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