Neighborhoods - Dept. of City Planning

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What does this data set describe?

Title: Neighborhoods - Dept. of City Planning
Abstract:
San Francisco neighborhoods according to Department of City Planning.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    REQUIRED: The name of an organization or individual that developed the data set., REQUIRED: The date when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release., Neighborhoods - Dept. of City Planning.

    Online Links:

    • Server=tisent20; Service=5151; User=sfgis; Version=SDE.DEFAULT

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.515780
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.356467
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.812948
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.706124

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: May 2004
    Currentness_Reference: publication date

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • G-polygon (36)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.

      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 37.066667
      Standard_Parallel: 38.433333
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.500000
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 36.500000
      False_Easting: 6561666.666667
      False_Northing: 1640416.666667

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000064
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000064
      Planar coordinates are specified in survey feet

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
      Altitude_Encoding_Method:
      Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    SDE.SFGIS.PLANNING_NEIGHBORHOODS

    OBJECTID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    NEIGHBORHOOD
    Neighborhood name (Source: Dept. of City Planning)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    SHAPE
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    SHAPE..Area()
    Area of feature (Source: ESRI)

    SHAPE..Length()
    Perimeter of feature (Source: ESRI)


Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

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  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?


Why was the data set created?


How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    (process 1 of 1)
    City Planning used the San Francisco Examiner neighborhoods as a starting point, and then digitized boundaries to overlay on city basemap.

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?


How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?


How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints: None.

  1. Who distributes the data set?[Distributor contact information not provided.]

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

  4. How can I download or order the data?


Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 23-Mar-2005
Metadata author:
REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information.
c/o REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
REQUIRED: The city of the address., REQUIRED: The state or province of the address. REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.

REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual. (voice)

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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