Description: Geographic Names for the State of Hawaii as of September 2024. (Data current / last edited in GNIS December 2023). Downloaded by the Hawaii Statewide GIS Program from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) September 3, 2024 (https://www.usgs.gov/u.s.-board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data). The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public. The GNIS is the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government; and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products of all types. The Geographic Names Information System contains information about physical geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, current and historical, but not including cultural features, roads and highways. The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. Other attributes include names or spellings other than the official name, feature designations, feature classification, historical and descriptive information. The database assigns a unique, permanent feature identifier, the Feature ID, as a standard Federal key for accessing, integrating, or reconciling feature data from multiple data sets. The GNIS provides data to all levels of government and to the public, as well as to numerous applications through a web query site and file download services. For additional information, please refer to metadata at https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/geonames.pdf or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, Hi. 96804; (808) 587-2846; email: gis@hawaii.gov; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.
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Description: Moku (Historic Land Divisions), including names with diacritical marks. Source: State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), December 2020. Derived by dissolving ahupuaa boundaries on moku name. See also ahupuaa GIS layer. For additional information, please refer to complete metadata at https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/moku.pdf or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, HI 96804; (808) 587-2846; email: gis@hawaii.gov; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.
Copyright Text: Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaii Statewide GIS Program
Description: Ahupuaa (Historic Land Divisions), including names with diacritical marks. Source: Original layer: Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), October, 2009.
Updates: April, 2017: spellings and diacritical marks verified and corrected by DLNR, SHPD; March 2021: Several additional attribute value corrections provided by DLNR SHPD; February 2024: Ahupuaʻa ʻo Maunalua and Kuliʻouʻou (Oʻahu) added and included in the moku ʻo Kona. Prior version had the entire area labeled as the ahupuaʻa ʻo Waimānalo in the moku ʻo Koʻolaupoko. Please see complete metadata referenced below for details.
For additional information, please refer to complete metadata at https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/ahupuaa.pdf or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, HI 96804; (808) 587-2846; email: gis@hawaii.gov; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.
Copyright Text: Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaii Statewide GIS program