West Virginia Counties (24K)

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What does this data set describe?

Title: West Virginia Counties (24K)
Abstract:
This data is meant to present accurate boundaries of counties in West Virginia. It was collected from georeferenced 1:24,000 digitial raster graphics by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, 200503, West Virginia Counties (24K).

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.703366
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.657725
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.639804
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.160549

  3. What does it look like?

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

    Calendar_Date: Mar-2005
    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):

      • G-polygon (55)

    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 18 census attributes as well as Federal Information Processing Standards codes.
    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?

To illustrate county boundaries in West Virginia.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    WVDEP (source 1 of 2)
    West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, 200503, West Virginia Counties (24K).

    Type_of_Source_Media: digital raster graphics
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
    Source_Contribution: boundaries

    CENSUS (source 2 of 2)
    United States Census Bureau, 2000, US Census Data.

    Type_of_Source_Media: tabular
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
    Source_Contribution: Census information

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

    Date: Feb-2002 (process 1 of 2)
    The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection utilized heads up digitizing and 24K georeferenced digital raster graphics to collect county boundary polygons.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
    c/o Larry Evans
    Manager, TAGIS
    601 57th. Street
    Charleston, WV 25304
    USA

    (304) 926-0499 Ext:1617 (voice)
    (304) 926-0498 (FAX)
    levans@mail.dep.state.wv.us

    Data sources used in this process:
    • WVDEP

    Date: Mar-2005 (process 2 of 2)
    The West Virginia GIS Technical Center merged US Census data with the county boundaries.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    West Virginia GIS Technical Center
    425 White Hall
    Morgantown, WV 26506
    USA

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

    Data sources used in this process:
    • CENSUS

  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 completed.

  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?

    No completeness report has been completed.

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

    No logical consistency report has been completed.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

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

Access_Constraints: NA
Use_Constraints: NA

  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
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6300

(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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