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Connecticut Geographic Places
SDE Feature Class - depgis.DEP.GEOGRAPHIC_PLACE
FGDC, ESRI Metadata
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+ Resource Description
Citation
Information used to reference the data.
Title: Connecticut Geographic Places
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (data compiler, editor and publisher)
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Publication date: 20090401
Data type: vector digital data
Data location: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Other citation details: 
The State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection is the collector of the data (compiler), the creator and maintainer of the data layer (editor), and producer (publisher) of this information for use.
Description
A characterization of the data, including its intended use and limitations.
Abstract: 
Connecticut Geographic Place is a point feature-based layer that includes cultural features such as airports, bridges, government buildings, hospitals, railroad stations and schools. The layer is based on information from lists from various sources available during 2008. The layer represents conditions at a particular point in time. The layer includes public and private airports, major bridges, the State Capitol, acute care hospitals and medical centers, railroad stations serving three major railroad companies and most public and some private educational institutions in the categories of elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. It does not include other types of schools such as kindergartens or business schools, a complete set of bridges or government buildings other than the State Capitol. Features are point locations that represent the approximate center location of the feature as seen on the Connecticut 2004 Orthophotographs. The layer was created for the purpose of labeling geographic places on maps and is not intended to be a complete list of any of the categories included in the layer. Attribute information is comprised of NAME to uniquely identify individual features, TOWN to provide general location and  CLASS and CATEGORY to encode type information and cartographically represent (symbolize) point features on a map. This data is not updated.
Purpose: 
Geographic Places depicts the location of cultural features. It is not intended to be a complete list of these places. Use this layer to show where the features are located on a base map or thematic map and to label these features. Use this layer in addition to the Connecticut Geographic Names layer which includes places, rivers, streams, brooks, lakes, ponds, hills, and other landform names.
Language of dataset: en
Point Of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Howie Sternberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Fax: 860-424-4058
Email: dep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours of service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106-5127
Country: USA
Data Type
How the data are represented, formatted and maintained by the data producing organization.
File or table name: depgis.DEP.GEOGRAPHIC_PLACE
Data type: vector digital data
Data format: SDE Feature Class
Native dataset environment: These data are maintained by the State of Connecticut using ArcGIS software developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) in a Microsoft Windows operating system environment.
Time Period of Data
Time period(s) for which the data corresponds to the currentness reference.
Date: 20090401
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Status
The state of and maintenance information for the data.
Data status: Complete
Update frequency: None planned
Key Words
Words or phrases that summarize certain aspects of the data.
Theme:
Keywords: environment, location, society, structure
Keyword thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme:
Keywords: airport, bridge, school, hospital, medical center, railroad station, train station, high school, middle school, elementary school, higher education, university, college
Keyword thesaurus: none
Place:
Keywords: Connecticut, CT
Keyword thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place:
Keywords: United States of America, USA
Keyword thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Data Access Constraints
Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing or using the data after access is granted.
Access constraints: 
None. No restrictions or legal prerequisites for accessing the data. The data is in the public domain and may be redistributed.
Use constraints: 
None. No restrictions or legal prerequisites for using the data after access is granted. The data is suitable for use at appropriate scale. Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata. When printing this data on a map or using it in a software application, analysis, or report, please acknowledge the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as the source for this information. For example, include the following data source description when printing this layer on a map: Geographic Places - From the Geographic Place layer, compiled and published by CT DEP .
Data Security Information
Handling restrictions imposed on the data because of national security, privacy or other concerns.
Security classifiction system: None
Security classification: None
Security handling: No restrictions for handling the data.
+ Graphic Example
Browse Graphic
Graphic illustration of the data.
Browse graphic 1
Open - Full view of Geographic Places
Graphic Image
Browse graphic 2
Open - Small-scale view of Geographic Place showing just Airport, Hospital and State Capitol features.
Graphic Image
Browse graphic 3
Open - Medium-scale view of Geographic Place showing just Airport, Hospital, University, State Capitol, and Train Station features.
Graphic Image
Browse graphic 4
Open - Large-scale view of Geographic Place showing all Airport, Hospital, State Capitol, School, University, and Train Station features.
Graphic Image
+ Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System
Reference system from which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position that a point occupies.
