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United States Urbanized Area Boundaries, 2013
- Identification Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Originator
- United States. Bureau of the Census. Geography Division
- Publication Date
- 2013
- Title
- United States Urbanized Area Boundaries, 2013
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC, 20590
- Publisher
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Online Linkage
- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/ntad_2013_boc_uza.zip
- Abstract
- United States Urbanized Area Boundaries, 2013 is a polygon theme representing the U.S. Census Bureau boundaries for Urbanized Areas in the US. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the "urban footprint." There are two types of urban areas: urbanized areas (UAs) that contain 50,000 or more people and urban clusters (UCs) that contain at least 2,500 people, but fewer than 50,000 people (except in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam which each contain urban clusters with populations greater than 50,000). Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeroes.
- Purpose
- In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2013
- Bounding Box
- West
- -158.231296
- East
- -65.620648
- North
- 64.920732
- South
- 17.929405
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- economy
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Theme Keyword
- Urban Areas
- Urbanized Area Boundaries
- Census
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2013
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 497
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Longitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D WGS 1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS 1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.0
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257223563
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- UAC10.shp
- Entity Type Definition
- 2010 Census Urban Area National
- Entity Type Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- 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
- NAME10
- 2010 Census urban area name
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- NAMELSAD10
- 2010 Census name and the translated legal/statistical area description for urban area (Refer to the name in the 'NAME' field and the translated legal/statistical area description code for urban area)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- LSAD10
- 2010 Census legal/statistical area description code for urban area
- 75
- Urbanized Area
- 76
- Urban Cluster
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- INTPTLAT10
- 2010 Census latitude of the internal point (-90.0000000 to 90.0000000 DD)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- INTPTLON10
- 2010 Census longitude of the internal point (-180.00000000 to 180.00000000 DD)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- STPOSTAL1
- State (postal code) containing the largest part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- USPS
- STPOSTAL2
- State (postal code) containing the second largest part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- USPS
- STPOSTAL3
- State (postal code) containing the third largest part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- USPS
- STPOSTAL4
- State (postal code) containing the least part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- USPS
- STFIPS1
- State (FIPS code) containing the largest part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
- STFIPS2
- State (FIPS code) containing the second largest part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
- STFIPS3
- State (FIPS code) containing the third largest part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
- STFIPS4
- State (FIPS code) containing the least part of the UZA
- Definition Source
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration/Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20140925
- 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 Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998