Metadata: Independent Public Transit Authority Areas

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Independent Public Transit Authority Areas

This page last updated: 04/01/2011
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines

Metadata Summary

Originator	Metropolitan Council
Abstract	This table contains information about service areas for independent public transit authorities, each of which has been designated by the Minnesota State Legislature as the transit provider within each service area. Agencies represented include the Metropolitan Council (Metro Transit operating division and Metropolitan Transportation Services contracting division) and each Suburban Transit Authority Provider (previously known as 'opt-outs'). These service areas are defined by complete cities or townships within a county (some cities are cut along county boundaries). Information is geographically references with the COCTU_CODE field (concatenation of 3-digit FIPS county code and 5-digit FIPS place code (CTU code)).
Browse Graphic	none available
Time Period of Content Date	04/01/2011
Currentness Reference	2011 Metropolitan Council staff review
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Distributor Organization	Metropolitan Council
Ordering Instructions	This dataset is distributed on the internet by clicking below after 'Online Linkage'. Doing so will tell your browser to download a 'ZIP' file which will contain the following: - dBase file - metadata for the dataset (.htm) - NOTICE.RTF, an important notice about this dataset that can be read by any word processing software.
Distribution Liability	NOTICE: The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The GIS Data were developed by the Metropolitan Council for its own internal business purposes. The Metropolitan Council does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the GIS Data. You should consult the data documentation for this particular GIS Data to determine the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features. If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, it is recommended that the GIS Data include a copy of this disclaimer and this metadata.
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Full Metadata

Independent Public Transit Authority Areas

Go to Section:
1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information


Section 1	Identification Information		Top of page
Originator	Metropolitan Council
Title	Independent Public Transit Authority Areas
Abstract	This table contains information about service areas for independent public transit authorities, each of which has been designated by the Minnesota State Legislature as the transit provider within each service area. Agencies represented include the Metropolitan Council (Metro Transit operating division and Metropolitan Transportation Services contracting division) and each Suburban Transit Authority Provider (previously known as 'opt-outs'). These service areas are defined by complete cities or townships within a county (some cities are cut along county boundaries). Information is geographically references with the COCTU_CODE field (concatenation of 3-digit FIPS county code and 5-digit FIPS place code (CTU code)).
Purpose	This table can be joined to the 'Counties and Cities & Townships, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area' spatial dataset using the COCTU_CODE field (concatenation of 3-digit FIPS county code and 5-digit FIPS place code). This will allow users to create maps and conduct spatial analyses with the data in this table.
Time Period of Content Date	04/01/2011
Currentness Reference	2011 Metropolitan Council staff review
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	As needed
Spatial Extent of Data
Bounding Coordinates	-94.0 -92.135 45.414 44.471
Place Keywords	Minnesota, Twin Cities
Theme Keywords	Transportation, Transit Services, Suburban Transit Authority Provider, Opt-Out
Theme Keyword Thesaurus	None
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Rachel Wiken, GIS Technician Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1805 Phone: 651.602.1572 FAX: 651.602.1739 E-mail: rachel.wiken@metc.state.mn.us
Browse Graphic	none available
Browse Graphic File Description
Associated Data Sets	Counties and Cities & Townships, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area ( http://www.datafinder.org/metadata/CountiesAndCTUs.htm )

Section 2	Data Quality Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Attribute Accuracy	Derived from hard copy maps. Attribute accuracy has not been verified.
Logical Consistency
Completeness	7 County Metropolitan Area of the Twin Cities. (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties)
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Lineage
Source Scale Denominator

Section 3	Spatial Data Organization Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Native Data Set Environment	dBASE IV (DBF 4)
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data	COCTU_CODE: 8 digit code that is a concatenation of the 3-digit FIPS county code and 5-digit FIPS place code
Spatial Object Type
Vendor Specific Object Types
Tiling Scheme	One file for entire Twin Cities Metropolitan Area

Section 4	Spatial Reference Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme
Ellipsoid
Horizontal Datum
Horizontal Units
Distance Resolution

Section 5	Entity and Attribute Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page

Entity and Attribute Overview

COCTU_CODE: 8-digit code that uniquely defines every city or township within  
            each county.  This is a concatenation of the 3-digit FIPS and MN  
            state standard county code and the 5-digit FIPS 'Place' code  
            (which is also a Census Bureau and MetroGIS standard code for  
            cities, townships and unorganized territories (CTUs)). 
 
COCTU_DESC: City or Township Name 
 
IPTA_AREAS: Independent Public Transit Authority Areas 
Name of the Regular Route Transit Service Provider  
Met Council or the Suburban Transit Authority Provider which  
operates independent regular route service.  (text field)

Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation

Section 6	Distribution Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Publisher	Metropolitan Council
Publication Date	Periodically revised
Contact Person Information	Mark Kotz GIS Database Administrator Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1805 Phone: 651.602.1644 FAX: 651.602.1674 E-mail: mark.kotz@metc.state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier	IndependentPublicTransitAuthorityAreas
Transfer Format Name	dBASE IV
Transfer Format Version Number	DBF 4
Transfer Size	Less than 1 MB for zip file.
Ordering Instructions	This dataset is distributed on the internet by clicking below after 'Online Linkage'. Doing so will tell your browser to download a 'ZIP' file which will contain the following: - dBase file - metadata for the dataset (.htm) - NOTICE.RTF, an important notice about this dataset that can be read by any word processing software.
Distribution Liability	NOTICE: The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The GIS Data were developed by the Metropolitan Council for its own internal business purposes. The Metropolitan Council does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the GIS Data. You should consult the data documentation for this particular GIS Data to determine the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features. If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, it is recommended that the GIS Data include a copy of this disclaimer and this metadata.
Online Linkage	I AGREE to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above. Clicking to agree will begin the download process (See Ordering Instructions above for details.)

Section 7	Metadata Reference Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Metadata Date	04/01/2011
Contact Person Information	Rachel Wiken, GIS Technician Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1805 Phone: 651.602.1572 FAX: 651.602.1739 E-mail: rachel.wiken@metc.state.mn.us
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.gis.state.mn.us/stds/metadata.htm

This page last updated: 04/01/2011