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Canada Major Cities, 2008
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Tele Atlas (Firm : U.S.)
- Originator
- Economic and Social Research Institute
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- Canada Major 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_citiesmjr.zip
- Abstract
- Canada Major Cities is a point theme representing the major cities of Canada including national and provincial capitals.
- Purpose
- Provides locations and attributes for the major cities.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2007
- Bounding Box
- West
- -123.367161
- East
- -52.709744
- North
- 63.751278
- South
- 42.982516
- Theme Keyword
- point
- cities
- capitals
- population
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- ISO Topic Category
- Location
- Society
- Place Keyword
- Canada
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GeoNames
- Temporal Keyword
- 2005
- 2004
- 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
- 200501
- Title
- Dynamap/Transportation v. 7.0
- Edition
- Version 7.0
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Tele Atlas Dynamap/Transportation
- Issue Identification
- Version 7.0
- 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
- 200501
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 200407
- Title
- ESRI Community Demographics, 2008
- Edition
- 2004 / 2009 United States
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Community Demographics
- Issue Identification
- 2004 / 2009 United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Other Citation Details
- Provides the POP04 attribute.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 200407
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute 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
- 22
- 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_citiesmjr
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent major cities of 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
- NAME
- The name of the major city. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- FIPS
- The FIPS code (seven-digit number) for the state or province FIPS code and the city FIPS code. (Federal Information Processing Standards Pub 55National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- 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
- CAPTYPE
- The national or state/provincial capital city indicator.
- 1
- City is a national capital.
- 2
- City is a state/provincial capital.
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- POP04
- The 2004 estimated population of the city. (Estimated populations for the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- COUNTRY
- Country where major city is located.
- USA
- Major city is located in the United States.
- CAN
- Major city is located in Canada.
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- 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