Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: (compiler): Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Originator: (creator): U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 19960101 Title: PLACES_POINTS_USGS_IN: Populated Places points in Indiana (United States Geological Survey, 1:24000, Point Shapefile) Edition: Geographic Names Information System, Phase II Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Evansville, IN Publisher: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Other_Citation_Details: Dataset is one layer in the Indiana Statewide GIS Database funded by Indiana Department of Transportation. Original Data is from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). To find out more about the USGS, GNIS visit http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis. Data was not developed by the creators with any relationship to the Indiana Statewide GIS Database. Online_Linkage: http://igs.indiana.edu/arcims/statewide/download.html Description: Abstract: The shapefile Places_points_usgs_in is a point shapefile showing the locations and attribute values of populated places extracted from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) developed by the USGS. The dataset contains populated places named on USGS 1:24000 quadrangles and other source map data. Consider using this file along with places_polygon files. Purpose: BROAD, GENERAL information for planning, development, and research in Indiana US Geological Survey, GNIS metadata reports - "The purpose of the GNIS data base development was to promote geographic feature name standardization and to serve as an official repository of domestic geographic names information. The use of GNIS information varies, and has a wide range of applications. The broad categories of use include emergency preparedness, local transportation planning, regional planning, product marketing, site selection and analysis, genealogical research, and toponymic problem solving requiring the use and analysis of geographic names." Supplemental_Information: Data is from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Unknown Ending_Date: present Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.0157 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.8562 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.5276 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.3724 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geography Network Keyword Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: location Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: populated places Theme_Keyword: cities Theme_Keyword: towns Theme_Keyword: suburbs Theme_Keyword: urban Theme_Keyword: developed Theme_Keyword: subdivisions Theme_Keyword: Geographic Names Information System Theme_Keyword: GNIS Theme_Keyword: U. S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Indiana Place_Keyword: Adams County Place_Keyword: Allen County Place_Keyword: Bartholomew County Place_Keyword: Benton County Place_Keyword: Blackford County Place_Keyword: Boone County Place_Keyword: Brown County Place_Keyword: Carroll County Place_Keyword: Cass County Place_Keyword: Clark County Place_Keyword: Clay County Place_Keyword: Clinton County Place_Keyword: Crawford County Place_Keyword: Daviess County Place_Keyword: Dearborn County Place_Keyword: Decatur County Place_Keyword: DeKalb County Place_Keyword: Delaware County Place_Keyword: Dubois County Place_Keyword: Elkhart County Place_Keyword: Fayette County Place_Keyword: Floyd County Place_Keyword: Fountain County Place_Keyword: Franklin County Place_Keyword: Fulton County Place_Keyword: Gibson County Place_Keyword: Grant County Place_Keyword: Greene County Place_Keyword: Hamilton County Place_Keyword: Hancock County Place_Keyword: Harrison County Place_Keyword: Hendricks County Place_Keyword: Henry County Place_Keyword: Howard County Place_Keyword: Huntington County Place_Keyword: Jackson County Place_Keyword: Jasper County Place_Keyword: Jay County Place_Keyword: Jefferson County Place_Keyword: Jennings County Place_Keyword: Johnson County Place_Keyword: Knox County Place_Keyword: Kosciusko County Place_Keyword: Lagrange County Place_Keyword: Lake County Place_Keyword: LaPorte County Place_Keyword: Lawrence County Place_Keyword: Madison County Place_Keyword: Marion County Place_Keyword: Marshall County Place_Keyword: Martin County Place_Keyword: Miami County Place_Keyword: Monroe County Place_Keyword: Montgomery County Place_Keyword: Morgan County Place_Keyword: Newton County Place_Keyword: Noble County Place_Keyword: Ohio County Place_Keyword: Orange County Place_Keyword: Owen County Place_Keyword: Parke County Place_Keyword: Perry County Place_Keyword: Pike County Place_Keyword: Porter County Place_Keyword: Posey County Place_Keyword: Pulaski County Place_Keyword: Putnam County Place_Keyword: Randolph County Place_Keyword: Ripley County Place_Keyword: Rush County Place_Keyword: Scott County Place_Keyword: Shelby County Place_Keyword: Spencer County Place_Keyword: Starke County Place_Keyword: Steuben County Place_Keyword: St Joseph County Place_Keyword: Sullivan County Place_Keyword: Switzerland County Place_Keyword: Tippecanoe County Place_Keyword: Tipton County Place_Keyword: Union County Place_Keyword: Vanderburgh County Place_Keyword: Vermillion County Place_Keyword: Vigo County Place_Keyword: Wabash County Place_Keyword: Warren County Place_Keyword: Warrick County Place_Keyword: Washington County Place_Keyword: Wayne County Place_Keyword: Wells County Place_Keyword: White County Place_Keyword: Whitley County Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: DATA DISCLAIMER This is a small scale national database and positional error may exist. Use has shown that some features are not included. Use should be limited to broad planning and information, however, completeness and horizontal position issues prohibit this digital file from replacing field review for final decision making. This data set was compiled by Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, using data believed to be accurate; however, a degree of error is inherent in all data. This product is distributed "AS-IS" without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of suitability of a particular purpose or use. No attempt has been made in either the designed format or production of these data to define the limits or jurisdiction of any federal, state, or local government. These data are intended for use only at the published scale or smaller and are for reference purposes only. They are not to be construed as a legal document or survey instrument. A detailed on-the-ground survey and historical analysis of a single site may differ from this data. CREDIT Please acknowledge USGS. The Geographic Names Information System was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Contact_Person: Neal Schroeder Contact_Position: Geographer, Environmental Planner Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 6200 Vogel Road City: Evansville State_or_Province: IN Postal_Code: 47715-4006 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nschroeder@blainc.com Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm CST Data_Set_Credit: Indiana Statewide GIS database was produced under an Indiana Department of Transportation contract. Data is from the USGS, Geographic Names Information System. US Geological Survey requests - " Please acknowledge USGS. The Geographic Names Information System was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names." Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates querried the points to see if places appeared in the county of there attributes. They found that 26 of the 3461 places were outside the county of their attribute. 11 of these were very near the county line (1), 12 were inside an adjacent county (2), and 3 were more than one county away (3) as noted in the field "accuracy". It is unknown if the error lies in the position or the county attribute. US Geological Survey, GNIS metadata reports - "A random sample of 10% of the entries in the system were visually verified against the compilation source data (large-scale USGS topographic maps) to ensure an accuracy rate of at least 95%." Logical_Consistency_Report: US Geological Survey, GNIS metadata reports - "Locative references (geographic coordinates, topographic map, and county) are cross-checked for logical consistency." Completeness_Report: Unknown, but completeness seems to be limited to mostly features named on 1:24000 USGS Quadrangles. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: See comments on attribute accuracy that relate to position error as well. US Geological Survey, GNIS metadata reports - "Accuracy of these digital data is based upon the use of source graphics which are compiled to meet National Map Accuracy Standards. Comparison to the graphic source is used as control to assess digital positional accuracy." Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No quantitative tests were performed. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 19920101 - 19961231, various Title: 1:24,000-scale topographic maps Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: unknown Ending_Date: present Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Quads Source_Contribution: Names and attribute information Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Board on Geographic Names Publication_Date: Unpublished material Title: Records of the U.S. BGN Type_of_Source_Media: card files Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1932 Ending_Date: present Source_Currentness_Reference: creation date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USBGN Source_Contribution: Names and attribute information Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Forest Service Publication_Date: unknown Title: U.S. Forest Service 1:24,000-scale topographic maps Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: unknown Ending_Date: present Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USFS Source_Contribution: Names and attribute information Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 19960101 Title: IN_deci, Geographic Names Information system, Indiana Feature Names Edition: Phase II Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_of_Source_Media: comma delimited text file Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: unknown Ending_Date: present Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GNIS Source_Contribution: Names, attributes, and coordinate information Process_Step: Process_Description: US Geological Survey, GNIS metadata reports - "GNIS was originally developed on a mainframe computer under General Information Processing System (GIPSY), a text processor developed by the University of Oklahoma. The system was comprised of three databases: the National Geographic Names Database (NGNDB), the Topographic Map Names Database (TMNDB), and the Reference Database (RDB). The largest of the three databases, the NGNDB, contained the feature name records for nearly 2 million geographic features. The NGNDB was organized by State, with separate and distinct files being maintained for each State or territory. The TMNDB was an inventory of the USGS topographic maps used in compiling Phase I of the NGNDB, and the RDB contained annotated bibliographies of the sources used during Phase II compilation. Data compilation for the GNIS NGNDB database began in 1968 when geographic names data for Massachusetts were collected and digitally archived. In 1976, geographic names data for Kansas and Colorado were collected to determine the feasibility of compilation on a national scale. After analysis and a favorable evaluation of this pilot project, geographic names data for the remaining States and territories were compiled from 1978 to 1982. The initial compilation, known as Phase I, is now complete, and the system contains entries for named features shown on USGS topographic maps with the exception of roads and highways. Large-scale maps were used during Phase I (i.e., the majority of the names were compiled from 1:24,000-scale, 7.5-minute USGS topographic maps). The 1:62,500-scale maps or the 1:250,000-scale maps were used when no 1:24,000-scale maps existed. After Phase I was complete, the geographic names records were compared against the BGN's accumulated records. Some variant names and other BGN related data were added at this time. In 1993, an effort to redesign GNIS using Oracle was initiated. The TMNDB was the first database to be converted to Oracle and was renamed the Geographic Cell Names Database (GCNDB). The GCNDB has moved from an inventory of published maps to a list of approved names for spatially referenced USGS National Mapping Division (NMD) products. Following the conversion of the TMNDB, the NGNDB was converted to Oracle. Individual State and territory files were merged into one Oracle table. The RDB was incorporated into Oracle as a separate table. The Oracle version of GNIS became the official database management system in 1995. The GCNDB serves the GNIS, NMD data production systems and NMD product generation systems. Phase 1 entailed the collection of feature names from USGS large-scale topographic maps, U.S. Forest Service maps, Office of Coast Survey charts, Federal Aviation Administration files, Federal Communications Commission files, and files of the Army Corps of Engineers. These data were compared to the records of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Accuracy of these digital data was based upon the use of source graphics which are compiled to meet National Map Accuracy Standards. Comparison to the graphic source was used as control to assess digital positional accuracy. During this phase II, geographic names and associated information are collected from official State and local maps and documents. Also, a wide variety of other approved sources, including historical documents, are used to complete the data collection. The Geographic Names Information System is resident on a Sun Enterprise 4000 computer. It uses Sun Solaris Version 2.6 as its operating system. The system contains approximately 1.5 million records, averaging 500 bytes in length." Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS Quads, USBGN, USFS Process_Date: 19960101 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: GNIS Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Roger L. Payne Contact_Position: Chief, Branch of Geographic Names Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 523 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: Virginia Postal_Code: 20192 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-4544 Contact_Electronic _Mail_Address: rpayne@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 0730-1700 Process_Step: Process_Description: GNIS feature data for Indiana was downloaded from the USGS FTP site. Data tables were reformatted to DBASE IV and added to ArcView 3.2 as an event theme using the primary latitude and primary longitude as reference. Place points in Indiana were extracted by query from all features statewide. The file was transformed from geographic to UTM 16, NAD83. The file was then checked to see how well the county of position and the county in the attributes agreed. Results of this error test were added to a new field named "accuracy". Fields for feature type, state, source coordinates, and primary coordinates in dm were deleted from original data. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GNIS Process_Date: 20030508 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: PLACES_POINTS_USGS_IN Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Contact_Person: Cinda Bonds Contact_Position: Environmental Biologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 6200 Vogel Road City: Evansville State_or_Province: IN Postal_Code: 47715 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 812-479-6200 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262 Contact_Website: www.blainc.com Hours_of_Service: 0800-1700 CST Process_Step: Process_Description: The following fields were deleted from the dbf table using ESRI ArcView 3.2 because the fields provided little or no information: StFips, and Accuracy. The file was saved as a UTM 16, NAD83 projection. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: PLACES_POINTS_USGS_IN Process_Date: 20030729 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: PLACES_POINTS_USGS_IN Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Contact_Person: Neal Schroeder Contact_Position: Environmental Planner/Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 6200 Vogel Road City: Evansville State_or_Province: IN Postal_Code: 47715 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 812-479-6200 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262 Contact_Website: www.blainc.com Process_Step: Process_Description: This metadata was pre-parsed and parsed using CNS (Chew and Spit. v 2.6.1) and MP (Metadata Parser, v 2.7.1) software written by Peter N. Schweitzer (United States Geological Survey). The errors generated by MP were all addressed and corrected, except that no values were assigned to "Abscissa_Resolution" and "Ordinate_Resolution." Process_Date: 20031107 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Contact_Person: Neal Schroeder Contact_Position: Geographer, Environmental Planner Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 6200 Vogel Road City: Evansville State_or_Province: IN Postal_Code: 47715-4006 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nschroeder@blainc.com Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm CST Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Indiana Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3461 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 16 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -87.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: Ordinate_Resolution: Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.26 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: places_points_usgs_in.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None Attribute: Attribute_Label: Name Attribute_Definition: Place Name Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: County Attribute_Definition: Indiana County Name Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Co_fips Attribute_Definition: County FIPS Code Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Elev Attribute_Definition: Elevation Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Est_pop Attribute_Definition: Estimated population Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Pri_lat_dd Attribute_Definition: Primary Latitude (decimal degrees) Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Pri_lon_dd Attribute_Definition: Primary Longitude (decimal degrees) Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric Field Attribute: Attribute_Label: Quadrangle Attribute_Definition: Name of 7.5' USGS Quad Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Geographic Information Name System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Contact_Position: Environmental Division Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 6200 Vogel Road City: Evansville State_or_Province: IN Postal_Code: 47715-4006 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262 Contact_Website: www.blainc.com Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm CST Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: No claims to accuracy are made on this data. 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Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20030517 Metadata_Review_Date: 20040407 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates Contact_Person: Cinda Bonds Contact_Position: Environmental Biologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical address Address: 6200 Vogel Road City: Evansville State_or_Province: IN Postal_Code: 47715-4006 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-423-7411 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 812-479-6262 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cbonds@blainc.com Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm CST Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: This metadata file is intended to accompany the data set identified and received from the BLA/IGS. It should not to be altered or summarized. BLA/IGS does not support secondary distribution. 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