How does the data set describe geographic features?
gw_data_source.dbf Data_source_ID ValueDefinition DNRP HIST PVYR SKCH USGS WDOE WDOH WLRD Data_source ValueDefinition Historic – unknown source King County DNRP King County WLRD Seattle – KC Health U.S. Geological Survey WA Ecology WA Health Water Purveyor Data_source_desc ValueDefinition Historic Data – original source and quality of data unknown King County – Department of Natural Resources and Parks King County – Water and Land Resource Division of DNRP Public Water System Purveyor – Group A or B Seattle – King County Health Department U. S.
Geographic featureA geographic feature is any relatively permanent part of the natural or manmade landscape or seascape that has recognizable identity within a particular cultural context. The primary attributes of a geographic feature are name and location. (Source: Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997 (
Shapefile dbf attribute filePolygon identifier and descriptive attributes (Source: Software assigned and user indexed) idSequential identifier by dataset group (Source: User-defined) four-digit integer abbrevShort-phrase description of dataset name (Source: User-defined) alphanumeric nameFull name of raster/image data set (Source: User-defined) alphanumeric descGeneral summary description of the dataset and its derivative products (Source: User-defined) alphanumeric Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Each polygon is provided with descriptive attributes to allow on-inspection identification of the dataset to which it refers. The description in the ‘desc’ item is not meant as a substitute for the data set metadata.
