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New York City Building Footprints, 2005

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
New York (N.Y.). Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Publication Date
2005
Title
New York City Building Footprints, 2005
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Building Footprint
Publication Information
Publication Place
City of New York
Publisher
New York (N.Y.). Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Online Linkage
https://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/doitt_nyc_2005_buildings.zip
Abstract
New York City Building footprints is a polygon theme representing the perimeter extent of buildings in New York City. There is no other attribute information beyond the geometry. This layer is projected to be used as part of the NYCity basemap.
Purpose
Use of the data is for analytic and cartographic purposes.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
04/04/2005
Time Instant
2005
Bounding Box
West
-74.257465
East
-73.699450
North
40.915808
South
40.495805
Theme Keyword
Buildings
Building footprint
BIN
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
Structure
Place Keyword
New York City
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.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2005
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Quarterly
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Citywide GIS
Delivery Point
59 Maiden Lane, 33rd floor
City
New York
State
NY
Postal Code
10038
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
212-232-1114
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
980681
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
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
buildings
Entity Type Definition
Building footprints
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
BIN
Has been stripped
Distribution Information
Format Name
GeoPackage
Distributor
New York (N.Y.). Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070424
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., 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
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
Metadata Extensions
Online Linkage
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name
ESRI Metadata Profile
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