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Quarter Quad Index, Tompkins County NY, 2000

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  • Data Quality Information
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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Originator
Tompkins County Assessment Department
Title
Quarter Quad Index, Tompkins County NY, 2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Tompkins County
Publisher
Tompkins County GIS Program
Online Linkage
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-000058
Abstract
Index of USGS Quadrangles and Quarter-Quadrangles in and around Tompkins County.
Purpose
Provides a quick reference for identifying the location of USGS quadrangles and quarter-quadrangles in relation to other data sets.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2000
Bounding Box
West
-76.749675
East
-76.124648
North
42.750071
South
42.250074
Theme Keyword
quadrangle
quarter quadrangle
boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme Keyword
boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
CUGIR Category
Place Keyword
Tompkins County, New York
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
The following statement must be included with any products that use or are derived from this data set: Data contained in this product was originally produced by the Tompkins County ITS GIS Division and may not be reproduced or redistributed without the express written consent of the originator. The originator does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information portrayed by the data.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Delivery Point
128 East Buffalo Street
City
Ithaca
State
New York
Postal Code
14850
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
(607) 274-5418
Contact Facsimile Telephone
(607) 274-5420
Contact Electronic Mail Address
gis@tompkins-co.org
Hours of Service
M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Credit
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Native Data Set Environment
PATH: /DATA/ARCINFO/COUNTY/NYSP/PHYSICAL/USGSQTRQDS SOFTWARE: WindowsNT 4.0 x86, Arc/Info Single Precision Coverage LAYERS: Polygon Region.Quadrangle
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
See Entity and Attribute Information
Logical Consistency Report
After data set was created, the corner coordinates were verified against the USGS topographic quadrangle paper maps.
Completeness Report
Complete coverage for Tompkins County.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Accuracy is limited to the accuracy of Arc/Info version 7.2.1 patch 2.
Lineage
Contribution
USGS Topo Maps - Coordinates for the corners of the quadrangle and the interval between them (7.5° for full quads, 3.25° for quarter-quads). NYSDOT's USGS Quadrangle Index - QUADNAME and MRC fields in polygon and region.quadrangle layers.
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
80
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Grid Coordinate System
Grid Coordinate System Name
State Plane Coordinate System 1983
State Plane Coordinate System
SPCS Zone Identifier
3102
Transverse Mercator
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
Coordinate Pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
1
Ordinate Resolution
1
Planar Distance Units
US survey feet
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378206
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
294.9786982
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
USGS Quarter-Quadrangles (Polygons)
Entity Type Definition
United States Geological Survey topographic map quarter-quadrangle boundaries.
Entity Type Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2000
Attributes
AREA
Polygon Area (Internal Software Attribute, in Map Units)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2000
MRC
USGS Quadrangle Code
Definition Source
USGS
PERIMETER
Polygon Perimeter (Internal Software Attribute, in Map Units)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2000
QuadName
Full Name of the Quadrangle
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2000
Quadrant
Quarter-quadrangle quadrant (NE, NW, SE, SW).
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2000
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shapefile
Format Name
metadata
Format Name
HTML metadata
Format Name
KML
Format Name
GeoJSON
Format Name
OGC:WMS
Distributor
Albert R. Mann Library
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/00/58/cugir-000058.zip
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/00/58/fgdc.xml
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/00/58/fgdc.html
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wfs?version=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=cugir000058outputFormat=application%2Fvnd.google-earth.kml%2Bxml
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wfs?version=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=cugir000058outputFormat=application%2Fjson
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wms?version=1.1.0request=GetMaplayers=cugir000058bbox=-76.76842581,42.23507409,-76.10589719,42.76507091width=256height=204srs=EPSG:4326format=image/png
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20210712
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Albert R. Mann Library
Contact Address
Address
Albert R. Mann Library
City
Ithaca
State or Province
New York
Postal Code
14853
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
607-255-5406
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mann-ref@cornell.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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