West Virginia Populated Places

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Frequently-anticipated questions:

What does this data set describe?

Title: West Virginia Populated Places
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.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2001, West Virginia Populated Places.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Bureau of Transportation Statis, United States Department of Transporta, 2001, National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD).

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.652154
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.682552
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.618169
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.218351

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 2001
    Currentness_Reference: publication date

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Entity point (277)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      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 coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.001024
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.001024
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    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

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

Why was the data set created?

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

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    Master Reference File (source 1 of 1)
    U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990, 1990 Census Master Area Reference File of Places.

    Online Links:

    • www.census.gov

    Type_of_Source_Media: online
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
    Source_Contribution: All data was provided by the Bureau of the Census.

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 1990 (process 1 of 2)
    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.

    Date: 2001 (process 2 of 2)
    The West Virginia GIS Technical Center clipped from the original data those cities that fell within West Virginia.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    West Virginia GIS Technical Center
    West Virginia University
    Morgantown, WV 26506-6300
    USA

    (304) 293-5603 x4339 (voice)
    (304) 293-6522 (FAX)
    kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    No attribute accuracy report has been completed.

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    No horizontal accuracy report has been complteted.

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

    No vertical accuracy report has been completed.

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

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

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    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.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    West Virginia GIS Technical Center
    West Virginia University
    Morgantown, WV 26506-6300
    USA

    (304) 293-5603 x4339 (voice)
    (304) 293-6522 (FAX)
    kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    None

  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 06-Jul-2005
Metadata author:
West Virginia GIS Technical Center
425 White Hall
Morgantown, WV 26506

(304) 293-5603 x4339 (voice)
(304) 293-6522 (FAX)
kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Metadata extensions used:

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