State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (data publisher) State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher) 20010101 vector digital data Hartford, Connecticut, USA State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection http://www.ct.gov/deep Connecticut US Congress Districts is a 1:100,000-scale, polygon feature-based layer that defines the Reapportionment of US Congressional District boundaries as reflected in the 2001 US Congressional Redistricting Plan for the State of Connecticut. Attribute information is comprised of codes that identify individual U.S Congressional Districts. Connecticut US Congress Districts Districts is not intended for maps printed at map scales greater or more detailed than 1:100,000 scale (1 inch = 1.578 mile). For additional information, contact the Connecticut General Assembly. 20010101 US Congress Redistricting Plan date Complete None planned -73.742161 -71.781124 42.052598 40.950009 None US Congressional District ISO 19115 Topic Category boundaries 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. Connecticut CT 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. United States of America USA None. The data is in the public domain and may be redistributed. 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 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, Connecticut General Assembly and the Department of Environmental Protection as the source for this information. For example, include the following data source description when printing this layer on a map: US Congressional Districts - From the US Congress Districts layer, compiled and published by the CT General Assembly and CT DEP. Source map scale is 1:100,000. State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection Howie Sternberg mailing and physical address

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Hartford Connecticut 06106-5127 USA 860-424-3540 860-424-4058 dep.gisdata@ct.gov Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time http://www.cteco.uconn.edu/metadata/dep/browsegraphic/uscongressdstricts.gif Full view of Connecticut US Congressional Districts GIF 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. All attributes have valid values. 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. The data is complete and reflects the 2001 US Congressional District boundaries for the State of Connecticut at 1:100,000 scale. The horizontal positional accuracy of this data is unknown. State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher) 20010101 vector digital data Hartford, Connecticut State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assebly http://www.cga.ct.gov/red/asp/2001SenateMaps.asp 100000 disc 20010101 US Congress Redistricting Plan date Source 1 - finalcongressplan.shp This data source is a shapefile named finalcongressplan.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. State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (data publisher) State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher) 20010101 vector digital data Hartford, Connecticut State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection http://www.ct.gov/deep 100000 disc 20010101 US Congress Redistricting Plan date Source 2 - US_Congress_Districts.shp This data source is a shapefile named US_Congress_Districts.shp with district boundaries defined in the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System, NAD83. Map units are in feet. State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (data publisher) State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher) 20010101 vector digital data Hartford, Connecticut, USA State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection http://www.ct.gov/deep 100000 disc 20010101 US Congress Redistricting Plan date Source 3 - US_Congress_Districts US_Congress_Disctricts is in GeoDatabase Feature Class format. Datum conversion - Using ArcGIS 8.3 software, the shapefile named finalcongressplan.shp, having a file date of Dec 21, 2001, was converted from geographic coordinates to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System of 1983 (NAD83) to create shapefile named US_Congress_Districts.shp. Source 1 - finalcongressplan.shp 2004 Source 2 - US_Congress_Districts.shp State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection Jackie Mickiewicz mailing and physical address

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Hartford Connecticut 06106 USA 860-424-3540 Convert to GeoDatabase Feature Class format - Defined new Feature Class named US_Congress_Districts and imported the attribute definitions, loaded features and imported metadata from US_Congress_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 2 - US_Congress_Districts.shp 2006 Source 3 - US_Congress_Districts State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection Howie Sternberg mailing and physical address

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Hartford Connecticut 06106 USA 860-424-3540 Connecticut US Congressional district numbers Vector G-polygon 5 Lambert Conformal ConicLambert Conformal Conic41.20000041.866667-72.75000040.833333999999.999996499999.999998 coordinate pair 0.000250 0.000250 survey feet North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 1.000000 Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Connecticut US Congress Districts US Congressional Districts for Connecticut represented as polygon features. State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. DISTRICT US Congressional District State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly Text value ranging from 1 to 8. NDISTRICT US Congressional District Number State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly Numeric value ranging from 1 to 8. SHAPE.area SHAPE.len The US Congressional District Number ranges from 1 to 8, uniquely identifies each district, and is stored as both text and numeric attribute values in the DISTRICT and NDISTRICT fields, respectively. State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher) State of Connecticut, Department of Enviromental Protection mailing and physical address

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Hartford Connecticut 06106-5127 USA 860-424-3540 860-424-4058 dep.gisdata@ct.gov Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time Connecticut US Congress Districts 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. Shapefile, Feature Class ArcGIS Zip file http://www.ct.gov/deep An online copy of the data may be accessed without charge. 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. Geographic information sytem (GIS), computer-aided drawing or other mapping software is necessary to display, view and access the information. 20111215 State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection Howie Sternberg mailing and physical address

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Hartford Connecticut 06106-5127 USA 860-424-3540 860-424-4058 dep.gisdata@ct.gov Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile