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Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town Boundary Line
SDE Feature Class - depgis.DEP.CT_VICINITYINDEX_TOWN_LINE
FGDC, ESRI Metadata
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+ Resource Description
Citation
Information used to reference the data.
Title: Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town Boundary Line
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (data compiler, editor and publisher)
U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Program (data compiler)
MassGIS (data compiler and publisher)
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (data compiler and publisher)
State of New York (data compiler and publisher)
Rhode Island Geograhic Information System (data compiler and publisher)
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Publication date: 20081020
Data type: vector digital data
Data location: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Description
A characterization of the data, including its intended use and limitations.
Abstract:
Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town Boundary Line includes generalized State, County and Town boundaries for Connecticut and nearby portions of Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. The index version is a faster drawing representation of boundaries for use in interactive map applications. The data layer was derived from Northeast United States Town Boundary Line. In the index version boundary lines have been minimally generalized to reduce vertices. Features such as small and medium offshore islands were eliminated. It may contain some boundary line and county or town name errors for states other than Connecticut.
Purpose:
Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town Boundary data are intended for geographic display of state, county and town boundaries at statewide and regional levels. Use it to map and label towns in an interactive map where drawing speed is important. Not suitable for analytic or similar GIS uses. This information should be displayed at scales appropriate for 1:100,000-scale data and smaller. The State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) assembled this regional data layer using data from other states in order to create a single, seamless representation of political boundaries within the vicinity of Connecticut that could be easily incorporated into mapping applications as background information.
Language of dataset: en
Point Of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Howie Sternberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Fax: 860-424-4058
Email: dep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours of service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106-5127
Country: USA
Data Type
How the data are represented, formatted and maintained by the data producing organization.
File or table name: depgis.DEP.CT_VICINITYINDEX_TOWN_LINE
Data type: vector digital data
Data format: SDE Feature Class
Native dataset environment: These data are maintained by the State of Connecticut using ArcGIS software developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) in a Microsoft Windows operating system environment.
Time Period of Data
Time period(s) for which the data corresponds to the currentness reference.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference:
publication date
Status
The state of and maintenance information for the data.
Data status: Complete
Update frequency: None planned
Key Words
Words or phrases that summarize certain aspects of the data.
Theme:
Keywords: boundaries
Keyword thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Place:
Keywords: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI
Keyword thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place:
Keywords: United States of America, USA
Keyword thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Data Access Constraints
Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing or using the data after access is granted.
Access constraints:
None. The data is in the public domain and may be redistributed.
Use constraints:
No restrictions or legal prerequisites for using the data. The data is suitable for use at appropriate scale, and is not intended for maps printed at scales greater or more detailed than 1:100,000 scale. Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata. When printing this data on a map or using it in a software application, analysis, or report, please acknowledge the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as the data publisher. For example, include the following data source description when printing this layer on a map: Political Boundaries - From the Northeastern United States Index Town Boundary layer, published by CT DEP.
+ Graphic Example
Browse Graphic
Graphic illustration of the data.
Browse graphic 1
Open - Full view of Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town polygon features
Graphic Image

Browse graphic 2
Open - View of Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town Boundary polygon and line features for greater Connecticut
Graphic Image

Browse graphic 3
Open - Detail view of Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town polygon and line features. Note ability to shade in Connecticut towns differently than out-of-state towns along with labeling all towns and differentiating state and town boundaries.
Graphic Image
+ Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System
Reference system from which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position that a point occupies.
Projected coordinate system:
Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet
Map units: survey feet
Geographic coordinate system:
Name: GCS North American 1983
Coordinate System Details
Map projection
Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard parallel: 41.200000
Standard parallel: 41.866667
Longitude of central meridian: -72.750000
Latitude of projection origin: 40.833333
False easting: 999999.999996
False northing: 499999.999998
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair
Coordinate representation:
Abscissa resolution: 0.000250
Ordinate resolution: 0.000250
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
Vertical Coordinate System
Reference system from which vertical distances (altitudes or depths) are measured.
Altitude system definition:
Altitude resolution: 1.000000
Altitude encoding method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Spatial Domain
The geographic areal domain of the data that describes the western, eastern, northern, and southern geographic limits of data coverage.
