USGS:Biology Biological Informatics Program Vegetation Characterization Program Friendship Hill National Historic Site Accuracy Assessment Metadata

Accuracy Assessment Metadata

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Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Publication_Date: 20051231

Title:

Accuracy Assessment Points used to Assess the Association-Level Vegetation Map of Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

<http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/frhi/index.html#accuracy_assessment_info>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: The Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report

Publication_Date: 20051231

Title:

Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Description:

Abstract:

Location of thematic accuracy assessment sampling points used in the vegetation classification and mapping of Friendship Hill National Historic Site.

Purpose:

To identify the locations of sampling points used assess the thematic accuracy of the Friendship Hill National Historic Site vegetation association map.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20051231

Currentness_Reference: 20051231

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Friendship Hill National Historic Site and environs

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.934016

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.914467

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.785866

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.763899

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: thematic accuracy assessment

Theme_Keyword: vegetation community classifcation

Theme_Keyword: vegetation association map

Theme_Keyword: National Park Service

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Frienship Hill National Historic Site

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Taxonomy:

Keywords/Taxon:

Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Taxonomic_Keywords: Standardized National Vegetation Classification System

Taxonomic_Keywords: vegetation classification

Taxonomic_Keywords: alliance

Taxonomic_Keywords: community association

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom

Taxon_Rank_Value: Plantae

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: The Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy

Contact_Position: Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 208 Airport Drive

City: Middletown

State_or_Province: Pennsylvania

Postal_Code: 17055

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (717) 948-3962

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (717) 948-3957

Data_Set_Credit:

Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: ESRI point geometry.

Completeness_Report:

Each accuracy assessment point is representaed by one point in the shapefile. All points fall within vegetation association polygons.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The USGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping Program protocols were followed to assess the thematic accuracy of the Friendship Hill National Historic Site vegetation map. A stratified random sampling approach was used, distributing the sampling effort across seven vegetation associations. Polygons labeled with modified Anderson level II categories and the polygons representing managed grasslands were not included in the thematic accuracy assessment sampling. The number of samples per association varied according to the rarity of the vegetation type, both in terms of number of polygons and polygon size. The distribution of sampling points among vegetation types was adjusted slightly from that recommended by the protocol to fit park-specific conditions. In general, the adjustments tended to weight the area covered by an association more heavily than the number of polygons contained in that association.

In order to randomly determine the location of these sampling points in the polygons, the random number generator function in Microsoft Excel was used to create 900 sets of random x,y coordinates that fell within the boundaries of Friendship Hill National Historic Site. These coordinates were imported into ArcView 3.2 and overlaid onto the vegetation map. The first pair of coordinates listed in the table of coordinates to fall within a polygon at least 50 m from the polygon boundary was selected. All other points that fell within that polygon were deleted. This procedure was carried out until all points were assigned.

Each accuracy assessment point was then located in the field using a Trimble Geo XM GPS unit during May and June 2005.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

C:\NPS 6 Parks\NPS 6 parks GIS\FONE GIS\WPC data points\fone_aa_points.shp.xml

Process_Date: 20050630

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\C-SPER~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml48.tmp

Process_Date: 20050630

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 47

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 17

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000004

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000004

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: frhi_veg_aa_2005

Entity_Type_Definition: attributes of shapefile table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AA_Obs_ID

Attribute_Definition: accuracy assessment point number

Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS four letter park code plus unique number

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: NPS four letter park code plus unique number

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Center for Biological Informatics

Contact_Position: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

United States Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics

Address: MS 302, Bldg 810, Room 8000

Address: Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303 202-4220

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303 202-4219

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303 202-4229

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov

Distribution_Liability:

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (if available) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such.

The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Any related graphics (if available) are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not approriate to use the related graphics as data.

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey and National Park Service.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: HTML

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/frhi/index.html#accuracy_assessment_info>

Access_Instructions: Internet Access

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051215

Metadata_Review_Date: 20071105

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics, MS 302,
Room 8000, Building 810, Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4219

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, 1998 Part 1: Biological Data Profile, 1999

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage:

<http://metadata.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Toolkit/Metadata/FGDC_Metadata/>

Profile_Name: Biological Data Profile FGDC-STD-001.1-1999