Projected coordinate system:
Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet
Map units: survey feet
Geographic coordinate system:
Name: GCS North American 1983
Coordinate System Details
Map projection
Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard parallel: 41.200000
Standard parallel: 41.866667
Longitude of central meridian: -72.750000
Latitude of projection origin: 40.833333
False easting: 999999.999996
False northing: 499999.999998
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair
Coordinate representation:
Abscissa resolution: 0.000250
Ordinate resolution: 0.000250
Planar distance units: survey feet
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
Vertical Coordinate System
Reference system from which vertical distances (altitudes or depths) are measured.
Altitude system definition:
Altitude resolution: 1.000000
Altitude encoding method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Spatial Domain
The geographic areal domain of the data that describes the western, eastern, northern, and southern geographic limits of data coverage.
Bounding Coordinates
In Projected or local coordinates
NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet
BoundaryCoordinate
Left748338.706000 (survey feet)
Right1253412.018000 (survey feet)
Top941684.055000 (survey feet)
Bottom562677.398000 (survey feet)
In Unprojected coordinates (geographic)
GCS North American 1983
BoundaryCoordinate
West-73.676443 (longitude)
East-71.817113 (longitude)
North42.045491 (latitude)
South41.001660 (latitude)
+ Data Structure and Attribute Information
Overview
Summary of the information content of the data, including other references to complete descriptions of entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Entity and attribute overview: 
Includes Geographic Place features such as airports, bridges, government buildings, hospitals, railroad stations and schools. Information encoded about these features includes NAME and TOWN where located and classification schemes for using standard cartographic symbology. Use the NAME to uniquely identify features. Use the CATEGORY attribute to symbolize features by type on a map. Use the CLASS attribute to more generally symbolize the features by type. Use the NAME to label features on a map.
Direct spatial reference method: Vector
Indirect spatial reference method: Connecticut Town name indicates a general location within the state.
Attributes of Connecticut Geographic Places
Detailed descriptions of entity type, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Name: depgis.DEP.GEOGRAPHIC_PLACE
Type of object: Feature Class
Geometry type: Point
Number of records: 1231
Description: 
Geographic Places represented as point features.
Source: 
State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Attributes
OBJECTID
Definition: 
Internal feature number.
Alias: OBJECTID Type: OID Width: 4 Precision: 10 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
NAME
Definition: 
Name of the geographic place
Alias: NAME Type: String Width: 60 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute definition source: 
CT DEP
CATEGORY
Definition: 
More detailed groups that geographic places with similar characteristics can be assigned to. Has more detail than the Class attribute.
Alias: CATEGORY Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute domain values
ValueDefinition
Airport 
Public or private airport or airfield listed with the FAA
Definition Source: 
Federal Aviation Administration
Bridge 
Major bridge
Elementary School 
Educational institution
Definition Source: 
State of Connecticut, www.ct.gov/kids
High School 
Secondary educational institution
Definition Source: 
State of Connecticut, www.ct.gov/kids
Higher Education 
College, university or similar level educational institution
Definition Source: 
State of Connecticut, www.ct.gov/kids
Hospital 
Acute care medical facility
Definition Source: 
Connecticut Hospital Association, American Hospital Association, The Agape Center
Medical Center 
Acute care medical facility
Definition Source: 
Connecticut Hospital Association, American Hospital Association, The Agape Center
Middle School 
Educational institution
Definition Source: 
State of Connecticut, www.ct.gov/kids
RR Station 
Public railroad station
Definition Source: 
Amtrak, MTA Metro-North, Shore Line East
State Government 
State government building
Attribute definition source: 
CT DEP
TOWN
Definition: 
Name of the town where the geographic place is located.
Alias: TOWN Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute domain values
ValueDefinition
Unique town names 
Any of the 169 towns in Connecticut where a geographic place is located.
Attribute definition source: 
CT DEP
CLASS
Definition: 
Broad groups that geographic places with similar characteristics can be assigned to.
Alias: CLASS Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute domain values
ValueDefinition
airport 
Public or private airport or airfield listed with the FAA
Definition Source: 
Federal Aviation Administration
bridge 
Major bridge
government 
State government building
hospital 
Hospital or medical center acute care facility.
Definition Source: 
Connecticut Hospital Association, American Hospital Association, The Agape Center
rr station 
Public railroad station
Definition Source: 
Amtrak, MTA Metro-North, Shore Line East
school 
Educational institutions from elementary schools to universities
Definition Source: 
State of Connecticut, www.ct.gov/kids
Attribute definition source: 
CT DEP
SHAPE
Definition: 
Feature geometry.
