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Connecticut House Districts

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (data publisher)
Originator: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher)
Publication_Date: 20111130
Title:
Connecticut House Districts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Online_Linkage: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Online_Linkage: http://www.cga.ct.gov/red/asp/2001HouseMaps.asp
Description:
Abstract:
Connecticut House Districts is a 1:100,000-scale, polygon feature-based layer that defines the Reapportionment of Connecticut House District boundaries as reflected in the State House of Representatives Redistricting Plan 2011 for the State of Connecticut. Attribute information is comprised of codes that identify individual House Districts.
Purpose:
Connecticut House Districts is not intended for maps printed at map scales greater or more detailed than 1:100,000 scale (1 inch = 1.578 mile).
Supplemental_Information:
For additional information, contact the Connecticut General Assembly.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Currentness_Reference:
House Redistricting Plan date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.742161
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.781124
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.052598
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.950009
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Legislature
Theme_Keyword: House District
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
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 America
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. 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 (1 inch =  1.578 mile). Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and 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 Energy and 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, Connecticut General Assembly and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as the source for this information.  For example, include the following data source description when printing this layer on a map: House Districts - From the Connecticut House Districts layer, compiled and published by CT General Assembly and CT DEEP. Source map scale is 1:100,000.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Contact_Person: GIS Section
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: deep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://www.cteco.uconn.edu/metadata/dep/browsegraphic/housedistricts.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Full view of Connecticut House Districts labeled with district number
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
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.
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
All attributes have valid values. 
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. It is not known whether automated procedures or other software tests or topology rules were performed to guarantee desired topology other than visual inspection.
Completeness_Report:
The data is complete and reflects the 2011 House District boundaries for the State of Connecticut at 1:100,000 scale.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The horizontal positional accuracy of this data is unknown.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher)
Publication_Date: 20111130
Title:
Final House District Plan
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assebly
Online_Linkage: http://www.cga.ct.gov/red2011/
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Source_Currentness_Reference:
House Redistricting Plan date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source 1 - house.shp
Source_Contribution:
This data source is a shapefile named house.shp with district boundaries defined in Geographic Coordinates (latitute and longitude), North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). It was downloaded from the Connecticut State Assembly website, http://www.cga.ct.gov/red2011/.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (data publisher)
Originator: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher)
Publication_Date: 20121201
Title:
Connecticut House Districts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Online_Linkage: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Source_Currentness_Reference:
House Redistricting Plan date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source 2 - House_Districts.shp
Source_Contribution:
This data source is a shapefile named House_Districts.shp with district boundaries defined in the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System, NAD83. Map units are in feet.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (data publisher)
Originator: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher)
Publication_Date: 20111130
Title:
Connecticut House Districts
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Online_Linkage: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Source_Currentness_Reference:
House Redistricting Plan date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source 3 - House_Districts
Source_Contribution:
House_Districts is in GeoDatabase Feature Class format.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Datum conversion - Using ArcGIS software, the shapefile named house.shp, having a file date of Nov 30, 2011, was converted from geographic coordinates to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System of 1983 (NAD83)  and empty fields were deleted to create shapefile named House_Districts.shp.  
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source 1 - house.shp
Process_Date: 2012
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source 2 - House_Districts.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Contact_Person: GIS Section
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State_or_Province: Connecticut
Postal_Code: 06106
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860-424-3540
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Convert to GeoDatabase Feature Class format - Defined new Feature Class named House_Districts; and imported the attribute definitions, loaded features and imported metadata from House_Districts.shp shapefile. 

Spatial Reference Properties for Feature Class:

Coordinate System: NAD_1983_StatePlane_Connecticut_FIPS_0600_Feet
XY Domain MinX: 100000; MaxX: 2247483.645
XY Domain MinY: 200000; MaxY: 2347483.645
Precision: 1000
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source 2 - House_Districts.shp
Process_Date: 2012
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source 3 - House_Districts
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Contact_Person: GIS Section
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State_or_Province: Connecticut
Postal_Code: 06106
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860-424-3540
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference_Method:
Connecticut state house district numbers
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 151
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
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_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Connecticut House Districts
Entity_Type_Definition:
House Districts represented as polygon features.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly
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: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DISTRICT
Attribute_Definition:
House District
Attribute_Definition_Source:
State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Text value with leading zeros for values below 100. Values range from 001 to 151.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NDISTRICT
Attribute_Definition:
House District Number
Attribute_Definition_Source:
State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Numeric value ranging from 1 to 151.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.len
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Each House District polygon feature is uniquely identified according to its House District number, which ranges from1 to 151.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
House District maps are available at http://www.cga.ct.gov/red2011/
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and 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: deep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Resource_Description: Connecticut House Districts
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and 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 Energy and 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: Shapefile, Feature Class
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS
File_Decompression_Technique: Zip file
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.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20130729
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and 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: deep.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
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