113TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN FLORIDA - 2012

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: U.S. Census Bureau

Publication_Date: 201211

Title: 113TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN FLORIDA - 2012

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.census.gov/rdo/data/113th_congressional_and_new_state_legislative_district_plans.html>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset represent the boundaries of the post-2010 census 113th Congressional district plans as collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in Phase 4 of the Redistricting Data Program (RDP). These plans are those understood to be in effect for the November 2012 elections as of their production date. The plans were submitted to the Census Bureau by non-partisan state liaisons, identified by the governor and legislative leadership of each state during Phase 1 of the RDP. Once these plans were processed and inserted into the MAF/TIGER database, the Census Bureau generated verification materials for each state to review and certify as accurate. Any reported changes to the verification materials were incorporated into this final product. The Congressional District representatives have been added to the attribute table. This information reflects the winners of the November 2012 election. Some representatives will not take office until January 2013.

Purpose:

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 201211

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: US Congress

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword: Florida

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Census Bureau

Contact_Person: Cathy McCully or James Whitehorne

Contact_Position: Chief/Assistant Chief of Redistricting Data Office

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-4039

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: RDO@census.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

Find your US Congress Representative: <http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/>
List of US Congress Representatives: <http://www.house.gov/representatives/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

Completeness_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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

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_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USCB

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

In November 2012 GeoPlan downloaded the data from the U.S. Census Bureau at: <http://www.census.gov/rdo/data/113th_congressional_and_new_state_legislative_district_plans.html> The data was in the following geographical coordinate system: GCS_North_American_1983. During the QA/QC process GeoPlan performed the following tasks.

-Reprojected the data to Albers Conical Equal Area [Florida Geographic Data Library] -Added district representatives and party affiliation for 113 Congress taking office in January of 2013. -Removed unpopulated fields. -Uppercased all fields. -Added DESCRIPT field based on the concatenation of "US DISTRICT" & attribute DISTRICT. -Added FGDLAQDATE field based on the date GeoPlan received the data from the source. -Renamed the dataset from PVS_12_v2_cd_12 to usdist_2012

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 20121128

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: 27

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

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: USDIST_2012

Entity_Type_Definition: USDIST_2012.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USCB

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

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: U.S. Congressional District number

Attribute_Definition_Source: USCB

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of elected representative

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PARTY

Attribute_Definition: Representative party affiliation

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute_Definition: State

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SESSION_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STFIPS

Attribute_Definition: State FIPS number

Attribute_Definition_Source: USCB

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on DISTRICT field

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter in meters

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: DOWNLOADABLE DATA

Distribution_Liability:

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist.
Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data provided by the data sources. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no representations or warranties about the quality or suitability of the materials, either expressly or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. 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.
A note about data scale:
Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data.
1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger.
Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our webpage at: <http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html>

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 4.102

Technical_Prerequisites:

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

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20121210

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Census Bureau

Contact_Person: Cathy McCully or James Whitehorne

Contact_Position: Chief/Assistant Chief of Redistricting Data Office

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-4039

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: RDO@census.gov

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