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United States Buildings, 2012
- 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
- United States Geological Survey
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Title
- United States Buildings, 2012
- Edition
- 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Data Maps for ArcGIS
- Issue Identification
- 2012 - World, Europe, and United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2012_us_gnis_buildings.zip
- Abstract
- United States Buildings is a point theme representing the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature and contains information about the proper names and locations of physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public.
- Purpose
- Geographic Names Information System, of which U.S. Geographic Names Information System Buildings is a part, is the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government; and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products of all types in the United States. The feature locative information has been used in emergency preparedness, marketing, site-selection and analysis, genealogical and historical research, and transportation routing applications.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:24,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date: 19810501, 20091002; ground condition: 1974-Present
- Bounding Box
- West
- -170.689722
- East
- 158.209722
- North
- 64.765738
- South
- -14.286667
- Theme Keyword
- point
- building
- place name
- elevation
- geographic feature
- structure
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- structure
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1981
- 2009
- 1974-Present
- 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
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; Esri ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then imported into a file geodatabase to verify, validate, and if needed repair 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 geospatial part of this data set was calculated from latitude/longitude coordinates. The source data is based upon the use of printed or electronic source graphics which are compiled to meet National Map Accuracy Standards.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- United States Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 19810501
- Title
- U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Edition
- 20091002
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia, USA
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details
- The web page is titled 'U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names - State and Topical Gazetteer Download Files'. The data set was last revised on October 2, 2009. Downloaded the NationalFile_20091002.zip file.
- Online Linkage
- http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm
- Source Scale Denominator
- 24000
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19810501
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20091002
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1974-Present
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date: 19810501, 20091002; ground condition: 1974-Present
- 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
- 83545
- 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
- gblding
- Entity Type Definition
- The points represent physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States and its Territories.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- United States Geological Survey
- Attributes
- ObjectID
- 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 geographic feature. It is the proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is, or was, known. (Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic NamesPrinciples, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997)
- Definition Source
- United States Geological Survey, United States Board on Geographic Names
- STCTYFIPS
- The combined state/territory and county code (five-digit number). The combined code uniquely identifies the county in which the geographic feature is located. (INCITS 38:200x, (Formerly FIPS 5-2) Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States; INCITS 31:200x, (Formerly FIPS 6-4) Codes for the Identification of Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Insular AreasAmerican National Standards Institute)
- Definition Source
- American National Standards Institute
- ELEV_METER
- The elevation of the feature in meters relative to sea level. (Numbers for the features.)
- Definition Source
- United States Geological Survey
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- Esri; Esri Offices
- Online Access
- http://www.ArcGIS.com
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20130205
- 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
- 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