17 Jun
2003
17 Jun
'03
10:45 a.m.
Elaine and Ed:
On Friday, the Office of Management and Budget released
the list of revised
definitions of Metropolitan Areas, and new definitions of Micropolitan and
Combined Statistical Areas.
Are there commonly-accepted abbreviations for Metropolitan Statistical Area
and Micropolitan Statistical Area? The OMB circular did not indicate any.
MSA won't work anymore; they could be MeSA and MiSA, which are a little
cryptic, or MetroSA and MicroSA, which are a little long.
Peter
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17 Jun
17 Jun
11:21 a.m.
New subject: [CTPP] Metropolitan/Micropolitan definitions from OMB released
I've started using MSA and mSA.
John
John McClain
Senior Fellow, Center for Regional Analysis
School of Public Policy, George Mason Univ.
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Elaine and Ed:
On Friday, the Office of Management and Budget released
the list of
revised
definitions of Metropolitan Areas, and new definitions
of Micropolitan
and
Combined Statistical Areas.
Are there commonly-accepted abbreviations for Metropolitan Statistical
Area
and Micropolitan Statistical Area? The OMB circular did not indicate
any.
MSA won't work anymore; they could be MeSA and MiSA, which are a little
cryptic, or MetroSA and MicroSA, which are a little long.
Peter
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Peter Van Demark
Director of GIS Products and Training Phone: 617-527-4700
Caliper Corporation Fax: 617-527-5113
1172 Beacon Street E-mail: peter(a)caliper.com
Newton MA 02461-9926 Web site: http://www.caliper.com
11:49 a.m.
New subject: [CTPP] Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Area Abbreviations
John:
I've started using MSA and mSA.
I like that! Very elegant. Let us see what officialdom has decreed. If they
haven't, they should adopt these abbreviations for Metropolitan Statistical
Area and Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Peter
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Peter Van Demark
Director of GIS Products and Training Phone: 617-527-4700
Caliper Corporation Fax: 617-527-5113
1172 Beacon Street E-mail: peter(a)caliper.com
Newton MA 02461-9926 Web site: http://www.caliper.com
12:19 p.m.
New subject: [CTPP] Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Area Abbreviations
I like it too!
One consideration.
Care would have to be taken when working with the two names as values in
metadata, given that sometimes metadata is ported in and out of
mainframe applications, and/or systems that may or may not recognize case
differences.
While the circumstances that could cause a problem are rarer and rarer these
days, I wonder if an added "bit" of caution
is in order. Using "MiSA" would solve the problem and would be pronounced
differently than MSA - dropping a syllable in fact.
Thinking of future graduate students, since "Mice-a" are a "small-a"
than a
"MeSA" it would also be easier to remember which
is the smaller unit.
Peter J. Foote
Project Oversight Coordinator
Resource Planning Group
Strategic Planning Department
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Planning & Development Division
Chicago Transit Authority
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Chicago, IL 60607
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Subject: RE: [CTPP] Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Area Abbreviations
John:
they
I've started using MSA and mSA.
I like that! Very elegant. Let us see what officialdom has decreed. If haven't, they should adopt these abbreviations
for Metropolitan
Statistical
Area and Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Peter
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