2009073114070000FALSE20090526171223002009080310512300{0B258E8B-62E7-4D95-8591-1B942E35869A}Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850enGeographic Names. These are usually named locations found on 1:24,000 scaled USGS topographic quads.This is very helpful for a searchable index of locations, and for general cartography.Data derived from USGS Geonames, http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ file format: http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/states_fileformat.htmUS Geological SurveyApril, 2009CalGeoNames2009vector digital dataGeonames 2009http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/publication date4/2009In workAnnually-128.690798-0.00000090.000000-29.455104-380443.23380011744106.880800-604118.2514004614252.660700REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.GeonamesPlace NamesMapped location namesCAnonenoneFile Geodatabase Feature ClassUS Geological Survey, GeonamesMicrosoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850CalGeoNames2009-380443.233811744106.88084614252.6607-604118.25141-128.690798090-29.4551041enFGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local timeAlan KilgoreCalif State Parksphysical addressSacramentoCA95825

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916.651.1268Research Analyst II (GIS)20090803http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata ProfileISO 19115 Geographic Information - MetadataDIS_ESRI1.0datasetDownloadable Data002file://Local Area NetworkFile Geodatabase Feature ClassVectorSimplePointFALSE114515TRUEFALSEEntity point114515GCS_North_American_1983NAD_1983_California_Teale_Alberscoordinate pairmeters0.0001000.000100Albers Conical Equal Area34.00000040.500000-120.0000000.0000000.000000-4000000.000000North American Datum of 1983Geodetic Reference System 806378137.000000298.257222Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates0.000100NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers114515CalGeoNames2009Feature Class114515OBJECTIDOBJECTIDOID400Internal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.FEATURE_IDFEATURE_IDInteger400FEATURE_NAMEFEATURE_NAMEString25500FEATURE_CLASSFEATURE_CLASSString25500STATE_ALPHASTATE_ALPHAString25500COUNTY_NAMECOUNTY_NAMEString25500PRIM_LAT_DECPRIM_LAT_DECDouble800PRIM_LONG_DECPRIM_LONG_DECDouble800ELEVATIONELEVATIONInteger400ShapeShapeGeometry000Feature geometry.ESRICoordinates defining the features.Data generally identified on USGS 7.5' topographic quads. Each point includes a name (text string identifying the feature), and a feature class that aggregates similar features (aiports, locales, summits, etc.)20090803USGS1) Download text file from http://geonames.usgs.gov (pipe - delimited). 2) Import into MS Access, remove redundant fields. 3) Use add-xy to create feature class from lat/long coordinates. 4) export to file geodatabase within an Albers Equal Area NAD 1983. 5) Create shapefile from Geodatabase 6) Create layerfiles based on Feature Type categoriesArcMap 9.3.05/26/2009Alan KilgoreCalif State ParksResearch Analyst II (GIS)916.651.1268