House of Representatives District Boundaries - Unclipped

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain Mapping Center

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: House of Representatives District Boundaries - Unclipped

Edition: First

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Rio Puerco Project GIS Database

Issue_Identification: housedis_bdry_ucl

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado, USA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Description:

Abstract:

This data set contains boundaries of the New Mexico House of Representatives districts that have any portion within the Rio Puerco watershed basin. The boundary lines of some areas extend outside of the basin perimeter, and the portions of the boundaries outside of the basin are represented. Processing software was ARC/INFO 7.1.1.

Description of Parent Data Set: It is in a vector digital data structure, digitized from a map of New Mexico whose scale is unknown. The source software used was ARC/INFO 6.1.1 and the conversion software ARC/INFO 7.0.3.

Purpose:

This data set was created to digitally represent the political boundaries of New Mexico House of Representatives districts within the Rio Puerco basin.

Intended use of data: These data are typically used as base data for other coverages. The data are intended for use as a general reference to the extent and boundaries of the House legislative districts.

Supplemental_Information:

Data completeness reflect the content of the source graphic. Only New Mexico House of Representatives district boundaries were extracted from the source graphic. The data contains all lines representing these boundaries.

NOTE: Legislative district boundaries are sometimes changed after a decennial census. Therefore, the boundaries in this coverage may not be current in future years. Users should refer to New Mexico state legislative officials or to <URL:http://legis.state.nm.us/> for more information regarding possible boundary changes.

Related spatial and tabular data sets: House of Representatives District Boundaries - Clipped (housedis_bdry_cl); Rio Puerco Watershed Basin Boundary (wshed)

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Currentness_Reference: Publication date of sources

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:

Source data products are updated on an individual basis by the source agency. Users should contact the appropriate source agency to determine the availability of updated information.

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.23490476

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.68588884

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.01268328

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.7269786

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: house of representatives district boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Rio Puerco

Place_Keyword: New Mexico

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

There are no legal constraints on the use of this data. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Raymond D. Watts

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: CIRA, Foothills Research Campus

Address: Colorado State University

City: Ft. Collins

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80523

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-491-3982

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 970-491-8241

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rwatts@usgs.gov -or- rwatts@cira.colostate.edu

Data_Set_Credit:

This data set was obtained from the New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) Clearinghouse. For more information on RGIS, please visit their Home Page at <URL:http://rgis.unm.edu>.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

UNIX ARC/INFO version 7.1.1

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attribute accuracy for this data set is assumed to be 100%.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Attributes and processing steps were consistent for the entire data set.

Completeness_Report:

Data completeness for unrevised digital files reflects the content of the source graphic. Features may have been eliminated or generalized on the source graphic, due to scale and legibility constraints.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Accuracy of these digital data (if not digitally revised), is based upon the use of source graphics which are compiled to meet National Map Accuracy Standards. NMAS horizontal accuracy requires that at least 90 percent of points tested are within 1/50th of an inch of the true position. Comparison to the graphic source is used as control to asses digital positional accuracy. Cartographic offsets may be present on the graphic source, due to scale and legibilty constraints. For more information on National Map Accuracy Standards, refer to USGS Fact Sheet FS-078-96 (September 1997), or visit <URL:http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07896.html>.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Earth Data Analysis Center

Publication_Date: 19950222

Title: New Mexico House Legislative Boundaries

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: none

Issue_Identification: none

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albuquerque, NM, USA

Publisher: Earth Data Analysis Center

Source_Scale_Denominator: unknown

Type_of_Source_Media: cd-rom

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19950222

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date of sources

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: RGIS 1996

Source_Contribution: spatial and attribute information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The data set was copied from cd-rom media (RGIS 1996) onto a Sun Unix server, where it was processed with ARC/INFO 7.1.1. The boundary of any area that 'passed through' the perimeter of the Rio Puerco basin was selected (using the reselect command with the passthru parameter). This selected set was written out to a new coverage, and reprojected from the Lambert Conformal Conic projection into Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates.

Process_Date: 1997

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Raymond D. Watts; U.S. Geological Survey and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: CIRA, Foothills Research Campus

Address: Colorado State University

City: Ft. Collins

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80523

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-491-3982

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 970-491-8241

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rwatts@usgs.gov -or- rwatts@cira.colostate.edu

Distribution_Liability:

The U.S Geological Survey provides these geographic data "as is." The USGS makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. The USGS further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied as to any other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the condition of the product, or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these data have been processed successfully on computers of the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name:

"ARCE" ARC/INFO Export Format (option 1 of 2 - see other options below)

File_Decompression_Technique:

The 'tar' archive technique and the 'gzip' compression technique were applied to this data set. Unix users should use the 'gunzip' command to expand th e data set and the 'tar' command to extract the files. Other users should obtain versions of gunzip and tar for their operating system. Please refer to <URL:http://www.gzip.org> or <URL:http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/rio_puerco/library/rphelp.html> for more information.

If these sites are unavailable, please send inquiries about the Free Software Foundation to:

Free Software Foundation
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Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
Voice: 617-542-5942
Fax: 617-542-2652

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<URL:ftp://esp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/rio_puerco/unclipped/housedis_bdry_ucl.tar.gz>

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name:

ArcView shapefile (option 2 of 2 - see other options above)

File_Decompression_Technique:

The 'zip' compression technique was applied to this data set. Windows and Macintosh users can access these files using freeware or shareware decompression software. Please refer to <URL:http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/rio_puerco/library/rphelp.html> for more information, or search for utilities at <URL:http://www.shareware.com>.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<URL:ftp://esp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/rio_puerco/shpfiles/housedis_bdry_ucl.zip>

Fees: none