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New York City Ground Surface, 2002

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Sanborn Map Company
Publication Date
2003
Title
New York City Ground Surface, 2002
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publisher
Sanborn (Firm)
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/sanborn_nyc_ground_2002.zip
Abstract
Sanborn CitySets New York City Ground Surface is a vector model of ground elevations in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. This layer is provided in the ESRI TIN format.
Purpose
Can be used in the creation of basemaps for New York City. Intended for use with other Sanborn CitySets layers fro New York City.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
2002
Bounding Box
West
-74.019361
East
-73.957591
North
40.774088
South
40.677043
ISO Topic Category
Elevation
Theme Keyword
Sanborn CitySets
TIN
Ground surface elevation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
New York City
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
Data Quality Information
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
This terrain model is 90 percent accurate within five feet of true elevation.
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
128657
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Node, planar graph
Point and Vector Object Count
64342
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Link
Point and Vector Object Count
385971
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
Altitude Resolution
0.000000
Altitude Encoding Method
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Distribution Information
Format Name
GeoPackage
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070802
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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