West Virginia Populated Places

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Publication_Date: 2001

Title: West Virginia Populated Places

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://www.wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=173>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), United States Department of Transportation

Publication_Date: 2001

Title: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.bts.gov/publications/north_american_transportation_atlas_data/>

Description:

Abstract:

The National Populated Places database is a geographic database of populated places in the United States containing information on the location and 1990 Census population. This dataset is a subset of that and the extent of the data is within the state of West Virginia.

Purpose:

The data provide users with information about the locations, names, and 1990 populations of specific places.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.652154

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.682552

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.618169

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.218351

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: society

Theme_Keyword: location

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: cities

Theme_Keyword: populated places

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: West Virginia

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No attribute accuracy report has been completed.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Each place in this data set is represented as a point feature.  The unique identifier (FEATUREID) contains the concatenated value of State FIPS Code plus FIPS Place Code for use as the link to the attributes.

Completeness_Report:

This data set contains every record found in the data provided by the Bureau of the Census.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census

Publication_Date: 1990

Title: 1990 Census Master Area Reference File of Places

Online_Linkage: www.census.gov

Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1990

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Master Reference File

Source_Contribution: All data was provided by the Bureau of the Census.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The data provided by the Bureau of the Census was converted to ARC/INFO format then exported into the BTS ASCII format. It was then converted to a shapefile format.

Process_Date: 1990

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The West Virginia GIS Technical Center clipped from the original data those cities that fell within West Virginia.

Process_Date: 2001

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: West Virginia GIS Technical Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: West Virginia University

Address: Department of Geology and Geography

Address: 425 White Hall

Address: PO Box 6300

City: Morgantown

State_or_Province: WV

Postal_Code: 26506-6300

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (304) 293-5603 x4339

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (304) 293-6522

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No horizontal accuracy report has been complteted.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No vertical accuracy report has been completed.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 277

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 17

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001024

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001024

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

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:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

This dataset contains nine attributes including a descriptive name field, latitude and longitude, and the 1990 population.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: West Virginia GIS Technical Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: West Virginia University

Address: Department of Geology and Geography

Address: 425 White Hall

Address: PO Box 6300

City: Morgantown

State_or_Province: WV

Postal_Code: 26506-6300

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (304) 293-5603 x4339

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (304) 293-6522

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: None

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCE

Transfer_Size: 0.007 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=173>

Fees: NA

Ordering_Instructions:

Please visit <http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php> to download data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050706

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: West Virginia GIS Technical Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 425 White Hall

Address: PO Box 6300

City: Morgantown

State_or_Province: WV

Postal_Code: 26506

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (304) 293-5603 x4339

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (304) 293-6522

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile