Identification Information:

Citation:

Originator: New York City Department of City Planning

Publication Date:July, 2008

Title: New York City Fire Battalions

Edition: 08A

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: BYTES of the BIG APPLE

Issue Identification: 08A

Publication Information:

Publisher: New York City Department of City Planning

Other Citation Details:

No major changes since previous version.

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

Description:

Abstract:

The service area boundaries for New York City's fire battalions.

Purpose:

These districts were created by the Department of City Planning to aid city agencies in administering public services.

Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: April, 2008

Currentness Reference:

ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency: Quarterly

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -74.257465

East Bounding Coordinate: -73.699450

North Bounding Coordinate: 40.915808

South Bounding Coordinate: 40.495805

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword: Fire Battalion

Theme Keyword: Fire District

Theme Keyword: Fire Department

Theme Keyword: Fire Company

Theme Keyword: FDNY

Theme Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place Keyword: New York

Place Keyword: New York City

Place Keyword: Manhattan

Place Keyword: Staten Island

Place Keyword: Brooklyn

Place Keyword: Bronx

Place Keyword: Queens

Access Constraints: The data are freely available to all New York City agencies and the public.

Use Constraints:

While all possible measures have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this data, the NYC Department of City Planning and the City of New York assume no responsibility for the accuracy of this data. All users should independently verify the accuracy of the data for their purposes.

Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: NYC Department of City Planning

Contact Position: BYTES of the BIG APPLE Coordinator

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade St, 5N

City: New York

State or Province: NY

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 212.720.3505

Native Data Set Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

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Data Quality Information:

Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:

The District files are created from the Department of City Planning LION file of the same release. The LION file is spatially aligned with NYCMap aerial photography.

Lineage:

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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: 49

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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: 0.000256

Ordinate Resolution: 0.000256

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

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Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed Description:

Entity Type:

Entity Type Label: nyfc

Attribute:

Attribute Label: OBJECTID

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: FireBN

Attribute Definition:

The battalion number servicing the district

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:

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 Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

22 Reade St.

City: New York

State or Province: New York

Postal Code: 10007

Country: USA

Contact Instructions:

Available at the following website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml

Resource Description: Downloadable Data

Standard Order Process:

Digital Form:

Digital Transfer Information:

Transfer Size: 0.437

Fees: Free

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata Date: 20050203

Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person 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 St, 5N

City: New York

State or Province: New York

Postal Code: 10007

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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