Police Station Locations in King County

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• What does this data set describe?
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  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?
• Who produced the data set?
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  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
• Why was the data set created?
• How was the data set created?
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  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
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  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 data, including topology?
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• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How might this data set be cited?
   County, King, 20050922, Police Station Locations in King County: 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: -122.472102
   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.354825
   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.768548
   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.194616
   

3. What does it look like?

   http://www5.kingcounty.gov/sdc/DataImages/kcp_loc.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: 24-Jan-2023

   Currentness_Reference:

   ground condition

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):
      • Entity point (64)
   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 0.0003280833333333333
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0003280833333333333
      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.KCSO.kcp_loc_point

   Point entity data table (Source: ESRI)

   OBJECTID

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

   NAME

   Unique feature name Mixed text, no abbreviations

   ABB_NAME

   Abbreviated name for feature Mixed case

   ADDRESS

   Street address Mixed case

   FEATURE_ID

   Unique feature identifier Integer

   CITY

   City name for street address Mixed case

   STATE_NAME

   State abbreviation for street address Two-letter abbreviation

   ESITE

   Unique ADDRESS_POINT identifier Unique 1 to 7-digit text value

   WEBSITE

   Website for feature URL in standard http format

   ZIPCODE

   Zipcode for street address 5-digit text value

   PIN

   Property Identification Number for parcel 10-digit value as text

   MAJOR

   Major Number portion of PIN First 6-digits of PIN as text

   MINOR

   Minor Number portion of PIN Last 4-digits of PIN as text

   DISTRICT

   Police district 2-character jurisdictional abbreviation

   FAC_CLASS

   NEWSTA

   E N X Y

   RESOLUTION

   Comment on accuracy of location Mixed text phrase

   CODE

   Feature class code 65 Police Station

   PHONE

   Area code and phone number of facility Form (###) ###-####

   Shape

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

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 Sheriff's Office/Public Safety

   Attn: Miranda Brewer

   GIS Specialist-Journey, Communications Center

   3511 NE 2nd St

   Renton, WA
   

   US

   (206) 205-7600 (voice)

Why was the data set created?

Location of various jurisdictional police stations

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   (process 1 of 7)

   Derived from COMMON_INTEREST master table based on CODE = 65. Business table attributes are attached.

   (process 2 of 7)

   Updates provided by Miranda Hett. Feature attributes modified, some features removed and one new feature addded. Schema changes applied: New items - PHONE, CITY, STATE_NAME

   Date: 14-Apr-2011 (process 3 of 7)

   Feature attributes updated, including but not limited to ESITE and WEBSITE. Data sources used in this process:

   • \\gisimage\images\allworkspaces\COMMON_INTEREST\MetadataStorageOnly\kcp_loc.xml

   Date: 22-Nov-2011 (process 4 of 7)

   Newcastle police station location updated. Minor corrections to descriptive attributes for other features.

   Date: 24-Jun-2014 (process 5 of 7)

   New location for Kirkland PD, and corrected location for Bellevue PD

   Date: 14-Jul-2016 (process 6 of 7)

   Various updates performed. Some street address corrections, but mostly website links updated. Four Creeks Storefront Four Creeks 16422 SE 128th St removed.

   Date: 06-Apr-2017 (process 7 of 7)

   Numerous updates to website URLs. UW PD office and KCSO White Center storefront relocations.

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
   

   US

   206-263-5220 (voice)
2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? /plibrary2/pubsafe/shapes/point/kcp_loc.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: 24-Jan-2023

Metadata author:

King County GIS Center

Attn: Mike Leathers

GIS Data Coordinator

201 S Jackson St, Suite 700

Seattle, WA

US

206-263-4867 (voice)

firstname.lastname@kingcounty.gov

Metadata standard:

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