Bounding Coordinates
In Projected or local coordinates
NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet
BoundaryCoordinate
Left630476.568000 (survey feet)
Right1437395.589000 (survey feet)
Top1149035.908000 (survey feet)
Bottom397415.407000 (survey feet)
In Unprojected coordinates (geographic)
GCS North American 1983
BoundaryCoordinate
West-74.122391 (longitude)
East-71.125590 (longitude)
North42.614413 (latitude)
South40.540858 (latitude)
+ Data Structure and Attribute Information
Overview
Summary of the information content of the data, including other references to complete descriptions of entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Entity and attribute overview:
Attributes identify and describe the geographic areas and boundaries between states and counties for the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Use the BOUNDARY attribute to cartographically represent state and county boundary lines. Use the LAND_CLASS attribute to cartographically distinguish land from water polygon features. Use the STATE_COD, STATE_NAME, COUNTY_NAME or MAP_LABEL attributes to label polygon features with state and county names. Use the LABEL_FLAG attribute to identify polygons large enough to label with county names at larger scales using the MAP_LABEL attribute. Or use the CT_LABEL_Y and CT_LABEL_N attributes to label just Connecticut counties or all but Connecticut counties without querying for the appropriate features and labeling them with the MAP_LABEL values, which is a slower technique. Use the CT_LEGEND polygon attribute to classify and highlight features in Connecticut different from the other states. This dataset includes a large water polygon feature that may impact polygon drawing performance. To improve drawing performance, exclude all water features by using the following expression in a layer definition query: LAND_CLASS = "Land"
Direct spatial reference method: Vector
Indirect spatial reference method: Includes State code, State name, County code, and County name for the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island.
Attributes of Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town Boundary Line
Detailed descriptions of entity type, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Name: depgis.DEP.CT_VICINITYINDEX_TOWN_LINE
Type of object: Feature Class
Geometry type: Polyline
Number of records: 2209
Description:
Includes line features representing State, county and town boundaries; the shoreline; island shorelines.
Source:
State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Attributes
OBJECTID
Definition:
Internal feature number.
Alias: OBJECTID Type: OID Width: 4 Precision: 10 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute definition source:
ESRI
BOUNDARY
Definition:
Boundary - Type of Political Boundary
Alias: BOUNDARY Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0Output width: 20
Attribute domain values
ValueDefinition
Closure Line
Closure Line - Encloses water polygon features along the outer limits of data extent. Not a political boundary.
Definition Source:
CT DEP
County
County Boundary - Political boundary between adjacent counties in the same state
Definition Source:
CT DEP
Shoreline
Shoreline - Outlines water polygon features. Not a political boundary.
Definition Source:
CT DEP
State
State Boundary - Political boundary between adjacent states
Definition Source:
CT DEP
Town
Town Boundary - Political boundary between adjacent towns in the same state and county
Definition Source:
CT DEP
Attribute definition source:
State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
DATA_SRC
Definition:
Data Source - Identifies the data source used to define the geometry (shape) of the line feature. Refer to list of Data Sources included in this Metadata for detailed description of State data sources used.
Alias: DATA_SRC Type: String Width: 2 Precision: 0 Scale: 0Output width: 2
Attribute domain values
ValueDefinition
'blank'
No data source
Definition Source:
CT DEP
CT
Line feature based on data from Connecticut
Definition Source:
CT DEP
MA
Line feature based on data from Massachusetts
Definition Source:
CT DEP
NJ
Line feature based on data from New Jersey
Definition Source:
CT DEP
NY
Line feature based on data from New York
Definition Source:
CT DEP
RI
Line feature based on data from Rhode Island
Definition Source:
CT DEP
Attribute definition source:
State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
LEGEND
Definition:
Map Legend - Type of Political Boundary. Line features encoded as County by the BOUNDARY attribute are encoded as Town (boundary) features by the LEGEND attribute in order to make for a simpler map legend.
Alias: LEGEND Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute domain values
ValueDefinition
Closure Line
Closure Line - Encloses water polygon features along the outer limits of data extent. Not a political boundary.
Definition Source:
CT DEP
Shoreline
Shoreline - Outlines water polygon features. Not a political boundary.
Definition Source:
CT DEP
State
State Boundary - Political boundary between adjacent states
Definition Source:
CT DEP
Town
Town Boundary - Political boundary between adjacent towns in the same state and county
Definition Source:
CT DEP
Attribute definition source:
State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
SHAPE
Definition:
Feature geometry.
Alias: Shape Type: Geometry Width: 4 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute definition source:
ESRI
SHAPE.len
Alias: SHAPE.len Type: Double Width: 0 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
ESRI Feature Description
Description of spatial objects in the data using the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terminology.
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terms
depgis.DEP.CT_VICINITYINDEX_TOWN_LINE
ESRI feature type: Simple
Geometry type: Polyline
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 2209
Spatial index: TRUE
Linear referencing: FALSE
SDTS Feature Description
Description of point and vector spatial objects in the data using the Spatial Data Transfer Standards (SDTS) terminology.
Spatial data transfer standard (SDTS) terms
depgis.DEP.CT_VICINITYINDEX_TOWN_LINE
Type: String
Count: 2209
+ Data Quality and Accuracy Information
General
Information about the fidelity of relationships, data quality and accuracy tests, omissions, selection criteria, generalization, and definitions used to derive the data.
Logical consistency report:
Polygon features conform to the following topological rules. Polygons are single part. There are no duplicate polygons. Polygons do not self overlap. Polygons do not overlap other polygons. Polygons are bound by lines. Line features conform to the following topological rules. Lines are single part. There are no duplicate lines. Lines do not self overlap. Lines do not overlap other lines. Lines intersect only at nodes, and nodes anchor the ends of all lines. Lines do not overshoot or undershoot other lines they are supposed to meet and intersect. The tests of logical consistency were not performed.
