Keywords
Theme:
block, economy, census, demographics
Place:
Kentucky
Description
Abstract
Census Blocks
Purpose
Census block information from 2000 U.S. Census
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Status of the data
Complete
Data update frequency: None planned
Data update frequency: None planned
Time period for which the data is relevant
Date and time:
2000
Description:
ground condition
Publication Information
Who created the data: Kentucky State Data Center, Center for Urban and Economic Research, College of Business and Public Administration, U. of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
Date and time:
Unknown
Publisher and place:
Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY
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Data storage and access information
File name: kyblocks2000
Type of data: vector digital data
http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/download/state/kyblocks2000.zip
Data processing environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Type of data: vector digital data
Location of the data:
Accessing the data
Size of the data: 11.763 MB
Data transfer size: 0.148 MB
Data transfer size: 0.148 MB
Constraints on accessing and using the data
Access constraints:
None
Use constraints:
None
Details about this document
Contents last updated: 20030902
at time 12240100
Who completed this document
Dan Carey
Kentucky Geological Survey
mailing and physical address:
859-257-5500 (voice)
859-257-1147 (fax)
carey@uky.edu
Kentucky Geological Survey
mailing and physical address:
Kentucky Geological Survey
228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0107
859-257-5500 (voice)
859-257-1147 (fax)
carey@uky.edu
Standards used to create this document
Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention used in this document: local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information
ESRI Metadata Profile: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
ESRI Metadata Profile: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
ESRI Metadata Profile: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention used in this document: local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information
Horizontal coordinate system
Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_StatePlane_Kentucky_FIPS_1600_Feet
Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_North_American_1983
Details
Grid Coordinate System Name: State Plane Coordinate System
SPCS Zone Identifier: 65509560
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Standard Parallel: 37.083333
Standard Parallel: 38.666667
Longitude of Central Meridian: -85.750000
Latitude of Projection Origin: 36.333333
False Easting: 4921250.000000
False Northing: 3280833.333333
Standard Parallel: 38.666667
Longitude of Central Meridian: -85.750000
Latitude of Projection Origin: 36.333333
False Easting: 4921250.000000
False Northing: 3280833.333333
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Distance Units: survey feet
Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution: 0.004096
Ordinate Resolution: 0.004096
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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Bounding coordinates
Horizontal
In decimal degrees
West:
-89.704676
East:
-81.884459
North:
39.151671
South:
36.457037
In projected or local coordinates
Left: 3798864.191510
Right: 6018308.864084
Top: 4307128.318387
Bottom: 3348834.496973
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Spatial data quality
Horizontal positional accuracy
Locations verified personally on map or in field with global positioning
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Spatial data description
Vector data information
ESRI description
kyblocks2000
ESRI feature type: Simple
Geometry type: Polygon
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 3157
Spatial Index: FALSE
Linear referencing: FALSE
Geometry type: Polygon
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 3157
Spatial Index: FALSE
Linear referencing: FALSE
SDTS description
kyblocks2000:
G-polygon, 3157
Feature class: SDTS feature type, feature count
Details for Census Blocks, 2000
Type of object: Feature Class
Number of records: 3157
Attributes
FID
Alias: FID
Data type: OID
Width: 4
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
Definition:
Data type: OID
Width: 4
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
Definition:
Internal feature number.Definition Source:
ESRI
Shape
Alias: Shape
Data type: Geometry
Width: 0
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
Definition:
Data type: Geometry
Width: 0
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
Definition:
IDDefinition Source:
ESRI
ID
Alias: ID
Data type: Number
Width: 8
Data type: Number
Width: 8
FIPSSTCO
Alias: FIPSSTCO
Data type: String
Width: 5
Data type: String
Width: 5
TRACT
Alias: TRACT
Data type: String
Width: 6
Data type: String
Width: 6
GROUP
Alias: GROUP
Data type: String
Width: 1
Data type: String
Width: 1
STFID
Alias: STFID
Data type: String
Width: 12
Data type: String
Width: 12