STOP SIGNS
Status: Completed in December 1996
SOURCE/CONVERSION METHODOLOGY
This data layer is developed by the University of Massachusetts/Boston students and the Brookline GIS staff in the Information Services Department. It is developed based upon the Boston Edison Company’s street centerlines, street edges, backs of sidewalks, building footprints and a list of stop signs maintained by the Town’s Department of Transportation. Field checking has been conducted to insure the quality of this GIS data layer.
COVERAGE NAME
STOPSIGN
FEATURE TYPE
POINTS
ATTRIBUTES
Point Attribute Table (stopsign.pat):
Arc: items stopsigns.pat| COLUMN | ITEM NAME | WIDTH | OUTPUT | TYPE* | N.DEC | ALTERNATE NAME | INDEXED? |
| 1 | AREA | 8 | 18 | F | 5 | - | |
| 9 | PERIMETER | 8 | 18 | F | 5 | ||
| 17 | STOPSIGNS# | 4 | 5 | B | - | ||
| 21 | STOPSIGNS-ID | 4 | 5 | B | - | - | |
| 25 | UPDATE | 10 | 10 | C | - | - |
* See Appendix G for detail
Sample record from the STOPSIGN point attribute table:
Arc: list stopsign.pat
161
AREA = 0.00000
PERIMETER = 0.00000
STOPSIGNS# = 161
STOPSIGNS-ID = 200
UPDATE = 12/05/96
COORDINATE SYSTEM
Massachusetts State Plane North America Datum (NAD) 83 Feet