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United States Metropolitan Planning Organization Boundaries, 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
- United States. Federal Highway Administration
- Originator
- United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- United States Metropolitan Planning Organization Boundaries, 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2008
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Online Linkage
- https://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/ntad_2008_us_mpo.zip
- Abstract
- Metropolitan Planning Organization Boundaries is a polygon theme representing the boundaries of metropolitan planning organizations in the United States
- Purpose
- The data provides users with information about the locations, names and sizes of Metropolitan Planning Organizations and is intended for use primarily with national planning applications.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2008
- Bounding Box
- West
- -178.339504
- East
- -65.589823
- North
- 64.920889
- South
- 17.926705
- ISO Topic Category
- Property
- Boundaries
- Theme Keyword
- municipal
- planning
- organization
- region
- regional
- transportation
- MPO
- COG
- Council of Governments
- metropolitan
- planning commission
- planning agency
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GeoNames
- Temporal Keyword
- 2008
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Federal Highway Administration, Office of Planning, Environment, Realty
- Delivery Point
- 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 708-283-3554
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 708-283-3501
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- supin.yoder@dot.gov
- Credit
- The Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Federal Highway Administration.
- Collection
- Originator
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/
- Cross-Reference
- Originator
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- All node-link and polygon topological relationships were created and verified using ESRI ArcGIS 9.1
- Completeness Report
- Complete.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Federal Highway Administration, Office of Planning, Environment, Realty
- Originator
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- MPOs
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/
- Type of Source Media
- unknown
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2008
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- MPOs, state DOTs, and other government agencies
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- G-polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 384
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000001
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000001
- 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
- mpo
- Entity Type Definition
- Metropolitan Planning Organization Boundaries
- Entity Type Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- 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
- MPO_ID
- Unique numerical identifier. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- MPO_NAME
- Official MPO name. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- MPO_ACRONY
- Official MPO acronym. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- STAFF_AGEN
- Lead staffing agency for MPO. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- FHWA
- STAFF_AGE1
- Additional staffing agency for MPO. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- FHWA
- CITY
- Physical address city. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- STATE
- State Postal abbreviation (Official List of U.S. Postal Code AbbreviationsU.S. Postal Service (USPS))
- Definition Source
- USPS
- MPO_WEB_SI
- URL for MPO internet site. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- DESIGNATIO
- Year MPO was designated and created. (Year)
- Definition Source
- FHWA
- MPO_POPULA
- Population of MPO area. (Numeric Value)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- TMA
- Indicated whether the MPO serves a transportation management areas (TMA).
- Yes
- MPO is part of a Transportation Management Area
- null
- MPO is not part of a Transportation Management Area
- Definition Source
- FHWA
- INCLUDED_U
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_1
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_2
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_3
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_4
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_5
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_6
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_7
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_8
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED_9
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED10
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED11
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED12
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED13
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- INCLUDED14
- Urbanized area contained within MPO area. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- NO_OF_UAS
- The number of urbanized areas served by the MPO. (Numeric Value)
- Definition Source
- FHWA
- PRIME_UA
- The primary urbanized area served by the MPO. The most populous UZA served was identified as the primary UZA. (Character String)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- UA_POP
- Population of the primary UA served by the MPO. (Numeric Value)
- Definition Source
- FHWA
- STFIPS
- Primary State FIPS Code (Federal Information Processing Standard- FIPS Pub 6-4National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST))
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- VERSION
- Version of the database (00 to 99)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- LAST_UPDAT
- MPO Specific date of last revision
- text date
- Most recent date of revision for staffing agency information
- Definition Source
- FHWA
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- GeoPackage
- Distributor
- United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090601
- 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