Alias: SHAPE Type: Geometry Width: 4 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
ESRI Feature Description
Description of spatial objects in the data using the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terminology.
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terms
depgis.DEP.GEOGRAPHIC_PLACE
ESRI feature type: Simple
Geometry type: Point
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 1231
Spatial index: TRUE
Linear referencing: FALSE
SDTS Feature Description
Description of point and vector spatial objects in the data using the Spatial Data Transfer Standards (SDTS) terminology.
Spatial data transfer standard (SDTS) terms
depgis.DEP.GEOGRAPHIC_PLACE
Type: Entity point
Count: 1231
+ Data Quality and Accuracy Information
General
Information about the fidelity of relationships, data quality and accuracy tests, omissions, selection criteria, generalization, and definitions used to derive the data.
Logical consistency report: 
Point features conform to the following topological rules. Points are single part. There are no duplicate points. Points do not overlap. Establishment of logical consistency was performed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection using ESRI ArcGIS software to manually create and control feature topology in geodatabase format. No automated procedures or tests were performed to guarantee desired topology other than visual inspection.
Completeness report: 
The completeness of the data reflects the feature content of the data sources, which include the State of Connecticut lists of schools, lists of railroad stations from Amtrak, Metro_North and Shoreline East, and lists of hospitals and medical centers from the Connecticut Hospital Association, American Hospital Association and The Agape Center. The Geographic Place layer is complete in the sense that it accurately reflects the contents of the source information available at the time the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection created the layer. However, compared to more recent information available today, the Geographic Place layer is incomplete. This data is not updated.
Attribute Accuracy
Accuracy of the identification of data entities, features and assignment of attribute values.
Attribute accuracy report: 
The Geographic Place layer retains the NAME information identified by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection and obtained from the State of Connecticut lists of schools, lists of railroad stations from Amtrak, Metro_North and Shoreline East, and lists of hospitals and medical centers from the Connecticut Hospital Association, American Hospital Association and The Agape Center. All attributes have valid values. TOWN, CLASS and CATEGORY values are within defined domains. The accuracy test for the NAME attribute values was conducted by comparing the name information presented in the source data with  nteractive displays of the data on a computer graphic system. The computer displays depicted and labeled the Geographic Place features in different colors based on CATEGORY values for comparison with the original data source. CATEGORY and CLASS are broad classifications of Geographic Place features. CATEGORY and CLASS were manually entered. TOWN was not manually entered.
Positional Accuracy
Accuracy of the positional aspects of the data.
Horizontal accuracy report: 
The horizontal positional accuracy of this data is better the United States National Map Accuracy Standards for 1:24,000 scale maps. According to this standard, not more than 10 percent of the locations tested are to be in error by more than 1/50 inch (40 feet) measured on the publication scale of a USGS 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle map. Feature locations for schools, railroad stations and hospitals were first created by geocoding, then compared to features visible on the Connecticut 2004 Orthophotographs and manually moved over the feature. Bridges were identified on the Connecticut 2004 Orthophotographs and manually digitized. Point features are approximate (alternate) representations for large area objects or observations having well-defined, visible, recoverable, or permanent boundaries or demarcations such as building footprints. Point features are accurately positioned for these locations because objects were easily identifiable on the aerial photos.
+ Data Source and Process Information
Data Sources
Information about the source data used to construct or derive the data.
Data source information
Source 1 - Railroad Station Lists
Title: Railroad Station Name Lists
Originators: Metro North Railroad, Amtrak and Shore Line East companies serving Connecticut
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Lists of railroad station names for use in enumerating railroad stations in Connecticut.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 2 - Hospital Lists
Title: Hospital Name Lists
Originators: Connecticut Hospital Association, American Hospital Association, The Agape Center - Connecticut Hospitals
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Lists of hospital and medical center names for use in enumerating acute-care health care facilities in Connecticut.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 3 - School Lists
Title: School Name Lists
Originators: State of Connecticut
Publisher: State of Connecticut
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Data location: http://www.dir.ct.gov/kids/Schools_Libraries/ctschools.asp
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Lists of school names and educational level for use in enumerating the schools in Connecticut.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 4 - Aerial Photography
Title: Connecticut 2004 Orthophoto
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (editor and publisher); State of Connecticut, Department of Public Safety; State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Publication date: 20070514
Data type: raster digital data
Data location: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
A digital, georeferenced, visual record of the features in the landscape suitable for onscreen digitizing. The aerial photography is in SDE Raster digital format.
