Land Use - Planning

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What does this data set describe?

Title: Land Use - Planning
Abstract:
Land use classification and residential information by parcel number from Department of Planning. This is a spatial join of land use data from Planning oined by blklot to the City Lots layer.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Planning, Department of , 20040429, Land Use - Planning.

    Online Links:

    • Server=tisent20; Service=5151; User=sfgis; Version=SDE.DEFAULT

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.516073
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.355861
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.833511
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.706018

  3. What does it look like?

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

    Calendar_Date: 29-Apr-2004
    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):

      • G-polygon (158103)

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

      The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.

      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 37.066667
      Standard_Parallel: 38.433333
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.500000
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 36.500000
      False_Easting: 6561666.666667
      False_Northing: 1640416.666667

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000115
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000115
      Planar coordinates are specified in survey feet

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
      Altitude_Encoding_Method:
      Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    SDE.SFGIS.PLANNING_LANDUSE

    OBJECTID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    SHAPE
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    BLKLOT
    Block and Lot Number (Source: Assessor)

    MAPBLKLOT
    Ground-level Block and Lot Number (Source: DTIS)

    LANDUSE
    Landuse Type (Source: City Planning)

    ValueDefinition
    CIECultural, Institutional ,Educational
    MIPSManagement Information Professional Services
    MIXEDMixed Use
    MIXEDRESMixed Use with any presence of Residential on the lot
    OPENSPACEMay include some city-owned property as well as parks
    PDRProduction, Distribution, Repair
    RESIDENTIAL 
    RETAIL/ENTRetail and Entertainment
    VACANT 
    VISITORTourist Hotel

    SHAPE..Area()

    SHAPE..Length()

Who produced the data set?

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

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

    Department of Planning

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

    Department of Telecommunications and Information Services
    875 Stevenson Street
    San Francisco, CA 94103
    USA

    415-554-0800 (voice)
    415-554-0886 (FAX)
    gis@sfgov.org

    Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm

Why was the data set created?

For use in land use analysis. Landuse values: CIE Cultural Institutional Educational; MIPS Management Information Professional Svcs; MIXED Mixed Use; MIXEDRES Mixed Use with any presence of Residential on the lot; OPENSPACE May include some city owned property as well as parks; PDR Production Distribution Repair; RESIDENTIAL; RETAIL/ENT Retail and Entertainment; VACANT; VISITOR Tourist Hotel

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 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: None.

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

    Department of Telecommunications and Information Services
    875 Stevenson Street
    San Francisco, CA 94606
    USA

    415-554-0800 (voice)
    415-554-0886 (FAX)
    gis@sfgov.org

    Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 11-Oct-2005
Metadata author:
Department of Telecommunications and Information Services
875 Stevenson St
San Francisco, CA 94606
USA

415-554-0800 (voice)
415-554-0886 (FAX)
gis@sfgov.org

Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Metadata extensions used:

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