo-compiled to meet ASPRS Class 1 horizontal mapping standards and ASPRS vertical Class 2 accuracy specifications. The mapping standards deal with Root Mean Square (RMS) calculations that states if a random number of clearly identifiable surveyed ground control points throughout the project were compared to the mapped features, the RMS of the points would not exceed 2'. In layman's terms, 95% of the data is accurate to +/- 2'. Estimated accuracy: 95% of the data is accurate to +/- 2 feet How this value was determined: 95% of the data is accurate to +/- 2 feet
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
1082005
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.000328
Ordinate Resolution
0.000328
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
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
doitt_building_footprints_082014
Entity Type Definition
Buildings
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
Esri
BIN
Building identification number. Asssigned by City Planning
BBL
Borough block and lot number
OBJECTID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
DOITT_ID
ID
NAME
Building name (limited to commonly known names)
CONSTRUCTI
Construction date
GEOM_SOURC
Geometry source
LAST_MODIF
Last Modified
LAST_STATU
Last Status
SHAPE
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
LAST_STA_1
HEIGHT_ROO
Roof height
BUILDING_T
FACILITY_T
FEATURE_CO
SUB_FEATUR
STATUS
SOURCE_ID
Source ID
GROUND_ELE
Ground elevation
Shape_Leng
Perimeter
Shape_Area
Area of feature in internal units squared. (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
Esri
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
BIN.BuildingToBLDG_Address
Distribution Information
Distributor
Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20140107
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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