Date: 20070514
Currentness reference: 
2004
Source 5 - Airport List
Title: Airport Name List
Originators: Federal Aviation Administration, National Flight Data Center
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Data location: http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/airport_safety/airportdata_5010/
Media: online
Source contribution: 
List of airports and airfields for use in enumerating these facilities in Connecticut. Includes latitude and longitude coordinates for locating the facility.
Date: 20080605
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 6 - Spreadsheets
Title: Spreadsheets for Creating and Georeferencing Point Data
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: Unpublished Material
Data type: spreadsheet
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
Name, address and other attribute information organized for use in geocoding all geographic places.
Date: 2008
Source 7 - Google Maps
Title: Google Maps Website
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: interactive map
Data location: http://www.google.com/ and http://maps.google.com/
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Provided an address for a facility name.
Source 8 - Geodatabase of Points
Title: Geographic Place Personal Geodatabase
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: 2008
Data type: vector digital data
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
The final set of point features for the geographic place data.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 9 - Maps Live
Title: Maps Live Website
Publication date: Unknown
Data location: http://maps.live.com
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Oblique photographs for additional identification of facilities.
Process Steps
Information about events, parameters, tolerances and techniques applied to construct or derive the data.
Process step information
Process Step 1
Process description: 
Create spreadsheets of geographic places by category - Using lists of geographic places acquired from Internet websites, assemble spreadsheet of facility name, category and website if available.The Airport list included latitude and longitude coordinate values. The process is repeated for Airports, Hospitals/Medical Centers, Railroad Stations, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Colleges/Universities.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Diana Danenberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106
Country: USA
Process date: 2008
Data Source used
Source 1 - Railroad Station Lists
Title: Railroad Station Name Lists
Originators: Metro North Railroad, Amtrak and Shore Line East companies serving Connecticut
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Lists of railroad station names for use in enumerating railroad stations in Connecticut.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 2 - Hospital Lists
Title: Hospital Name Lists
Originators: Connecticut Hospital Association, American Hospital Association, The Agape Center - Connecticut Hospitals
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Lists of hospital and medical center names for use in enumerating acute-care health care facilities in Connecticut.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 3 - School Lists
Title: School Name Lists
Originators: State of Connecticut
Publisher: State of Connecticut
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Data location: http://www.dir.ct.gov/kids/Schools_Libraries/ctschools.asp
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Lists of school names and educational level for use in enumerating the schools in Connecticut.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 5 - Airport List
Title: Airport Name List
Originators: Federal Aviation Administration, National Flight Data Center
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: tabular digital data
Data location: http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/airport_safety/airportdata_5010/
Media: online
Source contribution: 
List of airports and airfields for use in enumerating these facilities in Connecticut. Includes latitude and longitude coordinates for locating the facility.
Date: 20080605
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Data Source produced
Source 6 - Spreadsheets
Title: Spreadsheets for Creating and Georeferencing Point Data
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: Unpublished Material
Data type: spreadsheet
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
Name, address and other attribute information organized for use in geocoding all geographic places.
Date: 2008
Process Step 2
Process description: 
Get addresses for listed schools, hospitals and railroad stations and fix errors - Using Google maps as the means of locating a facility by name and state, acquire a geocodable street address and copy and paste into the spreadsheet. If the facility does not show on the map or the information is ambiguous, tried using other web-based means to rectify. For example the schools often have websites. The websites may have photos of the school, directions to the school and address for the school.  Resolve errors in the name or other attributes during this step. Resolve other errors such a duplicate entries. If an address could not be found for a listing or a listing was not identifiable by online sources it was removed from the spreadsheet.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Diana Danenberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106
Country: USA
Process date: 2008
Data Source used
Source 7 - Google Maps
Title: Google Maps Website
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: interactive map
Data location: http://www.google.com/ and http://maps.google.com/
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Provided an address for a facility name.
Source 6 - Spreadsheets
Title: Spreadsheets for Creating and Georeferencing Point Data
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: Unpublished Material
Data type: spreadsheet
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
Name, address and other attribute information organized for use in geocoding all geographic places.
