Geodataset Name:       CITIES_FEB04
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         1116

DATA SOURCE(S):                    National Atlas of the United States
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     2000000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      200402
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: CITIES_FEB04.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
CITIESX020	Internal feature number.
FEATURE	The type of city or town. County Seat = A populated place that serves as the seat of the county government. Populated Place = A populated place that is neither a county seat, a State capital, nor the capital of the United States of America. State Capital = A populated place that serves as the seat of the State government. State Capital County Seat = A populated place that serves as the seat of the State government
NAME	The name of the city or town.
POP_RANGE	The population range of the city or town based on 2000 U.S. Census 0 - 9,999 = The population is less than 10,000. 10,000 - 49,999 = The population is between 10,000 and 49,999. 50,000 - 99,999 = The population is between 50,000 and 99,999. 100,000 - 249,999 = The population is between 100,000 and 249,999. 250,000 - 499,999 = The population is between 250,000 and 499,999. 500,000 - 999,999 = The population is between 500,000 and 999,999. 1,000,000 - 9,999,999 = The population is between 1,000,000 and 9,999,999. Undetermined = The population is not known.
POP_2000	The 2000 population of the city or town. -99999 = The population is not known.
FIPS55	The 5-digit FIPS code of the named populated place, primary county division, or other locational entity of the United States.
COUNTY	The name of the county or county equivalent.
FIPS	The 5-digit FIPS code of the county or county equivalent.
STATE	The 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent.
STATE_FIPS	The 2-digit FIPS code of the State or State equivalent.
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on NAME
FGDLAQDATE	FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source
SHAPE	Feature geometry.
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan

USER NOTES:

The map layer was checked for topological consistency using the Arc/INFO command BUILD. No other checks for logical consistency were performed on this map layer.

This map layer includes built-up areas and populated places for the state of Florida. Capitals and county seats are identified as well as population ranges where known.

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

These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data.

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

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

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. 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

REFERENCES:

National Atlas of the United States: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Digitized place names from the 1970 National Atlas of the United States were compared with U.S. Census Bureau place names from FIPS55-3_98. Where there were discrepancies, names from the GNIS were used. A small number of places could not be assigned FIPS55 codes and were removed from the map layer. Minor positional corrections were also made. Process Date: 1998 No spatial data was changed in ATLAS-CITIES98. The following edits were made to the attribute data base file. In the Feature field, inconsistencies were removed and the population ranges were corrected as necessary to match the 1990 population information in the Pop field. Unnecessary fields were deleted (Idnum, Capcode, Stid). Fields were added for State, State_Fips, and County. Lakewood Center, Washington was changed to Lakewood, Washington with a population of 58412. Incorrect population information for Lakewood, Snohomish County was deleted. Boise City, Idaho was changed to Boise, Idaho. Process Date: 200002 Points generated from the GAZETTEER text file were added; points with duplicate FIPS55 codes were removed. County, State, and FIPS data were compared and corrected, if necessary, with data from FIPS55-3_99, and with POP_PL. Remaining incorporated and Census Designated Places (CDP's) from GNIS00 were added; all unincorporated and non-CDP places were then removed. A few populated places in high density areas were filtered out. Population data from the POP_ESTIMATE and GAZETTEER files were added, and a population value of -99999 was used where population data was not available. Some places were updated with new FIPS55 codes. Minor positional corrections were made using ATLAS-HY and ATLAS-CNTY as references. A display attribute, based on population size and distance to nearest town, was added to determine which place names will be shown at the most detailed scale on the National Atlas interactive map browser. Process Date: 200011 1990 and 1998 population figures for Newtown, Connecticut were updated. Process Date: 20021010 County and county FIPS fields for the town of Bloomfield, CO were updated and it was listed as the county seat for Bloomfield county. County seats were added for counties where they were missing. These include: > Plumas County, CA-Quincy > Towns County, GA-Hiawassee > Kauai County, HI-Lihue > Hardin County, IL-Elizabethtown > Saginaw County, MI-Saginaw > Koochiching County, MN-International Falls > Holt County, NE-O'Neill > Cass County, ND-Fargo > Price County, WI-Phillips Please note that Shannon County, SD; Todd County, SD; Kings, NY; Bronx, NY; Queens, NY; and Richmond, NY do not have official county seats. Process Date: 20031215 Incorporated place names in ATLAS-CITIES03 were compared with those from the GNIS database. GNIS names were used where there were discrepancies. New incorporated places were added; duplicate points and places no longer incorporated were removed. Positions of all incorporated places were adjusted to match GNIS coordinates. Minor positional corrections of incorporated places were made using ATLAS-HY and ATLAS-CNTY as references. The population range values were adjusted to reflect 2000 population figures and the POP_2000 attribute was added; earlier population figures were dropped. Process Date: 200402 GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the The National Atlas of the United States of America (http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html) on 6/13/2007. The data was received as a shapefile in projection: Geographic North American Datum of 1983, GRS1980. The dataset was then projected from NAD 83 to FGDL Albers HPGN. The original shapefile was comprised of cities from the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A selection was performed using the query "STATE" = 'FL' to extract only records for the state of Florida. - Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN - Added a DESCRIPT field to attribute table based on NAME - Added a FGDLAQDATE field based on date of download from source - Deleted fields DISPLAY - Renamed file from citiesx020 to cities_feb04 - Upcased all records in the table Process Date: 20070613

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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