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This page last updated: 04/09/2007
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
| Originator | State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission, Geographic Information Systems Office |
| Abstract | This file represents the Legislative Boundaries for Minnesota House of Representatives. Boundaries for the districts stayed the same through the 1990's. This version contains 1998 election results. |
| Browse Graphic | View a sample of the data. |
| Time Period of Content Date | 1998 |
| Currentness Reference | |
| Access Constraints | None |
| Use Constraints | |
| Distributor Organization | State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission, Geographic Information Systems Office |
| Ordering Instructions | FTP download: To download the entire file, point your browser to: ftp://ftp.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/pub/gis/shape/elec98hse.zip Choose the option to save this file to disk and designate a local location |
| Online Linkage | Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" in Section 6 of this metadata. |
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1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information
| Section 1 | Identification Information | Top of page | ||
| Originator | State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission, Geographic Information Systems Office | |||
| Title | State of Minnesota Legislature - House of Representatives District Boundaries - 1998 | |||
| Abstract | This file represents the Legislative Boundaries for Minnesota House of Representatives. Boundaries for the districts stayed the same through the 1990's. This version contains 1998 election results. | |||
| Purpose | For mapping and analysis of information by state legislative boundary areas. | |||
| Time Period of Content Date | 1998 | |||
| Currentness Reference | ||||
| Progress | Complete | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | As needed | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Minnesota, Statewide | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -97.5 -89.0 49.5 43.0 |
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| Place Keywords | Minnesota, Statewide | |||
| Theme Keywords | boundaries, Legislative Districts, Voting Boundaries, Vote, Minnesota House of Representatives, Minnesota Senate | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | ISO 19115 Topic Category | |||
| Access Constraints | None | |||
| Use Constraints | ||||
| Contact Person Information | Lee Meilleur,
Legislative Coordinating Commission, Geographic Information Systems Office Room 85, State Office Building, 100 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: E-mail: lee.meilleur@commissions.leg.state.mn.us | |||
| Browse Graphic | View a sample of the data. | |||
| Browse Graphic File Description | ||||
| Associated Data Sets | State of Minnesota Legislature - Senate District Boundaries - 1998. See http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/metadata/elec98sen.html |
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| Section 2 | Data Quality Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Attribute Accuracy | District Codes verified. | |||
| Logical Consistency | Yes | |||
| Completeness | Complete | |||
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | ||||
| Lineage | From U.S. Census Dept. TIGER 1992 boundary files; legal boundaries established, 1994. 1998 election result information was added to the file. | |||
| Source Scale Denominator | 100000 | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Native Data Set Environment | Arc/INFO 7.1.1 | |||
| Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | ||||
| Spatial Object Type | Vector | |||
| Vendor Specific Object Types | Polygon | |||
| Tiling Scheme | None. State file | |||
| Section 4 | Spatial Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | UTM | |||
| Ellipsoid | GRS80 | |||
| Horizontal Datum | NAD83 | |||
| Horizontal Units | Meters | |||
| Distance Resolution | ||||
| UTM Zone Number | 15E | |||
| Section 5 | Entity and Attribute Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Entity and Attribute Overview | In Minnesota, each state Senate district is broken into two House of Representatives districts. Each House of Representatives district code is made up of the Senate district numeric code, plus an 'A' or a 'B' representing the house district subdivisions. A few legislative districts are made up of more than one polygon (9B, 11B, 23A, 24A) Boundary locations for the file, elec98hse, are the same as for previous versions of the file (hse94). New data fields have been added to the database to track 1998 voting results. |
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| Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation | The files, elec98hse.dbf, contains the following unique data fields: DISTRICT - House of Representatives district code (House District code = Senate district number + 'A' or 'B' for the House district subdivision) PARTY - Party of Representative, 1998 VOTES_CAST - Number of votes cast in the district in the 1998 election PERCENT_VO - Percent of votes DISTNUM - Senate district number GENDER - Gender of Representative, 1998 LAST_NAME - Last name of Representative, 1998 FIRST_NAME - First name of Representative, 1998 SENDIST - Senate district number PARTY_GEN - Combination of Party field and gender field, 1998 |
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| Section 6 | Distribution Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Publisher | State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission, Geographic Information Systems Office | |||
| Publication Date | 1998 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Lee Meilleur State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission, Geographic Information Systems Office Room 85, State Office Building, 100 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: E-mail: lee.meilleur@commissions.leg.state.mn.us |
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| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | elec98hse | |||
| Distribution Liability | The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The GIS Data were developed by the LCC - GIS Office for its own internal business purposes. The LCC - GIS Office does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the GIS Data. You should consult the data documentation for this particular GIS Data to determine the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features. If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, the GIS Data must include a copy of this disclaimer. | |||
| Transfer Format Name | Arc Export or Shapefile | |||
| Transfer Format Version Number | 7.1.1 | |||
| Transfer Size | 4.9 MB as zipped shapefile | |||
| Ordering Instructions | FTP download: To download the entire file, point your browser to: ftp://ftp.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/pub/gis/shape/elec98hse.zip Choose the option to save this file to disk and designate a local location |
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| Online Linkage | Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above. | |||
| Section 7 | Metadata Reference Information | Top of full metadata | Top of page | |
| Metadata Date | 04/09/2007 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Lee Meilleur,
State of Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission, Geographic Information Systems Office Room 85, State Office Building, 100 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: E-mail: lee.meilleur@commissions.leg.state.mn.us |
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| Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |||
| Metadata Standard Version | 1.2 | |||
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm | |||
This page last updated: 04/09/2007