2015 City Consortium Orthophotography for KC - 0.25 and 0.50 ft GSD

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• What does this data set describe?
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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
  3. What does it look like?
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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?
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Title:

2015 City Consortium Orthophotography for KC - 0.25 and 0.50 ft GSD

Abstract:

The dataset consists of tiled orthogonal imagery produced from nadir images captured by Pictometry International.

1. How should this data set be cited?

   International, Pictometry, 20150722, 2015 City Consortium Orthophotography for KC - 0.25 and 0.50 ft GSD.

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.570272

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.120290

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.986473

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.110552

3. What does it look like?

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

   Beginning_Date: 17-Feb-2015

   Ending_Date: 21-Jun-2015

   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):

      • GT-polygon composed of chains (1)

   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 0.0003280833333333334
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.0003280833333333334
      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?

   WA King Buffered Tiling Community Sectors-SP83_WAN_NAD83_HARN_USFT

   Orthogonal Imagery (Source: Pictometry International Corp.)

   OBJECTID

   Internal feature number. (Source: Esri)

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   Shape

   Feature geometry. (Source: Esri)

   Coordinates defining the features.

   Shape_Length

   Length of feature in internal units. (Source: Esri)

   Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

   Shape_Area

   Area of feature in internal units squared. (Source: Esri)

   Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

   MosaicID

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

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   Pictometry International Corp.
   Customer Support
   100 Town Centre Drive
   Rochester, New York 14623
   US
   

   585-486-0093 (voice)
   585-486-0098 (FAX)
   

   Hours_of_Service: 0900-1700 EST

This ortho-mosaic is a visualization product and is not intended or valid for authoritative or definitive use, nor is it suitable for submittal to the USGS for funding reimbursement in such programs.

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   disc (source 1 of 1)

   International, Pictometry, 20150722, WA King Buffered Tiling Community Sectors-SP83_WAN_NAD83_HARN_USFT.

   Type_of_Source_Media: hardDisk

   Source_Contribution: N/A

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

   Date: unknown (process 1 of 2)

   GPS/INS processing: Data was post-processed using NGS CORS base station data.

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   Pictometry International Corp.
   Customer Support
   Suite A
   Rochester, New York 14623
   US
   

   585-486-0093 (voice)
   585-486-0098 (FAX)
   

   Hours_of_Service: 0900-1700 EST

   Date: unknown (process 2 of 2)

   Mosaicing: Mosaicing was performed using Pictometry software

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   Pictometry International Corp.
   Customer Support
   Suite A
   Rochester, New York 14623
   US
   

   585-486-0093 (voice)
   585-486-0098 (FAX)
   

   Hours_of_Service: 0900-1700 EST

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

   International, Pictometry, 20150722, WA King Buffered Tiling Community Sectors-SP83_WAN_NAD83_HARN_USFT.

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?

   Unknown

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

   Dataset is orthoimagery. Logical consistency is not applicable.

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

Access_Constraints:

Access to this dataset is constrained by the relevant Pictometry International Corp. license agreement

Use_Constraints:

Use of this dataset is constrained by the relevant Pictometry International Corp. license agreement

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

   Pictometry International Corp.
   Customer Support
   100 Town Centre Drive
   Rochester, New York 14623
   US
   

   585-486-0093 (voice)
   585-486-0098 (FAX)
   

   Hours_of_Service: 0900-1700 EST

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

   reg_15ncity.gdb\reg_15ncity

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   Distribution of this dataset is constrained by the relevant Pictometry International Corp. license agreement

4. How can I download or order the data?

Dates:

Last modified: 21-Nov-2019

Metadata author:

Pictometry International Corp.
Customer Support
100 Town Centre Drive
Rochester, New York 14623
US

585-486-0093 (voice)
585-486-0098 (FAX)

Hours_of_Service: 0900-1700 EST

Metadata standard:

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