Connecticut Town Lookup Table for Geographic Names

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Connecticut Town Lookup Table for Geographic Names

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection

Online_Linkage: http://www.ct.gov/deep

Description:

Abstract:

A table of Connecticut towns (municipalities) with their official town numbers and names. 

Purpose:

To cross-reference Connecticut town numbers and town names in other data tables. This is a lookup table. The TOWN_NO attribute is the primary key.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.766107

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.737737

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.127877

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.879362

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Town

Theme_Keyword: Municipality

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: location

Place:

Place_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_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: CT

Place:

Place_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.

Place_Keyword: United States of Ameica

Place_Keyword: USA

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. 

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection

Contact_Person: Howie Sternberg

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

79 Elm Street

City: Hartford

State_or_Province: Connecticut

Postal_Code: 06106-5127

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860-424-3540

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 860-424-4058

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dep.gisdata@ct.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time

Native_Data_Set_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.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

There are no duplicate records in the table. TOWN_NO is the primary key.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

\\DEPDBS11\F\GeoData\Location\geodatabase\Connecticut_Places.mdb

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Connecticut Town Lookup Table for Geographic Names

Entity_Type_Definition:

Connecticut town (municipality) names

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

State of Connecticut, Office of the State Controller

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

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: TOWN_NO

Attribute_Definition:

Town Number - ID number for the Connecticut Town (municipality), based on the Town Codes issued by the State of Connecticut, Office of the State Controller, which range from 1 to 169.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

State of Connecticut, Office of the State Controller

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Numeric value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TOWN

Attribute_Definition:

Town Name

Attribute_Definition_Source:

State of Connecticut, Office of the State Controller

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Text value

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: depgis.DEP.Town_To_Geographic_Name

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

This metadata includes a complete description of the entity types, attributes, and attribute values for this data set. No other reference material exists.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Enviromental Protection

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

79 Elm Street

City: Hartford

State_or_Province: Connecticut

Postal_Code: 06106-5127

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860-424-3540

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 860-424-4058

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dep.gisdata@ct.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time

Resource_Description: Connecticut Town Lookup Table for Geographic Names

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Table

Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS

File_Decompression_Technique: Zip

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_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:

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.

Technical_Prerequisites:

Geographic information sytem (GIS), computer-aided drawing or other mapping software is necessary to display, view and access the information.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20111208

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection

Contact_Person: Howie Sternberg

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

79 Elm Street

City: Hartford

State_or_Province: Connecticut

Postal_Code: 06106-5127

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860-424-3540

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 860-424-4058

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dep.gisdata@ct.gov

Hours_of_Service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile