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- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- United States Department of Commerce, United States Census Bureau (Data creator)
- Originator
- Linda Zellmer (Data provider)
- Originator
- Indiana University (Data provider)
- Originator
- Indiana Geological Survey (Data processor)
- Originator
- Denver Harper (Data processor)
- Publication Date
- 20051108
- Title
- Abstract
- This file consists of ancestry data (first ancestry reported) for Indiana county subdivisions (legal townships,
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- Publication date
- Time Period
- Beginning
- 2000
- End
- 2000
- Bounding Box
- West
- -88.0972
- East
- -84.6884
- North
- 41.7734
- South
- 37.7606
- Theme Keyword
- Indiana University (IU)
- Geology Library
- Theme_Keyword geographic information system (GIS) Theme_Keyword United States Department of Commerce Theme_Keyword United States Census Bureau (USCB) Theme_Keyword Minor Civil Division (MCD)
- Theme_Keyword polygon Theme_Keyword township Theme_Keyword civil township Theme_Keyword ancestry Theme_Keyword ethnicity Theme_Keyword race Theme_Keyword vector
- Place Place_Keyword_Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- Place Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- None.
- Use Restrictions
- DATA DISCLAIMER This data set was compiled by the IUB Libraries Geology Library using data believed to be accurate; however, a degree of error is inherent in all data. This product is distributed "AS-IS" without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of suitability of a particular purpose or use. No attempt has been made in either the designed format or production of these data to define the limits or jurisdiction of any federal, state, or local government. These data are intended for use only at the published scale or smaller and are for reference purposes only. They are not to be construed as a legal document or survey instrument. A detailed on-the-ground survey and historical analysis of a single site may differ from this data.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- No formal metadata in the format of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) was provided by the U.S. Census Bureau pertaining to the source data for the shapefile named "MINOR_CIVIL_DIVISIONS_IN."
- Logical Consistency Report
- No checks for logical consistency were made.
- Completeness Report
- No information is available regarding the completeness of this data. However, the data were collected from a sample of the population (generally 1-in-6).
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- No information was provided by the U.S. Census Bureau pertaining to the horizontal positional accuracy of the source data.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Publication Date
- 20000101
- Title
- 2000 County Subdivisions
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- Vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, D.C.
- Publisher
- Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Cartographic Operations Branch
- Other Citation Details
- This source file can be downloaded at the following URL: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cs2000.html
- Source Scale Denominator
- 500,000
- Type of Source Media
- Zip file containing an ESRI interchange file (E00)
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20000101
- Source Currentness Reference
- Publication date
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Indirect Spatial Reference Method
- Indiana
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 1011
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Grid Coordinate System
- Grid Coordinate System Name
- Universal Transverse Mercator
- Universal Transverse Mercator
- UTM Zone Number
- 16
- Transverse Mercator
- Scale Factor at Central Meridian
- 0.999600
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- -87.000000
- Latitude of Projection Origin
- 0.000000
- False Easting
- 500000.000000
- False Northing
- 0.000000
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- Coordinate pair
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- Ordinate Resolution
- Planar Distance Units
- Meters
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid Name
- GRS 80
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.0000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.26
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- CENSUS_MCD_ANCESTRY_ETHNICITY_IN.dbf
- Entity Type Definition
- Refers to a person's self-identification of heritage, ethnic origin, descent, or
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- Indiana Geological Survey
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20051111
- Metadata Review Date
- 20060105
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Person Primary
- Contact Person
- Contact Organization
- Indiana University
- Contact Position
- Head Librarian, Geology Library
- Contact Address
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC-CSDGM
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998