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New York Long Island Rail Road Lines, 2009

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
CommunityCartography
Originator
Halcrow Group Limited
Publication Date
2009
Title
New York Long Island Rail Road Lines, 2009
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Transportation Maps and Tables
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/halcrow_lirrlines_2009.zip
Abstract
New York Long Island Rail Road Lines, 2009 is a line theme representing the Railroad tracks and service lines of the Long Island Rail Road system. Attribute data includes the names of the lines and length of the segment. Raw data was acquired from files from the New York State Department of Transportation. Data is provided in the projection NAD83 to align with the NYCMap basemap. The realigned data has not been thoroughly checked for accuracy.
Purpose
The commuter rail files represent the location of the rail centerlines and stations as shown on 1:100,000 scale source materials.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2009
Bounding Box
West
-73.993452
East
-71.951807
North
41.111332
South
40.571257
Theme Keyword
transportation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 topic categories
Theme Keyword
Long Island Railroad
transit
MTA
LIRR
Commuter rail roads,
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
New York County (N.Y.)
Nassau County (N.Y.)
Essex County (N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
NYC
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
2009
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
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
CommunityCartography by Halcrow
Delivery Point
22 Cortlandt St
City
New York
State
NY
Postal Code
10007
Contact Telephone
1-212-608-3990
Contact Facsimile Telephone
212-566-5059
Contact Electronic Mail Address
maps@halcrow.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Data Quality Information
Lineage
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
128
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
0.000000
Ordinate Resolution
0.000000
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
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
lirr
Entity Type Definition
Rail Lines
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
CMMLINE_ID
ID
Definition Source
DoT
ID
ID
Definition Source
DoT
LINE
line name
Definition Source
DoT
ALT_LABEL
alternate line name
Definition Source
DoT
COUNTY
county
Definition Source
ComCarto
length
calculated length in feet
Definition Source
ComCarto
length_mi
calculated length in miles
Definition Source
ComCarto
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shapefile
Distributor
CommunityCartography by Halcrow
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20100126
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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