Metadata for Montana Urban Boundaries Metadata for Montana Urban Boundaries

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Identification Information:

Citation:

Originator:: Montana Dept. of Transportation/Planning/Data & Statistics Bureau/RIM
Publication date: 11/2007
Title: Montana Urban Boundaries
Edition: 2000 Census
Online linkage: http://gis.mdt.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ded82829e789400f9b7bcb8e35b880c6_1

Browse graphic file name: http://www.mdt.mt.gov/other/traffcount/external/gis_datasets/Urban_Boundaries.pdf
Browse graphic file description: PDF

Abstract:

Database of Montana's twelve urban and three urbanized boundaries. The boundaires are typically revised in concert with each decennial census and are agreed upon by appropriate local, state and federal government entitities to meet MDT business needs.

Purpose:

Used Coincident boundaries between Urban and city commissioners US Census Bureau for MDT identification and mapping.

Time period of content:

Calendar date: 11/2007
Currentness reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: Irregular

Access constraints: None

Use constraints:

This data set is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind. The Montana Department of Transportation makes no representations or warranties whatsoever with respect to the accuracy or completeness of this data set and assumes no responsibility for the suitability of this data set for a particular purpose; and MDT will not be liable for any damages incurred as a result of errors in this data set.

Point of contact:

Ed Ereth
Supervisor, Road Inventory and Mapping Section
Montana Dept. of Transportation/Planning/Data & Statistics Bureau/RIM
2550 Prospect Avenue
PO Box 201001
Helena, MT 59620-1001
Telephone: 406-444-6111
TDD/TTY telephone: 800-714-7296
Fax: 406-444-7671
E-Mail: eereth@mt.gov
Contact instructions:: Please Direct all inquiries regarding data to Ed Ereth, at the Department of Transportation.

Data set credit: USGS Rater Graphics, US Census Bureau

Data Quality Information:

Attribute accuracy report:

Attribute accuracy varies based on the dataset. See the feature level metadata tables for more information on a particular dataset.

Completeness report: Complete as of 01/01/02 Updated 11/21/07

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:

Horizontal positional accuracy varies based on the dataset. See the feature level metadata tables for more information on a particular dataset.

Vertical positional accuracy report:

Vertical accuracy for any elevation information varies based on the dataset. See the feature level metadata tables for more information on a particular dataset.

Lineage:

Process step:: Small urban areas: The boundaries were set up to encompass the entire city (incorporated) limits of the city, plus any areas they were planning to annex within the next ten years, and areas of high growth as identified by the local officials. The two exceptions to this were Anaconda-Deer Lodge and Butte-Silver Bow which are consolidated city-county governments. In those two places the boundaries were agreed upon in meetings with the locals, and we tried to include as much of the historic city limits as possible.In the three urbanized areas (Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula), the boundaries were made to encompass the entire urbanized area as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, plus any other adjacent areas as agreed upon by local and state officials.

Spatial Data Organization Information:

Point and vector object information:

SDTS object type: G-polygon

SDTS object count: 15

SDTS object type: Label point

SDTS object count: 57

SDTS object type: GT-polygon composed of chains

SDTS object count: 57

SDTS object type: Point

SDTS object count: 4

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:

Grid coordinate system name: State Plane Coordinate System

SPCS zone identifier: 2500

Lambert conformal conic:

Standard parallel: 45.000000
Standard parallel: 49.000000
Longitude of central meridian: -109.500000
Latitude of projection origin: 44.250000
False easting: 600000.000000
False northing: 0.000000

Planar distance units: meters

Geodetic model:

Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222

Altitude system definition:

Altitude resolution: 1.000000
Altitude encoding method:: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity and Attribute Information:

Entity type label: Urban_Boundaries

Entity type definition: Urban Areas of Montana

Attribute label: URBAN_AREA

Attribute definition: Name of the urban area, typically the major cities' name.

Attribute label: FID

Attribute definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute domain:: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute label: Shape

Attribute definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute label: COUNTY

Attribute definition: County in which the urban area is contained.

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Ed Ereth
Supervisor, Road Inventory and Mapping Section
Montana Dept. of Transportation/Planning/Data & Statistics Bureau/RIM
P.O. Box 201001
Helena, MT 59620-1001
Telephone: 406-444-6111
Telephone: 406-444-6111
TDD/TTY telephone: 800-714-7296
Fax: 406-444-7671
E-Mail: eereth@mt.gov
E-Mail: eereth@mt.gov

Resource description: Downloadable Data

Distribution liability:

Available time period:

Calendar date: 2002

Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 04/10/2009

Metadata contact:

Ed Ereth
Supervisor, Road Inventory and Mapping
Montana Dept. of Transportation/Planning/Data & Statistics Bureau/RIM
PO Box 201001
Helena, MT 59620-1001
Telephone: 406-444-6111
TDD/TTY telephone: 800-714-7296
Fax: 406-444-7671
E-Mail: eereth@mt.gov