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1920-1995 Twin Cities State Highway Network Map

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Identification Information
Citation
Title
1920-1995 Twin Cities State Highway Network Map
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Abstract
Vector line data with highway centerlines. Features may have attributes indicating year built and/or year divided.
Purpose
Illustrates the development of the highway network in the Twin Cities metropolitan region.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
Highway segments built between 1920 and 1995.
Time Period
Beginning
19200101
End
19951231
Bounding Box
West
-94.021924
East
-92.757556
North
45.414128
South
44.467719
Theme Keyword
transportation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Minnesota
Twin Cities
transportation
transportation network
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Credit
MetroGIS Major Highways dataset used for referencing features. Year information compiled by Wei Chen and David Levinson.
Native Data Set Environment
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.1.3497
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Source
Title
Major Highways
Type of Source Media
onLine
Contribution
MetroGIS Major Highways. Current version available at http://datafinder.org/metadata/Highways.html (last visited 20 March 2014). Note that the version used for this data differs slightly from the current online version.
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
String
Point and Vector Object Count
261
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection
Map Projection Name
NAD 1983 UTM Zone 15N
Transverse Mercator
Scale Factor at Central Meridian
0.9996
Longitude of Central Meridian
-93.0
Latitude of Projection Origin
0.0
False Easting
500000.0
False Northing
0.0
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.000000002220024164500956
Ordinate Resolution
0.000000002220024164500956
Planar Distance Units
meter
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D North American 1983
Ellipsoid Name
GRS 1980
Semi-major Axis
6378137.0
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222101
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
highways_l
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
Esri
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
FNODE_
TNODE_
LPOLY_
RPOLY_
LENGTH
HIGHWAYS_
HIGHWAYS_I
ROADNAME
ALTNAME
ISTATE
Year
Year in which the segment was constructed
CONSECTION
YEAR_DIVID
Year in which the segment became a divided highway. If segment was built originally as divided, YEAR_DIVID will equal Year
Notes
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20140320
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
University of Minnesota Libraries
Contact Person
Kevin Dyke
Contact Position
Spatial Data Analyst/Curator
Contact Address
Address
309 19th Ave S
Address
S76 O Meredith Wilson Library
City
Minneapolis
State or Province
MN
Postal Code
55455
Country
US
Contact Voice Telephone
612.301.3932
Contact Electronic Mail Address
kevindyke@umn.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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