Legislative Districts Number (50k) Annotation Feature Class

Frequently-anticipated questions:

• What does this data set describe?
  1. How should this data set be cited?
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
  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?
• Who produced the data set?
  1. Who are the originators of the data set?
  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?
  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
  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 data, including topology?
• How can someone get a copy of the data set?
  1. Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
  2. Who distributes the data?
  3. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
  4. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
  5. How can I download or order the data?
• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How should this data set be cited?

   King County DOT - Road Services, 20090501, Legislative Districts Number (50k) Annotation Feature Class.

   Online Links:

   • None

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.524206

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.147753

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.774903

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.239332

3. What does it look like?

   <http://www5.kingcounty.gov/sdc/DataImages/roadlog_legdist_50k.jpg> (JPEG)

   JPG image of representative portion of layer

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

   Calendar_Date: 01-May-2009

   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 (50)

   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?

   RoadsGIS.RSDMAINT.Roadlog_legdist_50k_Anno

   Annotation feature class (Source: King County)

   OBJECTID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   FeatureID

   For feature-linked annotation contains the ObjectID of the linked feature (Source: ESRI)

   ZOrder

   Unused at this time (Source: ESRI)

   AnnotationClassID

   The annotation class the annotation belongs to (Source: ESRI)

   Element

   BLOB field that stores symbology and text geometry (Source: ESRI)

   SymbolID

   The symbol in the symbol table (Source: ESRI)

   Status

   Whether the feature is placed or unplaced (Source: ESRI)

   TextString

   The text string for the feature (Source: ESRI)

   FontName

   The name of the font, e.g., Arial (Source: ESRI)

   FontSize

   The size of the font (Source: ESRI)

   Bold

   Boolean whether fond is bold (Source: ESRI)

   Italic

   Boolean whether font is italic (Source: ESRI)

   Underline

   Boolean whether font is underlined (Source: ESRI)

   VerticalAlignment

   Vertical alignment of the text - top, center,baseline, bottom (Source: ESRI)

   HorizontalAlignment

   Horizontal alignment of the text - left,right,center,full (Source: ESRI)

   XOffset

   Shifts the text position right or left (Source: ESRI)

   YOffset

   Shifts the text position up or down (Source: ESRI)

   Angle

   Rotates the text angle (Source: ESRI)

   FontLeading

   Adjusts the spacing between line (Source: ESRI)

   WordSpacing

   Adjusts the spacing between words (Source: ESRI)

   CharacterWidth

   Adjusts the character width (Source: ESRI)

   CharacterSpacing

   Adjusts the spacing between characters (Source: ESRI)

   FlipAngle

   Adjusts the angle at which point rotated text is flipped in place (Source: ESRI)

   Override

   Non-editable field maintained by ArcGIS (Source: ESRI)

   SHAPE

   Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

   Coordinates defining the features.

   SHAPE.area

   Area of feature (Source: ESRI)

   SHAPE.len

   Length of feature (Source: ESRI)

Who produced the data set?

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

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   King County Department of Transportation - Road Services Division
   c/o Tamara Davis
   GIS and IT Project Manager
   201 S Jackson
   Seattle, WA 98104
   US
   

   (206) 684-2118 (voice)
   (206) 296-0566 (FAX)
   tamara.davis@kingcounty.gov
   

   Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Why was the data set created?

To provide annotation (text) for the creation of the King County Road Index Maps

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   (source 1 of 1)

   Type_of_Source_Media: None

   Source_Contribution:

   Suchatri Yesuwan - King County DOT - Road Services, Jeffery Gregg- King County DOT - Road Services, Toni Carpenter - KCGIS Center,

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

   Date: 01-Dec-2008 (process 1 of 3)

   Posted to King County enterprise GIS database

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   King County DOT - Road Services
   c/o Jeffery Gregg
   Engineer III
   201 S Jackson St
   Seattle, WA 98104
   US
   

   206-296-3715 (voice)
   206-296-0567 (FAX)
   jeffery.gregg@kingcounty.gov
   

   Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

   Date: 01-Dec-2008 (process 2 of 3)

   This data was created by converting labels from attribute information (non feature linked) into an annotation feature class.

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   King County DOT - Road Services
   c/o Jeffery Gregg
   Engineer III
   201 S Jackson St
   Seattle, WA 98104
   US
   

   206-296-3715 (voice)
   206-296-0567 (FAX)
   jeffery.gregg@kingcounty.gov
   

   Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

   Data sources used in this process:

   • water

   Date: 01-Dec-2008 (process 3 of 3)

   Preformed extensive quality control check.

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   King County DOT - Road Services
   c/o Jeffery Gregg
   Engineer III
   201 S Jackson St
   Seattle, WA 98104
   US
   

   206-296-3715 (voice)
   206-296-0567 (FAX)
   jeffery.gregg@kingcounty.gov
   

   Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

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
   c/o Cheryl Wilder
   Data Sales Coordinator
   201 S Jackson St, Suite 700
   Seattle, WA 98104
   US
   

   206-263-5220 (voice)
   

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

   /plibrary/transportation/roadlog_legdist_50k.lyr

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:	ArcGIS LYR file
     Network links:	None

   • 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: 26-Nov-2012

Metadata author:

King County Dept of Transportation - Road Services
c/o Tamara Davis
GIS and IT Project Manager
201 S Jackson St
Seattle, WA 98104
US

(206) 684-2118 (voice)
(206) 296-0566 (FAX)
tamara.davis@kingcounty.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Metadata standard:

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