Rural Towns Designated in King County Comprehensive Plan

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• What does this data set describe?
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  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
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  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
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• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How should this data set be cited?

   County, King, 20110210, Rural Towns Designated in King County Comprehensive Plan: King County, King County, WA.

   Online Links:

   • <http://www5.kingcounty.gov/gisdataportal/Default.aspx>

   Other_Citation_Details: None

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.474975

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.410423

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.576221

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.412147

3. What does it look like?

   <http://www5.kingcounty.gov/sdc/DataImages/rural_town.jpg> (JPG)

   JPG File of layer overlain on base of WA counties or local cities

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Calendar_Date: 06-Apr-2018

   Currentness_Reference: publication date

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • GT-polygon composed of chains (3)

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Washington North FIPS 4601 Feet.

      Projection parameters:

      Standard_Parallel: 47.5

      Standard_Parallel: 48.73333333333333

      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.8333333333333

      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 47.0

      False_Easting: 1640416.666666667

      False_Northing: 0.0

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0002500000409781933
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0002500000409781933
      Planar coordinates are specified in foot_us

      The horizontal datum used is D North American 1983 HARN.
      The ellipsoid used is GRS 1980.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222101.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   maint.DDES.rural_town_area

   Polygon featureclass (Source: ESRI)

   CPLU

   Comprehensive Plan Land Use Code (Source: ESRI)

   Value	Definition
   rt	Rural Town

   EDITDATE

   Most recent date the feature was edited. (Source: DDES)

   MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM

   USERID

   User who most recently edited feature. (Source: DDES)

   Generally last name plus first initial.

   OBJECTID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   Shape

   Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

   Coordinates defining the features.

   TOWN_NAME

   Community Name (Source: DDES)

   Mixed case string

   Shape.area

   Feature area in square feet (Source: ESRI)

   Double value

   Shape.len

   Feature edge length in feet (Source: ESRI)

   Double value

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • King County

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   King County Dept. of Environmental Services
   Attn: Paul McCombs
   GIS Data Team Lead
   900 Oakesdale Ave SW
   Renton, WA 98055-1219
   US
   

   206-263-4867 (voice)
   

Why was the data set created?

This layer was created from the comprehensive plan land use layer to allow rural towns to be mapped and labled with their community names

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   Date: 06-Apr-2018 (process 1 of 1)

   The Vashon Town was amended by ORD# 18623 on 2017-12-04 to remove the exclusion for Ober Park. This update removed that exclusion and was aligned for parcel adjustments in Fall City and Snoqualmie Pass.

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

1. How well have the observations been checked?

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

King County data are made available with the understanding that they shall be used exclusively by the obtainer or his/her authorized agents. Digital products may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form or by any means without the express written authorization of King County.

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
   KCGIS Center
   Attn: Cheryl Wilder
   Data Sales Coordinator
   201 S Jackson St, Suite 700
   Seattle, WA 980914
   US
   

   206-296-7258 (voice)
   

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   /plibrary2/planning/shapes/polygon/rural_town.shp

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   King County disclaims any warranty of use of any digital product or data beyond that for which it was designed.

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	ESRI Shapefile

   • Cost to order the data:

     Contact KCGIS Client Services for the cost of reproduction - <http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/GIS/GISData/GISDataDistribution.aspx>

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 06-Apr-2018

Metadata author:

King County GIS Center
Attn: Paul McCombs
Permitting GIS Program Manager
900 Oakesdale Ave SW
Renton, WA 98055-1219
US

206-296-7258 (voice)
firstname.lastname@kingcounty.gov

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)