Transit Facility Planner Districts in King County

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• What does this data set describe?
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  3. What does it look like?
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  5. What is the general form of this data set?
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  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
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  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 data, including topology?
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What does this data set describe?

1. How might this data set be cited?
   County, King, 20181225, Transit Facility Planner Districts in King County: King County, King County, WA.

   Online Links:

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

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.567546
   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.063492
   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.168325
   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.073215
   

3. What does it look like?

   http://www5.kingcounty.gov/sdc/DataImages/FacPlanDist.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: 26-Dec-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 (0)
   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 0.00025
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.00025
      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.TRANSIT.FacPlanDist_area_xml

   Facility Planner District (Source: King County Metro)

   OBJECTID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI) Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   PLANNERS

   Name of the planner. (Source: King County Metro) Strings First and Last Name.

   DISTRICT

   Name of District (Source: King County Metro) Mixed Case of Strings

   PHONE

   Phone number of planner. (Source: King County Metro) area code and phone number

   DISTABBV

   Abbreviation for Facility Planner District (Source: King County Metro) 1 or 2 characters abbreviation of DISTRICT in capital letter.

   SHAPE

   Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI) Coordinates defining the features.

   SHAPE.STArea()

   SHAPE.STLength()

   Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: It tells Planner names and phone numbers
   

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 Transportation, Metro Transit Division, GIS Group

   Attn: Trang Bui

   GIS Specialist

   201 S Jackson St

   Seattle, WA
   

   US

   206-477-5750 (voice)

   trang.bui@kingcounty.gov

   Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday
   

Why was the data set created?

Determines which Transit Route Facilities District Planner is responsible for bus stops, bus stop signage, shelters, benches and other on-street facilities within a district. Used by Route Facilities for field work and planning, including, but not limited to, stop balancing, bus stop improvements, and identifying locations that warrant shelter installations or removal . Used by other work groups and agencies to identify a contact for questions about a specific location. Used by transit operators to have a point of contact when bus stop problems are identified in the field

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: 03-Oct-2012 (process 1 of 1)

   Created on 10/3/12 by Trang Bui.

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

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
   
   King County Dept. of Transportation, Metro Transit Division, GIS Group

   Attn: Trang Bui

   GIS Specialist

   201 S Jackson St

   Seattle, WA
   

   US

   206-477-5750 (voice)

   trang.bui@kingcounty.gov
2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? /plibrary2/transportation/shapes/polygon/facplandist.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?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 10-Jul-2020

Metadata author:

King County Dept. of Transportation, Metro Transit Division, GIS Group

Attn: Trang Bui

GIS Specialist

201 S Jackson St

Seattle, WA

US

206-477-5750 (voice)

trang.bui@kingcounty.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday

Metadata standard:

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