Date: 2008
Data Source produced
Source 6 - Spreadsheets
Title: Spreadsheets for Creating and Georeferencing Point Data
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: Unpublished Material
Data type: spreadsheet
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
Name, address and other attribute information organized for use in geocoding all geographic places.
Date: 2008
Process Step 3
Process description: 
Generate initial point feature locations from addresses or latitude and longitude coordinates - Using ESRI ArcGIS software, address entries in the spreadsheets for schools, railroad stations and hospitals were geocoded to create point locations in a personal database feature class. Using ESRI ArcGIS software, latitude and longitude coordinate entries in the spreadsheet for airports were used to create  point locations in a personal database feature class. Any addresses that could not be geocoded were corrected using online sources to identify the feature and provide a better address for geocoding. Google Maps was used to help in identification. Maps Live oblique (bird's eye) photos were used to help in identification. If any address could not be geocoded after further effort, the listing was removed. The coordinate system for the feature classes in the geodatabase is Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System NAD 83 in US Feet.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Diana Danenberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106
Country: USA
Process date: 2008
Data Source used
Source 6 - Spreadsheets
Title: Spreadsheets for Creating and Georeferencing Point Data
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: Unpublished Material
Data type: spreadsheet
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
Name, address and other attribute information organized for use in geocoding all geographic places.
Date: 2008
Source 9 - Maps Live
Title: Maps Live Website
Publication date: Unknown
Data location: http://maps.live.com
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Oblique photographs for additional identification of facilities.
Source 7 - Google Maps
Title: Google Maps Website
Publication date: Unknown
Data type: interactive map
Data location: http://www.google.com/ and http://maps.google.com/
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Provided an address for a facility name.
Data Source produced
Source 8 - Geodatabase of Points
Title: Geographic Place Personal Geodatabase
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: 2008
Data type: vector digital data
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
The final set of point features for the geographic place data.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Process Step 4
Process description: 
Improve location of the geographic point features - Using ESRI ArcGIS software and Connecticut 2004 Orthophotographs, inspect the geocoded locations of the geopraphic place points and edit their locations as necessary. The editing goal was to place each point upon the feature it represents as seen in the orthophotograph. Maps Live oblique (bird's eye) photos were used to help in identification. This process was done for airports, schools, railroad stations and hospitals.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Diana Danenberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106
Country: USA
Process date: 2008
Data Source used
Source 4 - Aerial Photography
Title: Connecticut 2004 Orthophoto
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (editor and publisher); State of Connecticut, Department of Public Safety; State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Publication date: 20070514
Data type: raster digital data
Data location: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
A digital, georeferenced, visual record of the features in the landscape suitable for onscreen digitizing. The aerial photography is in SDE Raster digital format.
Date: 20070514
Currentness reference: 
2004
Source 8 - Geodatabase of Points
Title: Geographic Place Personal Geodatabase
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: 2008
Data type: vector digital data
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
The final set of point features for the geographic place data.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 9 - Maps Live
Title: Maps Live Website
Publication date: Unknown
Data location: http://maps.live.com
Media: online
Source contribution: 
Oblique photographs for additional identification of facilities.
Data Source produced
Source 8 - Geodatabase of Points
Title: Geographic Place Personal Geodatabase
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: 2008
Data type: vector digital data
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
The final set of point features for the geographic place data.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Process Step 5
Process description: 
Additional point features by screen digitizing - Using ESRI ArcGIS software and  Connecticut 2004 Orthophotographs, the State Capitol and the major bridges were located visually and digitized into a feature class in the personal geodatabase of geographic places.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Diana Danenberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106
Country: USA
Process date: 2008
Data Source used
Source 8 - Geodatabase of Points
Title: Geographic Place Personal Geodatabase
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: 2008
Data type: vector digital data
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
The final set of point features for the geographic place data.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
Source 4 - Aerial Photography
Title: Connecticut 2004 Orthophoto
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection (editor and publisher); State of Connecticut, Department of Public Safety; State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation
Publisher: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Publication date: 20070514
Data type: raster digital data
Data location: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
A digital, georeferenced, visual record of the features in the landscape suitable for onscreen digitizing. The aerial photography is in SDE Raster digital format.
Date: 20070514
Currentness reference: 
2004
Data Source produced
Source 8 - Geodatabase of Points
Title: Geographic Place Personal Geodatabase
Originators: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Publication date: 2008
Data type: vector digital data
Media: disc
Source contribution: 
The final set of point features for the geographic place data.
