Identification Information:

Citation:

Originator: New York City Department of City Planning, Planning Coordination and Waterfront Division

Publication Date: September, 2011

Title: nycb

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: BYTES of the BIG APPLE

Publication Information:

Publication Place: New York City

Publisher: New York City Department of City Planning

Online Linkage: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml

Larger Work Citation:

Description:

Abstract:

The Coastal Zone Boundary defines the geographic scope of New York City's Waterfront Revitalization Program (WRP). Pursuant to federal statute, the boundary encompasses all land and water of direct and significant impact on coastal waters. Federal lands and facilities are excluded from the coastal zone and consistency review in accordance with federal legislation. However, should the federal government dispose of any coastal property; it would be included in the coastal zone.

Purpose:

To be used for GIS analysis and cartographic tasks.

Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: September, 2011

Currentness Reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency: Monthly

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -74.257782

East Bounding Coordinate: -73.723972

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.915875

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.491023

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword: Coastal zone

Theme Keyword: Waterfront

Theme Keyword: WRP

Place:

Place Keyword: New York City

Place Keyword: Manhattan

Place Keyword: Brooklyn

Place Keyword: Bronx

Place Keyword: Queens

Place Keyword: Staten Island

Use Constraints:

The Department of City Planning makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information or its suitability for any purposes. The Department and the City disclaim any liability for errors that may be contained herein.

Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: New York City Department of City Planning, Planning Coordination

Contact Position: BYTES of the BIG APPLE Coordinator

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade Street

City: New York

State or Province: NY

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 212.720.3505

Hours of Service: M-F, 9AM-5PM

Data Set Credit:

New York City Department of City Planning, Planning Coordination Waterfront and Open Space Division

Native Data Set Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

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Data Quality Information:

Attribute Accuracy:

Attribute Accuracy Report:

The Department of City Planning makes no assurances about the accuracy of these data.

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment:

Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment:

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

Quantitative Vertical Positional Accuracy Assessment:

Lineage:

Source Information:

Source Time Period of Content:

Source Currentness Reference:

ground condition

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Spatial Data Organization Information:

Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector

Point and Vector Object Information:

SDTS Terms Description:

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: G-polygon

Point and Vector Object Count: 5

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Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Planar:

Map Projection:

Map Projection Name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert Conformal Conic:

Standard Parallel: 40.666667

Standard Parallel: 41.033333

Longitude of Central Meridian: -74.000000

Latitude of Projection Origin: 40.166667

False Easting: 984250.000000

False Northing: 0.000000

Planar Coordinate Information:

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate Representation:

Abscissa Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate Resolution: 0.000000

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 Definition:

Altitude System Definition:

Altitude Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude Encoding Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed Description:

Entity Type:

Entity Type Label: nycb

Attribute:

Attribute Label: FID

Attribute Definition:

Internal feature number.

Attribute Definition Source:

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Boro

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Shape

Attribute Definition:

Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source:

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain:

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Shape_area

Attribute Definition:

Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute Definition Source:

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain:

Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Shape_len

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Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: New York City Department of City Planning

Contact Position: BYTES of the BIG APPLE Coordinator

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade Street

City: New York

State or Province: NY

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 212.720.3505

Resource Description: Downloadable Data

Standard Order Process:

Digital Form:

Digital Transfer Information:

Transfer Size: 0.522

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata Date: 20110919

Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: New York City Department of City Planning

Contact Position: BYTES of the BIG APPLE Coordinator

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade Street

City: New York

State or Province: NY

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 212.720.3505

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention: local time

Metadata Extensions:

Online Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Profile Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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