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New York City Building Footprints, 2002

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Sanborn Map Company
Publication Date
2003
Title
New York City Building Footprints, 2002
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/sanborn_nyc_buildings_2002.zip
Abstract
Sanborn CitySets New York City Building Footprints is a polygon theme representing building footprints in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Attribute information includes address and alternate addresses as well as information about the construction.
Purpose
This dataset can be used for creation of basemaps and is intended for use with other Sanborn CitySets for New York City.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
2002
Bounding Box
West
-74.019034
East
-73.958919
North
40.774061
South
40.677210
Theme Keyword
structure.
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Sanborn CitySets
Building footprints
structures
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
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
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Sanborn
Delivery Point
Corporate Headquarters
Delivery Point
1935 Jamboree Drive
Delivery Point
Suite 100
City
Colorado Springs
State
CO
Postal Code
80920
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
719.593.0093
Contact Facsimile Telephone
719.528.5093
Contact Electronic Mail Address
coloradosprings@sanborn.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Data Quality Information
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Data meets National Map Accuracy Standards (90 percent accurate to within 3.33 feet of true ground position)
Lineage
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
21806
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
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
nyc_building
Entity Type Definition
Buildings
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
BLDGNAME
Name of building captured from Sanborn Maps.
BLDGNUM
Address number
STPRE
Street prefix
STNAME
Street name
STTYPE
Street type
STSUF
Street suffix
CITY
City
STATE
State
COUNTRY
Country
BLDGID
Unique ID for each building
LAT
Latitude of building centroid.
LONG
Longitude of building centroid.
YRBUILT
Year built
YRRANGE
Range for year built if not shown on Sanborn Maps
OCCUP
Occupancy type
CONST
Construction type
DRCONST
Derived construction; ATC classifications determined by calculations from other attributes
EXTERIOR
Exterior construction materials, as judged by field surveyors
FIREPROOF
The fire protection class as on the Sanborn Map
HEIGHT
Mean sea level height to the average ground level. This height will be based at the highest point of the roof over occupy-able space. Units in feet
STORIES
Number of stories
DRSTORIES
Derived Stories; Calculated from HEIGHT /12 and rounded down
SQFOOT
Calculated from AREA x DRSTORIES. This does not take any interior floor plans into account, and therefore should only be used as a rough estimate.
UNITTYPE
The unit type if applicable for the address
UNITNUM
The unit number if applicable for the address
PRIMARY
This is the primary address for the building, with the values combined from fields BLDGNUM, STPRE, STNAME, STTYPE, STSUF
ALT01
Alternate address
ALT02
Alternate address
ALT03
Alternate address
ALT04
Alternate address
ALT05
Alternate address
ALT06
Alternate address
ALT07
Alternate address
ALT08
Alternate address
ALT09
Alternate address
ALT10
Alternate address
ALT11
Alternate address
ALT12
Alternate address
ALT13
Alternate address
ALT14
Alternate address
ALT15
Alternate address
ALT16
Alternate address
ALT17
Alternate address
ALT18
Alternate address
ALT19
Alternate address
ALT20
Alternate address
ALT21
Alternate address
ALT22
Alternate address
ALT23
Alternate address
ALT24
Alternate address
ALT25
Alternate address
ALT26
Alternate address
ALT27
Alternate address
ALT28
Alternate address
ALT29
Alternate address
ALT30
Alternate address
ALT31
Alternate address
ALT32
Alternate address
ALT33
Alternate address
ALT34
Alternate address
ALT35
Alternate address
ALT36
Alternate address
ALT37
Alternate address
ALT38
Alternate address
ALT39
Alternate address
ALT40
Alternate address
ALT41
Alternate address
ALT42
Alternate address
ALT43
Alternate address
ALT44
Alternate address
ALT45
Alternate address
ALT46
Alternate address
ALT47
Alternate address
ALT48
Alternate address
ALT49
Alternate address
ALT50
Alternate address
ALT51
Alternate address
ALT52
Alternate address
ALT53
Alternate address
Distribution Information
Distributor
Sanborn
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070731
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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