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Metadata for Manually-defined regions for town population estimates
Identification Information:
Citation:
Originator: Montana State Library
Title: Manually-defined regions for town population estimates
Publication date: 11/01/2003
Publication place: Helena, Montana
Publisher: Montana State Library
Online linkage: http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/shape/ct107.zip

Abstract:
Areas used to make population estimates of towns in the "towns" shapefile available at http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/ct107.html
Purpose: Additional information to accompany the towns data.


Time period of content:
Beginning date: 1990
Ending date: 2000
Access constraints: None
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Data Quality Information:
Lineage:

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Spatial Data Organization Information:
Point and vector object information:
ESRI feature type: Polygon
ESRI feature count: 10
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Spatial Reference Information:
Horizontal coordinate system definition:
Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_StatePlane_Montana_FIPS_2500
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
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Entity and Attribute Information:
Entity type label: estborder.dbf
Entity count: 10
Entity type definition: Polygon Attribute Table

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: AREA
Attribute definition: Area of polygon in square meters

Attribute label: PERIMETER
Attribute definition: Perimeter of polygon in meters

Attribute label: BORDER_ID
Attribute definition: ID number

Attribute label: NAME
Attribute definition: Name of town
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Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, Montana59620-1800


Telephone: (406) 444-5358
Fax: (406) 444-0581
E-Mail: gdaumiller@mt.gov




Standard order process:
Digital form:
Format name: ESRI Shapefile
Online option:
http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/shape/ct107.zip
Offline option:
Offline media: CD-ROM
Recording format: ISO 9660
Fees:
For-profit organizations must pay our costs to reproduce the
data. Fees can be waived if doing Government work.
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Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata date: 10/28/2003
Metadata contact:
Gerry Daumiller
Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, Montana59620-1800


Telephone: (406) 444-5358
Fax: (406) 444-0581
E-Mail: gdaumiller@mt.gov


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