U.S. States and Territories

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Weather Service

Publication_Date: 19991214

Title: U.S. States and Territories

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: N/A

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD, USA

Publisher: National Weather Service

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/national/html/us_state.htm>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: USGS

Publication_Date: 1980

Title: Digital Line Graphs (DLG)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set is a polygon shapefile containing the states and territories of the United States including the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Atlantic and Pacific territories.

Purpose:

This data set was created to provide the National Weather Service (NWS) with map a state background data set for those applications and displays that require state boundaries.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 19990114

Currentness_Reference: Current

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.133163

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.788025

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.398094

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.604090

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: CONUS

Place_Keyword: Alaska

Place_Keyword: Hawaii

Place_Keyword: American Samoa

Place_Keyword: Guam

Place_Keyword: Marianas

Place_Keyword: Midway Is.

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Weather Service

Contact_Person: Ira Graffman

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1325 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: N/A

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

These data are believed to be logically consistent. Testing was performed by finding the smallest polygons and determining them to be &quot;slivers&quot; or genuine polygons and by overlaying a large polygon and combining, to find &quot;holes' in the data. Since this data set is a polygon shapefile line geometry is presumed to be topologically clean.

Completeness_Report:

The shoreline boundaries of the data is dependent on the shoreline edges of rivers and bays as delineated on a USGS DLG The edges or borders of the boundary might change as the natural land changes and WFOs request changes.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The data was created from USGS 1:2,000,000 DLG county data and assumed to have the same horizintal accuracy of that data set.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: N/A

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS)

Publication_Date: 1985

Title: Digital Line Graphs

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia

Publisher: USGS

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A county shapefile was generated from the USGS DLG CD-ROM and reprojected into a NAD83 dataset. Public Zone boundaries were used to split the counties retaining, among others, the state appeviation. This "Master" file is then dissolved on the state abbreviation to create the state shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DLG Counties

Process_Date: 19991214

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ira Graffman

Contact_Organization: National Weather Service

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1325 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: N/A

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

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: 57

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: U.S. States

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

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: STATE

Attribute_Definition: State abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: State FIPS code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIPS

Attribute_Definition: Longitude of centroid of polygon

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LON

Attribute_Definition: Latitude of centroid of polygon

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Weather Service

Contact_Person: Ira Graffman

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1315 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: Maryland

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: N/A

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Zipped shapefile

Transfer_Size: 7.847

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Recording_Format: Compatibility_Information

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20071010

Metadata_Review_Date: 19991209

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Weather Service

Contact_Person: Ira Graffman

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1325 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: Maryland

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata_Extensions:

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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile