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Municipal Boundaries, Tompkins County NY, 2005

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council
Originator
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Publication Date
2005
Title
Municipal Boundaries, Tompkins County NY, 2005
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Tompkins County
Publisher
Tompkins County GIS Division
Other Citation Details
Originally published in 2000, updated Fall 2005.
Online Linkage
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007880
Abstract
This data file is a representation of the municipal boundaries for Tompkins County, NY.
Purpose
Provides information about the municipal boundaries for Tompkins County, NY.
Supplemental Information
Data updated to reflect the incorporation of several parcels of land in the Village of Dryden.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
2005
Bounding Box
West
-76.696267
East
-76.237364
North
42.627418
South
42.262698
Theme Keyword
Municipal boundary
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
society
Theme Keyword
boundaries
society
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
CUGIR Category
Place Keyword
Tompkins County (N.Y.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
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 New York State Department of Transportation and the Tompkins County Information Technology Services GIS Division and may not be reproduced or redistributed without the express written consent of the originators. The originators do 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) 274-5418
Contact Facsimile Telephone
(607) 274-5420
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mailto:gis@tompkins-co.org
Hours of Service
M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Credit
New York State Department of Transportation and the Tompkins County GIS Division.
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
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
16
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
0.000256
Ordinate Resolution
0.000256
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
Current Municipalities
Entity Type Definition
Current Municipalities of Tompkins County
Entity Type Definition Source
Tompkins County GIS 2002
Attributes
PERIMETER
The sum of the lengths of the sides of the polygon that comprise each municipality. (Positive real numbers.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
MUNITYPE
Type of municipality namely; Village, Town or City. (One of "TOWN", "CITY", or "VILLAGE".)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
NAME
Common name of the Municipality. (string)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
FULLNAME
Full name of the Municipality (string)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
STATUS
Currentness of the municipal boundaries as defined. (All values are "CURRENT".)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
BOUNDARY
Describes how municipal boundary was obtained via survey or deed description (Free text.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
LEGALREF
Legal reference available if any for the municipal boundary as defined. (Free text.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
MAPLOCATIO
Location of map if any that defines the municipal boundary. (Free text.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
DATEINC
Date that the municipality was incorporated. (Either a date (YYYY-MM-DD) or "Null".)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
VALIDFROM
Historical date that the municipal boundary was first validated. (Either a date (YYYY-MM-DD) or "Null".)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
VALIDTO
Historical date that the municipality was last validated. (All values are "9999-01-01".)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
TRAVERSE
Bearing and distance information if any for the particular map boundary. (Free text.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
COMMENTS
Any special notes about the municipal boundary. (Free text.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
MODIFIED
Date the municipal boundary was last modified. (Either a date (YYYY-MM-DD) or "Null".)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
FIPS1990
New York State Federal Information Processing Standard Code for the municipality. (A five-digit number.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2002.
SWIS
State SWIS code for the municipality. (string)
Definition Source
New York State Office of Real Property Services, 2002.
SQMILES
Area of municipal polygon in square miles which is obtained by calculating the total Acres x .001562559 (Positive real numbers.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2005.
ACRES
Total calculated acreage of the polygon which is the value of the area field divided by 43560 (Shape_area/43560) (Positive real numbers.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2005.
LENGTH
Length of the polygon boundary as calculated by the software. (Positive real numbers.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2005.
AREA
Shape area of the municipal polygon as calculated by the software. (Positive real numbers.)
Definition Source
Tompkins County ITS GIS Division, 2005.
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/00/78/80/cugir-007880.zip
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/78/80/fgdc.xml
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/78/80/fgdc.html
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wfs?version=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=cugir007880outputFormat=application%2Fvnd.google-earth.kml%2Bxml
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wfs?version=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=cugir007880outputFormat=application%2Fjson
Online Access
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wms?version=1.1.0request=GetMaplayers=cugir007880bbox=-76.71003409000001,42.2517564,-76.22359691,42.6383596width=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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