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This page last updated: 04/27/2010
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
| Originator | Minnesota Valley Transit Authority |
| Abstract | These data include bus schedules for Minnesota Valley Transit Authority services in the south metro Twin Cities area. These data are published in the General (formerly Google) Transit Feed Specification format. |
| Browse Graphic | none available |
| Time Period of Content Date | 09/11/2010 |
| Currentness Reference | Includes schedule data from August 16, 2010 to December 3, 2010, including State Fair service and changes implemented on September 7 and September 11, 2010 |
| Access Constraints | None |
| Use Constraints | By acceptance of these data, the user agrees to include a copy of this metadata record, including disclaimers, whenever the user transmits or provides these data to another user. We recommend these data be downloaded from the source (see below), not the DataFinder, for quality purposes. |
| Distributor Organization | Minnesota Valley Transit Authority |
| Ordering Instructions | Dataset available by clicking the link in the Online Linkage section, below, by downloading directly from the source at wiki.mvta.com/files/home/google_transit.zip, or by requesting a CD-ROM from the above contact addresses. |
| 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. |
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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 | Minnesota Valley Transit Authority | |||
| Title | MVTA Schedule Data - General Transit Feed Format | |||
| Abstract | These data include bus schedules for Minnesota Valley Transit Authority services in the south metro Twin Cities area. These data are published in the General (formerly Google) Transit Feed Specification format. | |||
| Purpose | This data set was developed to distribute MVTA bus schedule data to the Google Transit application and others utilizing the same data structures. | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | 09/11/2010 | |||
| Currentness Reference | Includes schedule data from August 16, 2010 to December 3, 2010, including State Fair service and changes implemented on September 7 and September 11, 2010 | |||
| Progress | Complete | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | As needed | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Twin Cities metro area, specifically a subset of Dakota, Scott, Hennepin, and Ramsey Counties | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -93.352 -93.079 44.691 44.985 |
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| Place Keywords | Minneapolis, St. Paul, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount, Savage, Dakota County, Scott County | |||
| Theme Keywords | transit, buses, transportation, schedules | |||
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| Access Constraints | None | |||
| Use Constraints | By acceptance of these data, the user agrees to include a copy of this metadata record, including disclaimers, whenever the user transmits or provides these data to another user. We recommend these data be downloaded from the source (see below), not the DataFinder, for quality purposes. |
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| Contact Person Information | Michael Abegg,
Transit Planning Manager Minnesota Valley Transit Authority 100 Highway 13 E Burnsville, MN 55337 Phone: 952-882-7500 FAX: 952-882-7600 E-mail: mvta@mvta.com | |||
| Browse Graphic | none available | |||
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| Section 2 | Data Quality Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Attribute Accuracy | Attributes are accurate to within the tolerance of the tools used to measure them. | |||
| Logical Consistency | ||||
| Completeness | All areas served by Minnesota Valley Transit Authority bus service is included | |||
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | Bus stops are located within the the tolerance of the associated measurement tools, including the TLG Street Centerline data, Google mapping tools, and portable GPS logging devices. | |||
| Vertical Positional Accuracy | bus stops are located within the tolerance of the associate measurement tools, including the TLG Street Centerline data, Google mapping tools, and portable GPS logging devices. | |||
| Lineage | Bus stops listings sourced from existing MVTA stop data. Schedule data from MVTA scheduling application. | |||
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| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Native Data Set Environment | General Transit Feed Specification | |||
| Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | ||||
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| Section 4 | Spatial Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | Geographic (Lat. Long.) | |||
| Ellipsoid | GRS80 | |||
| Horizontal Datum | NAD83 | |||
| Horizontal Units | Decimal degrees | |||
| Distance Resolution | 0.000001 | |||
| Altitude Datum | Not applicable | |||
| Latitude Resolution | 0.000001 | |||
| Longitude Resolution | 0.000001 | |||
| UTM Zone Number | 15 | |||
| Section 5 | Entity and Attribute Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Entity and Attribute Overview | http://code.google.com/transit/spec/transit_feed_specification.html | |||
| Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation | Attribute information is referenced to the General Transit Feed Specification maintained by Google Corp. | |||
| Section 6 | Distribution Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Publisher | Minnesota Valley Transit Authority | |||
| Publication Date | Periodically revised | |||
| Contact Person Information | Michael Abegg Transit Planning Manager Minnesota Valley Transit Authority 100 Highway 13 E Burnsville, MN 55337 Phone: 952-882-7500 FAX: 952-882-7600 E-mail: mvta@mvta.com |
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| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | google_transit | |||
| Distribution Liability | Data are provided with no warranty, implied or explicit, as to performance or fitness for any purpose. Data are provided in compliance with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Mn Stat. Ch. 13). Data are not warranted to be error free; suggested corrections to improve data quality should be provided to MVTA at the above addresses. | |||
| Transfer Format Name | .zip file containing comma-separated-value .txt files in conformance with General Transit Feed Specification | |||
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| Transfer Size | 400 KB | |||
| Ordering Instructions | Dataset available by clicking the link in the Online Linkage section, below, by downloading directly from the source at wiki.mvta.com/files/home/google_transit.zip, or by requesting a CD-ROM from the above contact addresses. | |||
| 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 | 04/27/2010 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Michael Abegg,
Transit Planning Manager Minnesota Valley Transit Authority 100 Highway 13 E Burnsville, MN 55337 Phone: 952-882-7500 FAX: 952-882-7600 E-mail: mvta@mvta.com |
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| Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |||
| Metadata Standard Version | 1.2 | |||
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm | |||
This page last updated: 04/27/2010