CONGRESS DISTRICTS 108

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 (BTS)

Publication_Date: 20030000

Title: CONGRESS DISTRICTS 108

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Suitland, MD

Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: Nartional Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003

Edition: 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington DC

Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Other_Citation_Details: 2003

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset contains 2003 Congress Districts 108 Information for the State of Florida. The 108th Congressional District Boundaries data set contains geographic information for the political entities of the 108th Congressional districts.

Purpose:

The data provide users with information about the locations of congressional districts, primarily for national planning applications.

Supplemental_Information: POLYGON

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20030000

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: Area

Theme_Keyword: Background

Theme_Keyword: Polygon

Theme_Keyword: Boundary

Theme_Keyword: Congressional District

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: US Territoriees

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Stratum_Keyword: ground

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 2000

Temporal_Keyword: 2003

Access_Constraints: NONE

Use_Constraints:

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Country: USA

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Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: CONGRESS DISTRICTS 108

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Suitland, MD

Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Other_Citation_Details:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: Nartional Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003

Edition: 2003

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington DC

Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attribute accuracy is relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the originl data layer

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unknown

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:

This dataset contains informatin on congressional districts from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2003.

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:

The 108th Congressional District Boundaries data set contains geographic information for the political entities of the 108th Congressional districts. The data provide users with information about the locations of congressional districts, primarily for national planning applications.

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:

All node-link and polygon topological relationships were created and verified using ARC/INFO a Geographic Information System. The unique identifiers were verified using ARC/INFO, (The data was then converted to a shapefile format.)

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:

The Congressional District data set was created from TIGER/Line data having a nominal scale of 1:100,000.

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:

Individual files for the Congressional Districts in the state of Florida were merged into a single data set using ARC/INFO. After completing topological and attribute verification using ARC/INFO, the data was converted into shapefile format.

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:

Download the shapefile from U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC). Download congressional district information from (<http://congress.techpolitics.org/houseofreps.htm> ) and join the spatial with the attribute data. Used ArcGIS for topological and attribute verification.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

All node-link and polygon topological relationships were created and verified using ARC/INFO a Geographic Information System. The unique identifiers were verified using ARC/INFO, (The data was then converted to a shapefile format.)

Completeness_Report:

This data set is composed of the 437 Districts having voting representation plus seven districts without voting rights including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The Congressional District data set was created from TIGER/Line data having a nominal scale of 1:100,000.

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: CONGRESS DISTRICTS 108

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Suitland, MD

Publisher: US Bureau of the Census

Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Source_Scale_Denominator: none

Type_of_Source_Media: 1:100,000

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BTS

Source_Contribution: Spatial Attribute Information

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: Techpolitics

Online_Linkage: (<http://congress.techpolitics.org/houseofreps.htm> )

Type_of_Source_Media:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Techpolitics

Source_Contribution: Spatial Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Individual files for the Congressional Districts in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the 48 contiguous states were merged into a single data set using ARC/INFO. After completing topological and attribute verification using ARC/INFO, the data was converted into shapefile format.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: BTS

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20590

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (202) 366-DATA

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (202) 366-3640

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Download the shapefile from BOC. Download congressional district information from (<http://congress.techpolitics.org/houseofreps.htm> ) and join the spatial with the attribute data. Used ArcGIS for topological and attribute verification.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: BTS

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 400 Seventh Street, S.W.

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20590

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-3282

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Congressional District locations were obtained from the CD-ROM National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2003 (A Collection of Spatial Data for Use in GIS-based Applications) BTS-03-04. GeoPlan extracted this data in shapefile format and removed facilities not located in Florida. The shapefile was reprojected from WGS_1984 Decimal Degrees to the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). Process Steps for NTAD 2003 Congressional District 108 Locations:

-Congressional District locations were obtained from the CD-ROM National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2003 (A Collection of Spatial Data for Use in GIS-based Applications) BTS-03-04. -GeoPlan extracted this data in shapefile format and removed facilities not located in Florida. -The shapefile was reprojected from WGS_1984 Decimal Degrees to the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 2003

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 25

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 706

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 706

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CONGRESS DISTRICTS 108

Entity_Type_Definition: CONGRESS DISTRICTS 108.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: BTS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DISTRICT

Attribute_Definition: Congressional District Code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: List of Official Congressional District Codes

Codeset_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LSAD_

Attribute_Definition: Type of the congressional district

Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition:

Name the congress person that represents the congressional district

Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PARTY

Attribute_Definition: The party affiliation

Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: D

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Democrat

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: BTS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: R

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Republican

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: BTS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: I

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Independent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: BTS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIPS

Attribute_Definition: State FIPS code

Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard

Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute_Definition: US Postal Service State Abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source: US Postal Service (USPS)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Official US Postal Service State Abbreviations

Codeset_Source: US Postal Service (USPS)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: Field added by FGDL based on DISTRICT.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Country: United States

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Technical Support: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: For FGDL Software: <http://www.fgdl.org/software.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mailing list for FGDL: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html>

Resource_Description: CONGRESSDISTRICTS108, FGDL Version 2004

Distribution_Liability:

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Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile

File_Decompression_Technique:

No compression applied. However, if using digital transfer online option, note access instructions.

Transfer_Size: 8.038

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Access_Instructions:

Anyone with access to the World Wide Web may connect to the BTS server. To access a specific database, go to the address listed above in the Network Resource Name. The visitor can create a package of the dataset for download in a .zip format (i.e. MS-DOS zip archive). This archived package is stored in a temporary file that can then be copied to the visitor's home directory.

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: megabytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9660

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20040702

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation (BTS)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 400 Seventh Street, S.W.

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20590

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-3282

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

Metadata_Extensions:

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

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile