• Identification Information
• Data Quality Information
• Spatial Data Organization Information
• Spatial Reference Information
• Entity and Attribute Information
• Distribution Information
• Metadata Reference Information

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Identification Information:

Citation:

Citation information:

Originators: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Title:

New York City Counties

Publication date: 2008

Edition: 2008

Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data

Online linkage: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/nyc_county.zip

Description:

Abstract:

New York City Counties is a polygon theme representing the five counties in New York City.

Purpose:

In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.

Supplemental information:

The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census MAF/TIGER database.  The Census MAF/TIGER database represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts.  However, each TIGER/Line Shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set or the shapefiles can be combined to cover the whole nation.

Time period of content:

Time period information:

Range of dates/times:

Beginning date: 200801

Ending date: 200807

Currentness reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and update frequency: TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database. No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database.

Spatial domain:

Bounding coordinates:

West bounding coordinate: -74.257232

East bounding coordinate: -73.699479

North bounding coordinate: 40.915407

South bounding coordinate: 40.495973

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme keywords: boundaries, society

Theme keyword thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme:

Theme keywords: County, Counties

Theme keyword thesaurus: None

Place:

Place keywords: New York (N.Y.), Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Place keyword thesaurus: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Place:

Place keywords: NYC

Place keyword thesaurus: None

Temporal:

Temporal keywords: 2008

Temporal keyword thesaurus: None

Access constraints: None

Use constraints:

The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau.  These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source.
The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.

Point of contact:

Contact information:

Contact organization primary:

Contact organization: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact address:

Address type: Mailing address

Address:

4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State or province: DC

Postal code: 20233-7400

Country: United States

Contact voice telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact facsimile telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact electronic mail address: tiger@census.gov

Browse graphic:

Browse graphic file name: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/pix/cat/nyc_county.jpg

Browse graphic file description:

Thumbnail

Browse graphic file type: JPEG

Native data set environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Data Quality Information:

Attribute accuracy:

Attribute accuracy report:

Accurate against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100% level for the codes and base names.  The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.

Logical consistency report:

The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles.  Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area.  All polygons are tested for closure.
The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database.  Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities.  The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files.  Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55.  Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency.
For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table.  For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature.  TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification.  Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.

Completeness report:

Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.

Lineage:

Source information:

Source citation:

Citation information:

Originators: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Title:

Census MAF/TIGER database

Publication date: Unpublished material

Type of source media: online

Source citation abbreviation:

MAF/TIGER

Source contribution:

The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.

Source time period of content:

Time period information:

Range of dates/times:

Beginning date: 200801

Ending date: 200807

Source currentness reference:

publication date

Source information:

Source citation:

Citation information:

Originators: New York City Department of City Planning

Title:

New York City Borough Boundaries

Publication date: 2009

Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data

Series information:

Series name: BYTES of the BIG APPLE

Issue identification: 09A

Publication information:

Publisher: : City of New York Department of City Planning

Type of source media: online

Source citation abbreviation:

Bytes Borough Boundaries

Source time period of content:

Time period information:

Single date/time:

Calendar date: 2009

Source currentness reference:

publication date

Process step:

Process description:

TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity.  Census MAF/TIGER data for the nation, state, county, and entity are then distributed among 58 shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.

Process date: 2008

Source used citation abbreviation:

Census MAF/TIGER

Process step:

Process description:

The following steps were done by EDS staff : The PUMA boundaries were clipped to by the borough boundaries.  The dataset was projected to State Plane.

Process date: 20090724

Source used citation abbreviation:

Bytes Borough Boundaries

Spatial Data Organization Information:

Indirect spatial reference method:

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.

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: 62

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:

Planar:

Map projection:

Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert conformal conic:

Standard parallel: 40.666667

Standard parallel: 41.033333

Longitude of central meridian: -74.000000

Latitude of projection origin: 40.166667

False easting: 984250.000000

False northing: 0.000000

Planar coordinate information:

Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair

Coordinate representation:

Abscissa resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate resolution: 0.000000

Planar distance units: survey feet

Geodetic model:

Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Pacific Island Areas.

Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major axis: 6378137

Denominator of flattening ratio: 298257

Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed description:

Entity type:

Entity type label: COUNTY.shp

Entity type definition:

Current County and Equivalent State-based entities

Entity type definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

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: STATEFP

Attribute definition:

Current state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Codeset Ddomain:

Codeset name: FIPS PUB 5-2, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas

Codeset source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: COUNTYFP

Attribute definition:

Current county Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Codeset Ddomain:

Codeset name: FIPS PUB 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas

Codeset source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: COUNTYNS

Attribute definition:

Current county ANSI code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Codeset Ddomain:

Codeset name: data are unavailable

Codeset source: data are unavailable

Attribute:

Attribute label: CNTYIDFP

Attribute definition:

Current county identifier; a concatenation of current state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code and county FIPS code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Codeset Ddomain:

Codeset name: FIPS PUB 5-2, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, FIPS PUB 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas

Codeset source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: NAME

Attribute definition:

Current county name

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Codeset Ddomain:

Codeset name: FIPS PUB 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas

Codeset source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: NAMELSAD

Attribute definition:

Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for county

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Codeset Ddomain:

Codeset name: FIPS PUB 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas and the translated legal/statistical area description code for county that appears in LSAD00

Codeset source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: LSAD

Attribute definition:

Current legal/statistical area description code for county

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 00

Enumerated domain value definition:

Blank

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 03

Enumerated domain value definition:

City and Borough

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 04

Enumerated domain value definition:

Borough

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 05

Enumerated domain value definition:

Census Area

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 06

Enumerated domain value definition:

County

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 07

Enumerated domain value definition:

District

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 10

Enumerated domain value definition:

Island

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 12

Enumerated domain value definition:

Municipality

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 13

Enumerated domain value definition:

Municipio

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 15

Enumerated domain value definition:

Parish

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: 25

Enumerated domain value definition:

city

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: CLASSFP

Attribute definition:

Current Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55 class code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: C7

Enumerated domain value definition:

An incorporated place that is independent of any county

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: H1

Enumerated domain value definition:

An active county or equivalent feature

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: H4

Enumerated domain value definition:

An inactive county or equivalent feature

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: H5

Enumerated domain value definition:

A statistical county equivalent feature

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: H6

Enumerated domain value definition:

A county that is coextensive with an incorporated place, part of an incorporated place, or a consolidated city and the governmental functions of the county are part of the municipal government

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: MTFCC

Attribute definition:

MAF/TIGER feature class code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: G4020

Enumerated domain value definition:

County or Equivalent Feature

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute label: CSAFP

Attribute definition:

Current combined statistical area code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Range domain:

Range domain minimum: 100

Range domain maximum: 599

Attribute:

Attribute label: CBSAFP

Attribute definition:

Current metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Range domain:

Range domain minimum: 10000

Range domain maximum: 49999

Attribute:

Attribute label: METDIVFP

Attribute definition:

Current metropolitan division code

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Range domain:

Range domain minimum: 10004

Range domain maximum: 49994

Attribute:

Attribute label: FUNCSTAT

Attribute definition:

Current functional status

Attribute definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute domain values:

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: A

Enumerated domain value definition:

Active government providing primary general-purpose functions

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: B

Enumerated domain value definition:

Active government that is partially consolidated with another government but with separate officials providing primary general-purpose functions

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: C

Enumerated domain value definition:

Active government consolidated with another government with a single set of officials

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: F

Enumerated domain value definition:

Fictitious Entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierarchy

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: G

Enumerated domain value definition:

Active government that is subordinate to another unit of government

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: N

Enumerated domain value definition:

Nonfunctioning legal entity

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated domain:

Enumerated domain value: S

Enumerated domain value definition:

Statistical Entity

Enumerated domain value definition source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact information:

Contact organization primary:

Contact organization: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact address:

Address type: Mailing address

Address:

4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State or province: DC

Postal code: 20233-7400

Country: United States

Contact voice telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact facsimile telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact electronic mail address: tiger@census.gov

Resource description: Census_2008_nyc_county

Distribution liability:

No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files.  The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.

Standard order process:

Digital form:

Digital transfer information:

Format name: Shapefile

Format specification:

zip

Transfer size: 0.502

Digital transfer option:

Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 20090804

Metadata contact:

Contact information:

Contact organization primary:

Contact person: GIS/Metadata Librarian

Contact organization: Electronic Data Service (EDS), Columbia University Libraries

Contact address:

Address type: mailing address

Address:

420 W. 118th St.

City: New York

State or province: NY

Postal code: 10027

Country: United States

Contact voice telephone: (212)854-6012

Contact electronic mail address: eds@columbia.edu

Metadata standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata time convention: local time