City of Oakland data set: Plan Areas

Who maintains the data for this layer: Frank Kliewer, OPB

Data Maintainer Phone: (510) 238-4779

Who converted the data into a GIS format: Julia Howlett

GIS Technician Phone: unlisted

Size of GIS layer (KB): 212

Size of export file (KB): 172

Where is the layer stored (on the k-drive): k:\gisdata\cadas\planarea.e00

This GIS layer was last updated on: 10/25/96

This metadata was last updated on: 3/20/97

This layer's FGDC category description is: Governmental Units

Data Set Description: This layer delineates the planning areas in the City of Oakland, as designated by the Office of Planning and Building. Planning areas are useful for dividing large datasets into more manageable sizes--for example, the parcels are subdivided along planning area boundaries.

Non-standard Attributes in table:

• U_ID: Provides the user with a unique indentfying number for each polygon in the layer.
• NAME: Name of planning area. (e.g. Lower Hills)

Data Source History: CH2M Hill delivered this layer to OCIS without documentation. The file was in Arc/Info format and contained splined annotation of the planning area names.

Quality Check: Julia Howlett corrected irregularities to the Planning area dataset during her work with parcel libraries. The planning area boundary separating the Fruitvale area from the San Antonio area divided parcels and had to be realigned along rear lot lines.

Security restrictions: No security restrictions

Update Frequency: No scheduled updates

Update process: Update process is not yet defined

Last update: 26 September, 2007.     Copyright © 2007 Jonathan W. Lowe.     All Rights Reserved.