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Election Districts, Tompkins County NY, 2005

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Originator
Tompkins County Board of Elections
Publication Date
2005
Title
Election Districts, Tompkins County NY, 2005
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
Election Districts
Issue Identification
2005
Publication Information
Publication Place
Tompkins County, New York
Publisher
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division
Online Linkage
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007875
Abstract
Local, county, state, and national 2005 election district boundaries in Tompkins County, New York.
Purpose
Election districts determine representation in local, county, state, and national governments.
Supplemental Information
The County, State, and national election districts are derived from the local (Town/Village/City) election districts.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2005
Bounding Box
West
-76.69665
East
-76.237816
North
42.627173
South
42.262976
Theme Keyword
legislative district
voting district
senate district
boundary
ward
election
election district
representative district
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
society
Theme Keyword
boundaries
society
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
As needed
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) 274-5416
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.
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Some recently-modified districts lack values for population (POP2000) and registered voters (REGVOTE02), which are recorded as zero.
Logical Consistency Report
All polygons are closed.
Completeness Report
Complete coverage for Tompkins County.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Accuracy is limited to the accuracy of the 1991 Tompkins County Planimetric Base Map series.
Lineage
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
73
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
0.000124
Ordinate Resolution
0.000124
Planar Distance Units
survey feet
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
TCElectDist2005
Entity Type Definition
Local, county, state, and national election districts in Tompkins County for the year 2005.
Entity Type Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2005
Attributes
TOWN
Town identifier; used to create a unique identifier for town and City election districts.
001
City of Ithaca
002
Town of Caroline
003
Town of Danby
004
Town of Dryden, Village of Dryden, Village of Freeville
005
Town of Enfield
006
Town of Groton and Village of Groton
007
Town of Ithaca and Village of Cayuga Heights
008
Town of Lansing and Village of Lansing
009
Town of Newfield
010
Town of Ulysses and Village of Trumansburg
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
WARD
Representative ward in the City of Ithaca. (Three-digit number)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
DISTRICT
Town or City district number. (Three-digit number)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
LEGDIST
Tompkins County legislative district number (Three-digit number)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
ASMDISTNY
New York State Assembly District. (number)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
SENDISTNY
New York State Senate District. (number)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
REPDISTUS
United States House of Representatives District. (number)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
SENDISTUS
United States Senate District, as legally defined by the United States Senate. (Two-letter state code)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
DISTNAME
Name of the election district (Text string)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
ICSDELDIST
Ithaca City School District election district. (Text string)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
POP2000
Population in each district per 2000 US Census. (0 to Unbounded)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
ELDISTKEY
Unique identifier consisting of the Town field, the Ward field, and the District field. For Towns, the Ward is 000. For example, district 2 of ward 3 in the City of Ithaca would have an ElDistKey of 001003002, and district 1 in the Town of Enfield would have an ElDistKey of 005000001. (Text string)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2000
REGVOTE02
Number of registered voters in the respective Town/City election district for 2002 (from the Tompkins County Board of Elections). (0 to Unbounded)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division 2002
Shape_Length
Length of feature in internal units (US Survey feet). (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape_Area
Area of feature in internal units squared (square US Survey feet). (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
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/00/78/75/cugir-007875.zip
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/78/75/fgdc.xml
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/78/75/fgdc.html
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wfs?version=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=cugir007875outputFormat=application%2Fvnd.google-earth.kml%2Bxml
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wfs?version=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=cugir007875outputFormat=application%2Fjson
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wms?version=1.1.0request=GetMaplayers=cugir007875bbox=-76.71041502,42.252050090000004,-76.22405098,42.63809891width=256height=203srs=EPSG:4326format=image/png
Name
Distribution Information
Distributor
Tompkins County ITS: GIS Division
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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