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Canada Cities, 2008

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Tele Atlas (Firm : U.S.)
Originator
Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date
2008
Title
Canada Cities, 2008
Edition
2008
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ESRI Data Maps: StreetMap
Issue Identification
2008 North America
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2008_canada_cities.zip
Abstract
Canada Cities is a point theme representing cities of Canada including national, state, and provincial capitals.
Purpose
Provides locations and attributes for the cities.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
200702
Bounding Box
West
-136.469727
East
-52.653951
North
82.500000
South
41.755920
Theme Keyword
point
cities
capitals
population
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
Location
Society
Place Keyword
Canada
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GeoNames
Temporal Keyword
2007
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
ESRI
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
California
Postal Code
92373-8100
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
909-793-2853
Contact Facsimile Telephone
909-793-5953
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@esri.com
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2) or tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then loaded into ArcSDE to verify and validate the geometry.
Completeness Report
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The horizontal positional accuracy is 167 feet.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Publication Date
200702
Title
Tele Atlas StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS v. 9.0
Edition
Version 9.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Tele Atlas StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS
Issue Identification
Version 9.0
Publication Information
Publication Place
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Publisher
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Online Linkage
http://www.teleatlas.com/
Source Scale Denominator
100000
Type of Source Media
DVDROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
200702
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
31998
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000000
Longitude Resolution
0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
canada_cities
Entity Type Definition
The points represent cities of the United States and Canada including national, state, and provincial capitals.
Entity Type Definition Source
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
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
NAME
The name of the city. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
PLACE_KEY
The FIPS code (ten-digit number) for the state/province code, county code ("000" for Canada), and place code (Street Delivery Locality (SDL) for Canada). (Federal Information Processing Standards Pub 55; Abbreviations and Codes for Provinces and TerritoriesNational Institute of Standards and Technology; Statistics Canada)
Definition Source
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
CAPITAL
The capital city indicator.
Y
City is a capital.
N
City is not a capital.
Definition Source
ESRI
POPULATION
The 2004 estimated population of the city. (Estimated populations for the features.)
Definition Source
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
PCLASS
The population class code.
1
Population is less than 2,500
2
Population is between 2,500 and 9,999
3
Population is between 10,000 and 29,999
4
Population is between 30,000 and 99,999
5
Population is between 100,000 and 299,999
7
Population is between 300,000 and 999,999
8
Population is 1,000,000 or more
Definition Source
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Distribution Information
Format Name
GeoPackage
Distributor
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20100304
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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