Completeness report:
This map layer includes boundaries for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Data completeness has been altered from the original through elimination of features consistant  with the goal of creating simplified, faster drawing data.
Attribute Accuracy
Accuracy of the identification of data entities, features and assignment of attribute values.
Attribute accuracy report:
All attributes have valid values. These attribute values are directly based on or derived from attribute and or spatial (feature location) information supplied by the respective data sources. This information does not depict official boundaries established by the respective state and municipal governments. It may contain some state, county and town boundary line errors for all states, county and town name errors for all states other than Connecticut.
Positional Accuracy
Accuracy of the positional aspects of the data.
Horizontal accuracy report:
The horizontal positional accuracy of this data is unkown.
+ Data Source and Process Information
ESRI geoprocessing history
Description of ESRI geoprocessing commands, settings, and tolerances applied to the data.
ESRI geoprocessing command information
1 CopyFeatures_6
Date: 20080715 Time: 134633
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures
Command issued: CopyFeatures R:\Archive\NE_Index_Town\NortheastIndexTown.mdb\Northeast_Index_Town_Line "Database Connections\10.18.8.94.depgis@DEP_Direct.sde\depgis.DEP.NortheastIndex_Town_Line" DEPVECTORSTATIC 0 0 0
2 Process
Date: 20081020 Time: 095128
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Analysis Tools.tbx\Clip
Command issued: Clip "Database Connections\10.18.8.94.depgis@depview_91dc.sde\depgis.DEP.NortheastIndex_Town_Line" Y:\Archive\Political\Political_24k\shapes\CT_Vicinity.shp Y:\Archive\Political\Political_24k\shapes\CT_VicinityIndex_Town_Line.shp #
3 CopyFeatures_10
Date: 20081020 Time: 112338
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures
Command issued: CopyFeatures Y:\Archive\Political\Political_24k\shapes\CT_VicinityIndex_Town_Line.shp Y:\Archive\Political\Political_24k\geodatabase\CT_Vicinity.mdb\CT_VicinityIndex_Town_Line # 0 0 0
4 CopyFeatures_24
Date: 20081020 Time: 113600
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures
Command issued: CopyFeatures Y:\Archive\Political\Political_24k\geodatabase\CT_Vicinity.mdb\CT_VicinityIndex_Town_Line "Database Connections\10.18.8.94.depgis@DEP_Direct.sde\depgis.DEP.CT_VicinityIndex_Town_Line" DEPVECTORSTATIC 10000 0 0
5 CopyFeatures_42
Date: 20081215 Time: 154918
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures
Command issued: CopyFeatures "Database Connections\10.18.8.94.depgis@DEP.sde\depgis.DEP.CT_VICINITYINDEX_TOWN_LINE" "Database Connections\062174-svr.depgis@DEP.sde\depgis.DEP.CT_VICINITYINDEX_TOWN_LINE" DEPFEATURESTATIC 0 0 0
+ Data Distribution Information
General
Description of the data known by the party from whom the data may be obtained, liability of party distributing data, and technical capabilities required to use the data.
Resource description:
Connecticut and Vicinity Index Town Boundary Line
Distribution liability:
Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata.
Technical prerequisites:
Geographic information sytem (GIS), computer-aided drawing or other mapping software is necessary to display, view and access the information.
Distribution Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization distributing the data.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Enviromental Protection
Phone: 860-424-3540
Fax: 860-424-4058
Email: dep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours of service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106-5127
Country: USA
Standard Order Process
Common ways in which data may be obtained.
Digital form:
Format name: Shapefile, Feature Class
Format version number: ArcGIS
File decompression technique: Zip file
Digital transfer option:
Online option:
Computer information:
Network address:
Network resource name: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Fees: An online copy of the data may be accessed without charge.
Custom Order Process
Description of custom distribution services available.
Custom order process:
The data distributor does not provide custom GIS analysis or mapping services. Data is available in a standard format and may be converted to other formats, projections, coordinate systems, or selected for specific geographic regions by the party receiving the data.
+ Metadata Reference
Metadata Date
Dates associated with creating, updating and reviewing the metadata.
Last updated: 20111207
Language of metadata: en
Metadata Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization responsible for the metadata information.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Diana Danenberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Fax: 860-424-4058
Email: dep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours of service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106-5127
Country: USA
Metadata Standards
Description of the metadata standard used to document the data and reference to any additional extended profiles to the standard used by the metadata producer.
Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention: local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information:
Profile: ESRI Metadata Profile
FGDC Plus Metadata Stylesheet
Stylesheet: FGDC Plus Stylesheet
File name: FGDC Plus.xsl
Version: 2.2
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