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United States Major Highways, 2012

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
TomTom North America, Inc.
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Publication Date
2012
Title
United States Major Highways, 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_mjr_hwys.zip
Abstract
United States Major Highways is a polyline theme representing the major highways of the United States. These include interstates, U.S. highways, state highways, and major roads. This dataset is a subset of the Streets dataset. It contains all Class 1 and 2 roads segments plus any other road segments necessary to provide network connectivity for the Class_Rte field.
Purpose
United States Major Highways provides a subset of highways and major roads from the Streets dataset for national, state, and regional display.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition: 2000; publication date: 2002
Bounding Box
West
-159.779918
East
-66.981845
North
65.826906
South
19.058082
Theme Keyword
line
interstates
highways
freeways or expressways
major roads
transportation
location
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
location
transportation
Place Keyword
United States (6252001)
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2000
2002
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 2; Esri ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
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 extracted from the Census 2000 TIGER/Line files. The positional accuracy varies with the source materials used, but generally the information is no better than the established national map Accuracy standards for 1:100,000-scale maps from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). To improve the accuracy, TomTom ran a process against the entire nationwide database. The level of positional accuracy in the StreetMap™ files is not suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface.
Lineage
Source
Originator
TomTom North America, Inc.
Publication Date
2002
Title
TomTom TIGER/Line 2000 Streets, 2012
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Publisher
TomTom North America, Inc.
Other Citation Details
TIGER/Line 2000 Data Processed by a proprietary line straightening process by TomTom North America, Inc.
Source Scale Denominator
100000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
2000
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Title
ArcGIS Resource Centers ArcGIS Online services - USA Prime Imagery
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
raster digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Esri
Other Citation Details
Accessed the map service in August 2008. Copyright: © 2008 i-cubed; i-cubed, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
Online Linkage
http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices/index.cfm?fa=content_detailcontentID=F7EE515D-1422-2413-199DAEFAA2B134F9
Type of Source Media
online
Contribution
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
String
Point and Vector Object Count
171613
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
mjr_hwys
Entity Type Definition
The lines represent the major highways of the United States. These include interstates, U.S. highways, state highways, and major roads.
Entity Type Definition Source
Esri
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
PREFIX
The prefix direction. (Prefix directions of the address attributes for the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
PRETYPE
The prefix highway type. (Prefix highway types of the address attributes for the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
NAME
The name or route number of the highway. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
TomTom North America, Inc.
TYPE
The suffix highway type. (Suffix highway types of the address attributes for the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
SUFFIX
The suffix direction. (Suffix directions of the address attributes for the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
CLASS
The highway class.
1
Limited Access.
2
Highway.
3
Major Road.
4
Local Road.
5
Minor Road.
6
Other Road.
7
Ramp.
8
Ferry.
9
Pedestrian Way.
Definition Source
Esri
CLASS_RTE
The highway class (used for routing and connectivity).
1
Limited Access.
2
Highway.
3
Major Road.
4
Local Road.
5
Minor Road.
6
Other Road.
7
Ramp.
8
Ferry.
9
Pedestrian Way.
0
A special class of highway to do very fast high level cross-country routing that also selects the through-route in complicated urban areas.
Definition Source
Esri
HWY_TYPE
The highway type.
I
Interstate.
U
U.S. highway.
S
State highway.
C
County highway.
H
Highway (type unknown).
blank
None of the above.
Definition Source
Esri
HWY_SYMBOL
The highway symbol (usually route number). (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
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
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