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FGDC-Compliant Metadata for TOWNS
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION 1.1 CITATION (8.1) ORIGINATOR: Illinois Department of Natural Resources (8.2) PUBLICATION DATE: 1994 (8.4) TITLE: Digital file name is - TOWNS Data set title is - Towns or populated places with more than 250 people as identified by the census bureau. 1.2 DESCRIPTION 1.2.1 ABSTRACT: Point coverage of towns in Illinois. Point locations approximate towns center. Attributes include population classes for 1980 and 1990, and total poplation for 1990. 1.2.2 PURPOSE: Use limited to that appropriate for point coverages. Use for labelling as it has a single location and record for each town. 1.3 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT (9.1) SINGLE DATE/TIME (9.1.1) CALENDAR DATE: 1990 1.3.1 CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Publication date of sources. Contact metadata contact for a list of sources. 1.4 STATUS 1.4.1 PROGRESS: Six cities not included in the census are included and 6 points included in the 1990 census are known to not be included here. 1.4.2 MAINTENANCE AND UPDATE FREQUENCY: decennial census 1.5 SPATIAL DOMAIN 1.5.1 BOUNDING COORDINATES 1.5.1.1 WEST BOUNDING COORDINATE: -92.0 1.5.1.2 EAST BOUNDING COORDINATE: -87.5 1.5.1.3 NORTH BOUNDING COORDINATE: 42.5 1.5.1.4 SOUTH BOUNDING COORDINATE: 37.0 1.6 KEYWORDS 1.6.1 THEME 1.6.1.1 THEME KEYWORD THESAURUS: none 1.6.1.2 THEME KEYWORD: demographic 1.6.1.2 THEME KEYWORD: population 1.6.1.2 THEME KEYWORD: towns 1.6.1.2 THEME KEYWORD: cities 1.6.2 PLACE 1.6.2.1 PLACE KEYWORD THESAURUS: none 1.6.2.2 PLACE KEYWORD: Illinois 1.7 ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: none 1.8 USE CONSTRAINTS: Reproduction or redistribution of copyrighted digital datasets (wells) or products derived therefrom outside of licensee's organization or entity is expressly forbidden. The only exception is redistribution to consultants working for the licensee, and then only for purposes, related to work for the licensee. Such consultants may not further reproduce or redistribute these datasets. None of the data on this CD-ROM shall be electronically duplicated on magnetic or optical media for use by others, in whole or in part, without permission of the appropriate custodial division within DNR. Any hardcopies utilizing DNR datasets shall clearly indicate their source. If the licensee has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed on the hardcopy map. Licensee specifically agrees not to misrepresent DNR datasets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by DNR. This data is not to be used for commercial profit. 1.9 POINT OF CONTACT (10.1) CONTACT PERSON PRIMARY (10.1.1) CONTACT PERSON: Mark Joselyn (10.1.2) CONTACT ORGANIZATION: Illinois State Natural History Survey (10.3) CONTACT POSITION: GIS Analyst (10.4) CONTACT ADDRESS: (10.4.1) ADDRESS TYPE: mailing address (10.4.2) ADDRESS: 607 East Peabody Drive (10.4.3) CITY: Champaign (10.4.4) STATE OR PROVINCE: Illinois (10.4.5) POSTAL CODE: 61820 (10.4.6) COUNTRY: USA (10.5) CONTACT VOICE TELEPHONE: 217-244-2160 (10.7) CONTACT FACSIMILE TELEPHONE: 217-333-4949 (10.8) CONTACT ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS: joselyn@uiuc.edu 1.13 NATIVE DATA SET ENVIRONMENT: Arc/Info version 7.0.3 software for UNIX, with no8.3 setting. 2. DATA QUALITY INFORMATION 2.1 ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY 2.1.1 ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: Each point, its location and attribute record have been verified. 2.2 LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: Point data. No topology between points. 2.4 POSITIONAL ACCURACY 2.4.1 HORIZONTAL POSITIONAL ACCURACY 2.4.1.1 HORIZONTAL POSITIONAL ACCURACY REPORT: Points approximate town center locations. 3. SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION 3.2 DIRECT SPATIAL REFERENCE METHOD: point 4. SPATIAL REFERENCE INFORMATION 4.1 HORIZONTAL COORDINATE SYSTEM DEFINITION 4.1.2 PLANAR 4.1.2.1 MAP PROJECTION 4.1.2.1.1 MAP PROJECTION NAME: Lambert Conformal Conic 4.1.2.1.2 MAP PROJECTION-PARAMETERS 4.1.2.1.2.1 LATITUDE OF FIRST STANDARD PARALLEL: 33 0 0.000 4.1.2.1.2.1 LATITUDE OF SECOND STANDARD PARALLEL: 45 0 0.000 4.1.2.1.2.2 LONGITUDE OF CENTRAL MERIDIAN: -89 30 0.000 4.1.2.1.2.3 LATITUDE OF PROJECTION ORIGIN: 33 0 0.000 4.1.2.1.2.4 FALSE EASTING: 2999963.52 feet 4.1.2.1.2.5 FALSE NORTHING: 0.00000 4.1.4 GEODETIC MODEL 4.1.4.1 HORIZONTAL DATUM NAME: NAD27 4.1.4.2 ELLIPSOID NAME: CLARKE1866 4.2 VERTICAL COORDINATE SYSTEM DEFINITION 4.2.1 ALTITUDE SYSTEM DEFINITION 4.2.1.1 ALTITUDE DATUM NAME: NGVD29 5. ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION 5.2 OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION 5.2.1 ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTE OVERVIEW: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: POLITIC_CLASS 2, 2, I ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: DOMAIN: 1 = State Capitol 2 = County seat - home rule 3 = County seat - nonhome rule 4 = Incorporated - home rule 5 = Incorporated nonhome rule ATTRIBUTE LABEL: POP_CLASS_80, 1, 1, I ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Population class for each town as of 1980. ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: US Bureau of the Census, 1980. DOMAIN: 1 = Less than 1,000 2 = 1,000 - 2,499 3 = 2,500 - 4,999 4 = 5,000 - 9,999 5 = 10,000 - 24,999 6 = 25,000 - 49,999 7 = 50,000 - 99,999 8 = 100,000 or greater ATTRIBUTE LABEL: POP_CLASS_90, 1, 1, I ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Population class for each town as of 1990. ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: US Bureau of the Census, 1990. DOMAIN: see POP_CLASS_80 ATTRIBUTE LABEL: FIPS_PLACE, 5, 5 I ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: FIPS place code ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: FIPS publication 55. DOMAIN: see file towns.lst ATTRIBUTE LABEL: FIPS_COUNTY, 3, 3, I ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: FIPS code for each county. ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: FIPS Publication 55. DOMAIN: 1-203 ATTRIBUTE LABEL: ZIPCODE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: 5 digit postal zipcode of the town center. ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: DOMAIN: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: X_COORD ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Projection specific coordinate value of the town center location. ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: DOMAIN: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: Y_COORD ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Projection specific coordinate value of the town center ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: DOMAIN: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: PLACE_NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Name of the town or municipality, all in upper case ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: FIPS Publication 55. DOMAIN: see file towns.list ATTRIBUTE LABEL: PLACE_NAME_LC ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Name of the town or municipality, upper and lower case. ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: FIPS Publication 55. DOMAIN: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: TYPE 20, 20, C ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: FIPS Publication 55. DOMAIN: city, town, unincorporated, village ATTRIBUTE LABEL: TOTALPOP ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Number of persons living in this census defined area,. ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: US Census on Population and Housing, 1991. DOMAIN: positive integer 6. DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION 6.1 DISTRIBUTOR (10.2) CONTACT ORGANIZATION PRIMARY: Illinois State Natural History Survey (10.3) CONTACT POSITION: Database Administrator (10.4) CONTACT ADDRESS (10.4.1) ADDRESS TYPE: mailing address (10.4.2) ADDRESS: 607 East Peabody Drive (10.4.3) CITY: Champaign (10.4.4) STATE OR PROVINCE: Illinois (10.4.5) POSTAL CODE: 61820 (10.4.6) COUNTRY: USA (10.5) CONTACT VOICE TELEPHONE: 217-244-2160 (10.7) CONTACT FACSIMILE TELEPHONE: 217 - 333-4949 (10.8) CONTACT ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS: joselyn@uiuc.edu 6.3 DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) provide these geographic data "as is." DNR make no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. DNR further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, as to any other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the condition of the product, or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these data have been processed successfully on computers of DNR, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by DNR regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty. In no event shall the DNR have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of use of or reliance on the geographic data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by DNR. 7. METADATA REFERENCE SECTION 7.1 METADATA DATE: 19960321 7.4 METADATA CONTACT (10.1) CONTACT PERSON PRIMARY (10.1.1) CONTACT PERSON: Mark Joselyn (10.1.2) CONTACT ORGANIZATION: Illinois State Natural History Survey (10.4) CONTACT ADDRESS (10.4.1) ADDRESS TYPE: mailing address (10.4.2) ADDRESS: 607 East Peabody Drive (10.4.3) CITY: Champaign (10.4.4) STATE OR PROVINCE: Illinois (10.4.5) POSTAL CODE: 61820 (10.4.6) COUNTRY: USA (10.5) CONTACT VOICE TELEPHONE: 217-244-2180 (10.7) CONTACT FACSIMILE TELEPHONE: 217-333-4949 (10.8) CONTACT ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS: joselyn@uiuc.edu 7.5 METADATA STANDARD NAME: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata 7.6 METADATA STANDARD VERSION: Version of June 8, 1994 |
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