Date: 2008
Currentness reference: 
publication date
+ Data Distribution Information
General
Description of the data known by the party from whom the data may be obtained, liability of party distributing data, and technical capabilities required to use the data.
Resource description: 
Connecticut Geographic Places
Distribution liability: 
Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata.
Technical prerequisites: 
Geographic information sytem (GIS), computer-aided drawing or other mapping software is necessary to display, view and access the information.
Distribution Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization distributing the data.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Enviromental Protection
Phone: 860-424-3540
Fax: 860-424-4058
Email: dep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours of service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106-5127
Country: USA
Standard Order Process
Common ways in which data may be obtained.
Digital form:
Format name: Shapefile, Feature Class
Format version number: ArcGIS
File decompression technique: Zip file
Digital transfer option:
Online option:
Computer information:
Network address:
Network resource name: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Fees: An online copy of the data may be accessed without charge.
Custom Order Process
Description of custom distribution services available.
Custom order process: 
The data distributor does not provide custom GIS analysis or mapping services. Data is available in a standard format and may be converted to other formats, projections, coordinate systems, or selected for specific geographic regions by the party receiving the data.
+ Metadata Reference
Metadata Date
Dates associated with creating, updating and reviewing the metadata.
Last updated: 20111208
Language of metadata: en
Metadata Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization responsible for the metadata information.
Organization: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection
Person: Diana Danenberg
Phone: 860-424-3540
Fax: 860-424-4058
Email: dep.gisdata@ct.gov
Hours of service: Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 Eastern Standard Time
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
79 Elm Street
City: Hartford
State or Province: Connecticut
Postal code: 06106-5127
Country: USA
Metadata Access Constraints
Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing or using the data after access is granted.
Access constraints: 
None. No restrictions or legal prerequisites for accessing the metadata.
Use constraints: 
None. No restrictions or legal prerequisites for using the metadata after access is granted.
Metadata Security Information
Handling restrictions imposed on the metadata because of national security, privacy or other concerns.
Security classifiction system: None
Security classification: None
Security handling: No restrictions for handling the metadata.
Metadata Standards
Description of the metadata standard used to document the data and reference to any additional extended profiles to the standard used by the metadata producer.
Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention: local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information:
Profile: ESRI Metadata Profile
Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
FGDC Plus Metadata Stylesheet
Stylesheet: FGDC Plus Stylesheet
File name: FGDC Plus.xsl
Version: 2.2
Description: This metadata is displayed using the FGDC Plus Stylesheet, which is an XSL template that can be used with ArcGIS software to display metadata. It displays metadata elements defined in the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) - aka FGDC Standard, the ESRI Profile of CSDGM, the Biological Data Profile of CSDGM, and the Shoreline Data Profile of CSDGM. CSDGM is the US Federal Metadata standard. The Federal Geographic Data Committee originally adopted the CSDGM in 1994 and revised it in 1998. According to Executive Order 12096 all Federal agencies are ordered to use this standard to document geospatial data created as of January, 1995. The standard is often referred to as the FGDC Metadata Standard and has been implemented beyond the federal level with State and local governments adopting the metadata standard as well. The Biological Data Profile broadens the application of the CSDGM so that it is more easily applied to biological data that are not explicitly geographic (laboratory results, field notes, specimen collections, research reports) but can be associated with a geographic location. Includes taxonomical vocabulary. The Shoreline Data Profile addresses variability in the definition and mapping of shorelines by providing a standardized set of terms and data elements required to support metadata for shoreline and coastal data sets. The FGDC Plus Stylesheet includes the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set. It supports W3C DOM compatible browsers such as IE7, IE6, Netscape 7, and Mozilla Firefox. It is in the public domain and may be freely used, modified, and redistributed. It is provided "AS-IS" without warranty or technical support.
Instructions: On the top of the page, click on the title of the dataset to toggle opening and closing of all metadata content sections or click section links listed horizontally below the title to open individual sections. Click on a section name (e.g. Description) to open and close section content. Within a section, click on a item name (Status, Key Words, etc.) to open and close individual content items. By default, the Citation information within the Description section is always open for display.
Download: FGDC Plus Stylesheet is available from the ArcScripts downloads at www.esri.com.
Federal Geographic Data Committee