Connecticut US Congress Districts is a 1:100,000-scale, polygon feature-based layer that defines the Reapportionment of US Congressional District boundaries as reflected in the 2011Plan of Congressional Districting for the State of Connecticut. Attribute information is comprised of codes that identify individual U.S Congressional Districts.
For additional information, contact the Connecticut General Assembly or the Connecticut Secreatary of State.
US Congress Redistricting Plan date
US Congressional Districts for Connecticut represented as polygon features. (Source: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly)
Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)
Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)
US Congressional District (Source: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly)
US Congressional District Number (Source: State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly)
The US Congressional District Number ranges from 1 to 5, uniquely identifies each district, and is stored as both text and numeric attribute values in the DISTRICT and NDISTRICT fields, respectively.
State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly (data compiler, editor and publisher)
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Connecticut US Congress Districts Districts is not intended for maps printed at map scales greater or more detailed than 1:100,000 scale (1 inch = 1.578 mile).
This data source is a shapefile named Special Master Draft Plan.shp with district boundaries defined in Geographic Coordinates (latitute and longitude), North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). It was downloaded from the Connecticut State Assembly website.
This data source is a shapefile named US_Congress_Districts.shp with district boundaries defined in the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System, NAD83. Map units are in feet.
US_Congress_Disctricts is in GeoDatabase Feature Class format.
Datum conversion - Using ArcGIS software, the shapefile named Special Master Draft Plan.shp, having a file date of January 12, 2012, was converted from geographic coordinates to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System of 1983 (NAD83) to create shapefile named US_Congress_Districts.shp.
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Convert to GeoDatabase Feature Class format - Defined new Feature Class named US_Congress_Districts and imported the attribute definitions, loaded features and imported metadata from US_Congress_Districts.shp shapefile. Spatial Reference Properties for Feature Class: Coordinate System: NAD_1983_StatePlane_Connecticut_FIPS_0600_Feet XY Domain MinX: 100000; MaxX: 2247483.645 XY Domain MinY: 200000; MaxY: 2347483.645 Precision: 1000
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All attributes have valid values.
The horizontal positional accuracy of this data is unknown.
The data is complete and reflects the 2011 US Congressional District boundaries for the State of Connecticut at 1:100,000 scale.
Polygon features conform to the following topological rules. Polygons are single part. There are no duplicate polygons. Polygons do not self overlap. Polygons do not overlap other polygons. It is not known whether automated procedures or other software tests or topology rules were performed to guarantee desired topology other than visual inspection.
No restrictions or legal prerequisites for using the data. The data is suitable for use at appropriate scale, and is not intended for maps printed at scales greater or more detailed than 1:100,000 scale (1 inch = 1.578 mile). Although this data set has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata. When printing this data on a map or using it in a software application, analysis, or report, please acknowledge the State of Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as the source for this information. For example, include the following data source description when printing this layer on a map: US Congressional Districts - From the US Congress Districts layer, compiled and published by the CT General Assembly and CT DEEP. Source map scale is 1:100,000.
79 Elm Street
Although this data set has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata.
| Data format: | in format Shapefile, Feature Class (version ArcGIS) |
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| Network links: | http://www.ct.gov/deep |
The data distributor does not provide custom GIS analysis or mapping services. Data is available in a standard format and may be converted to other formats, projections, coordinate systems, or selected for specific geographic regions by the party receiving the data.
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