• Metadata Information
• Resource Identification Information
• Spatial Representation Information
• Reference System Information
• Data Quality Information
• Distribution Information

Metadata elements shown with blue text are defined in the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) document 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata. Elements shown with green text are defined by ESRI and will be documented as extentions to the ISO 19115. Elements shown with a green asterisk (*) will be automatically updated by ArcCatalog.

Metadata Information

*Metadata language: English

*Metadata character set: utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

*Last update: 20050329

Metadata contact:

Individual's name: Statewide Database

Organization's name: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley

Contact's position: Administrator

Contact's role: point of contact

*Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset

*Scope name: dataset

*Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata

*Version of the metadata standard: DIS_ESRI1.0

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:

Title: California 2001 Congressional Districts

Reference date:

Date: 20030307

Type of date: creation

Edition date: 20030401

*Presentation format: digital map

Party responsible for the resource:

Individual's name: Statewide Database

Organization's name: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley

Contact's position: Administrator

Contact's role: point of contact

Themes or categories of the resource: boundaries

Theme keywords:

Keywords: Congressional, Districts, Statewide, Census, Redistricting

Place keywords:

Keywords: California, USA

Abstract:

A data for for the 2001 Congressional districts of California

*Dataset language: English

Resource constraints:

*Spatial representation type: vector

*Processing environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Resource's bounding rectangle:

*Extent type: Full extent in decimal degrees

*Extent contains the resource: Yes

*West longitude: -124.482003

*East longitude: -114.131211

*North latitude: 42.009518

*South latitude: 32.528832

Other extent information:

Geographic extent:

Bounding rectangle:

*Extent type: Full extent in the data's coordinate system

*Extent contains the resource: Yes

*West longitude: -124.482003

*East longitude: -114.131211

*North latitude: 42.009518

*South latitude: 32.528832

Spatial Representation - Vector:

*Level of topology for this dataset: geometry only

Geometric objects:

*Name: 2001congressional

*Object type: complexes

*Object count: 53

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:

*Value: GCS_Assumed_Geographic_1

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:

Level of the data: dataset

Lineage:

Lineage statement:

2001 Congressional Districts

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact information:

Individual's name: Statewide Database

Organization's name: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley

Contact's position: The Statewide Database (SWDB) is the redistricting database for the state of California.

Contact's role: resource provider

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: 510-642-9086

Fax: 510-642-3020

Address:

Delivery point:

109 Moses Hall MC 2370

City: Berkeley

Administrative area: CA

Postal code: 94720-2370

Country: United States

Available format:

*Format name: Shapefile

Format version: ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0

Transfer options:

*Transfer size: 2.417

Online source:

Online location (URL): http://swdb.berkeley.edu/pub/data/NORMALIZED/GEO/DECENNIAL2000/CNG_SHP.zip

Connection protocol: HTTP/TCPIP

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