Admin lines feature class (Admin_Lines)

Package availability: Essential, Advanced, Premier

The Admin_Lines feature class stores linear administrative boundaries as links with a preferred name for display. This layer is useful for cartography where a linear representation is preferable over a polygon boundary, such as for internal state boundaries that don't include the coast.

For a description of the attributes OBJECTID, Shape, GlobalID, and Shape_Length, see Esri® system fields.

Field name Data type Description
NAME String (100) The name of the administrative area
LANGUAGE_CODE String (3) Standard code for the language associated with the feature name
NAME_LATIN String (100) The name of the administrative area, using Latin character set
LANGUAGE_CODE_LATIN String (3) Standard code for the language associated with the feature name, using Latin character set
FEATURE_TYPE Integer (4) The standard feature type code for this boundary type
FEATURE_TYPE_DESC String (50) The standard feature type description for this boundary type
ADMIN_PLACE_ID Integer (4) Unique ID for the administrative area. This is a foreign key to the Admin table
CONTROLLED_BY String (3) Indicates which country is in control of the area according to international agreements in disputed areas. This attribute is empty in non-disputed areas
CLAIMED_BY String (3) Indicates which country claims an administrative area boundary in a disputed territory. This attribute is empty in non-disputed area
COVERAGE_INDICATOR String (2) Indicates a product level that corresponds to the inclusion of database features. It also indicates verification and completeness for a particular feature in the database. For a list of possible values, see Coverage indicator definitions
DETAILED_CITY String (1) This attribute specifies whether the railway is part of a Detailed City coverage area.
  • Y- Polygon fully part of DETAILED_CITY coverage area
  • N - Polygon fully not DETAILED_CITY coverage area
  • P - Part of the polygon is DETAILED_CITY coverage are, part of it isn't
LINE_OF_CONTROL String (1) Identifies administrative boundaries (links) that represent internationally accepted boundaries, but are located in an area under dispute.
  • Y- Country or state boundary link is an internationally accepted boundary in a disputed area
  • N - Country or state boundary link represents a standard, non-disputed country boundary
ISO_COUNTRY_CODE String (3) ISO 3 character country code