Metadata: Counties and Minor Civil Divisions (Cities and Townships), 1990

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Counties and Minor Civil Divisions (Cities and Townships), 1990

This page last updated: 03/06/2001
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines

Metadata Summary

Originator	Metropolitan Council
Abstract	This is a polygon layer of county and minor civil divisions (cities and townships) in the 7-county Twin Cities metropolitan area as of 1990. NOTES: - Lines are of limited positional accuracy - COMCDLUT (or comcdlut.dbf) is an available table with additional county/mcd attributes. However, it is geared toward more recent data. - Some MCDs are split between two counties. Only those parts of MCDs within the 7-county area are included.
Browse Graphic	View a sample of the data.
Time Period of Content Date	1990
Currentness Reference	Boundary lines and attributes are as of 1990.
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	By acceptance of this data, the user agrees to include a copy of this metadata record, including the liability disclaimer, whenever the user transmits or provides the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user. We recommend that other interested parties download this dataset from the Data Finder web site (www.datafinder.org) to ensure that the most current data is obtained.
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: - ArcView shape files - metadata for the dataset (.htm) - NOTICE.RTF, an important notice about this dataset that can be read by any word processing software. This dataset can also be viewed and downloaded from the MetroGIS DataFinder Cafe at http://www.datafinder.org/cafe/ . The Cafe allows users to subset or clip datasets using an existing feature, such as a city or school district boundary or an ad-hoc, user defined area. Additionally, this dataset is available for direct use via one or more map services. More information about what a web mapping service is can be found at http://www.datafinder.org/services/ . The specific map service and layer name for this dataset can be found by clicking the blue or green boxes under the map service column of the DataFinder Catalog at http://www.datafinder.org/catalog/ .
Online Linkage	Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" in Section 6 of this metadata.

Full Metadata

Counties and Minor Civil Divisions (Cities and Townships), 1990

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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	Counties and Minor Civil Divisions (Cities and Townships), 1990
Abstract	This is a polygon layer of county and minor civil divisions (cities and townships) in the 7-county Twin Cities metropolitan area as of 1990. NOTES: - Lines are of limited positional accuracy - COMCDLUT (or comcdlut.dbf) is an available table with additional county/mcd attributes. However, it is geared toward more recent data. - Some MCDs are split between two counties. Only those parts of MCDs within the 7-county area are included.
Purpose	This dataset was developed for metro wide display and analysis of counties and MCDs.
Time Period of Content Date	1990
Currentness Reference	Boundary lines and attributes are as of 1990.
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	None planned
Spatial Extent of Data	Twin Cities 7 County Metropolitan Area. This includes the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington in Minnesota.
Bounding Coordinates	-94.012 -92.732 45.415 44.471
Place Keywords	Twin Cities, Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Scott County, Washington County
Theme Keywords	counties, cities, political boundaries, townships, MCD, minor civil divisions, municipal, municipal boundaries, county boundaries, city boundaries, FIPS, FIPS place codes, jurisdictional boundary
Theme Keyword Thesaurus	None
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	By acceptance of this data, the user agrees to include a copy of this metadata record, including the liability disclaimer, whenever the user transmits or provides the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user. We recommend that other interested parties download this dataset from the Data Finder web site (www.datafinder.org) to ensure that the most current data is obtained.
Contact Person Information	Mark Kotz, GIS Database Administrator Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1805 Phone: 651-602-1642 FAX: 651-602-1674 E-mail: mark.kotz@metc.state.mn.us
Browse Graphic	View a sample of the data.
Browse Graphic File Description	Sample map showing the comcd1990 layer.
Associated Data Sets	County_mcd layer combined by the Metropolitan Council from more recent county and MnDOT data. The BaseMap '97 dataset distributed by the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation includes county and city boundaries, but not township boundaries.

Section 2	Data Quality Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Attribute Accuracy	There are no known inaccuracies in the attribute data. No tests have been conducted for attribute accuracy.
Logical Consistency	The dataset is topologically 'clean'.
Completeness	Entire seven county geographic area is covered.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy	The positional accuracy of the dataset has not been tested under the National Standards for Spatial Data Accuracy. The estimated positional accuracy is UNKNOWN.
Lineage	This dataset was compiled from 1990 post-census TIGER line files, the Metropolitan Council's Geographic Base File (GBF) DIME dataset as well as 1990 MN/DOT roads data. No documentation exists describing how the boundaries were derived from these datasets.
Source Scale Denominator

Section 3	Spatial Data Organization Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Native Data Set Environment	ArcInfo Version 8x, UNIX platform
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data	The county/MCD lookup table is referenced by city name, FIPS place codes (5 digit), FIPS county codes (state standard = 3 digits), in addition to a number of other codes.
Spatial Object Type	Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types	arcs, nodes, polygons, label points
Tiling Scheme	One layer for entire seven county region.

Section 4	Spatial Reference Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme	UTM
Ellipsoid	GRS80
Horizontal Datum	NAD83
Horizontal Units	Meters
Distance Resolution
UTM Zone Number	15

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

Entity and Attribute Overview

Polygon Attributes: 
  
CO:             3 digit FIPS and state standard county code;  
                e.g. 163, 003 
  
MCD:            5 digit FIPS place code for the minor civil division 
  
MCD_NAME:       MCD name; e.g. Burns Twp, Blaine 
  
MCD_ABBREV:     MCD 6 character abbreviation; e.g. ANDOVE,  ANOKAX 
  
COMCD_DESCRIP:  MCD description; e.g. Burns Township, Blaine (Anoka Co. part) 
  
COMCD:          8 digit code redefined from CO and MCD 
  
COMCD_OLD:      Old Metropolitan Council 6 digit county-MCD code 
  
MCD_TYPE:       MCD type.   C = city, T = Twp, U = unorg. 
  
ABC_SORT:       3 digit integer that will sort alphabetically e.g. St. is  
                sorted as Saint 
  
FIVE_COLOR:     Numbers 1 to 5 for shading MCDs so adjacent MCDs have different  
                colors 
  
COMCD_POP_1990: 1990 population for county-MCDs based on the 1990 census  
                (including subsequent corrections of the data by the Census  
                Bureau)

Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation	None

Section 6	Distribution Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Publisher	Metropolitan Council
Publication Date	Unpublished material
Contact Person Information	Mark Kotz GIS Database Administrator Metropolitan Council Mears Park Centre, 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	comcd_1990_a
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, the GIS Data must include a copy of this disclaimer.
Transfer Format Name	ArcView Shape files
Transfer Format Version Number	ArcView: 3x
Transfer Size	1.1 meg. 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: - ArcView shape files - metadata for the dataset (.htm) - NOTICE.RTF, an important notice about this dataset that can be read by any word processing software. This dataset can also be viewed and downloaded from the MetroGIS DataFinder Cafe at http://www.datafinder.org/cafe/ . The Cafe allows users to subset or clip datasets using an existing feature, such as a city or school district boundary or an ad-hoc, user defined area. Additionally, this dataset is available for direct use via one or more map services. More information about what a web mapping service is can be found at http://www.datafinder.org/services/ . The specific map service and layer name for this dataset can be found by clicking the blue or green boxes under the map service column of the DataFinder Catalog at http://www.datafinder.org/catalog/ .
Online Linkage	Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above.

Section 7	Metadata Reference Information	Top of full metadata	Top of page
Metadata Date	03/06/2001
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
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: 03/06/2001