DOQ Keyword Header Description
Domain descriptions in bold and marked with an asterisk (*)indicate standard USGS DOQ values.
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (6/8/94) data element name equivalents are
in brackets, e.g., [FGDC Metadata Element], in the Element Description column.
IDENTIFICATION
Keyword Element Description Type Domain/Example BEGIN_USGS_DOQ_HEADER data type
identification QUADRANGLE_NAME data set name
[Title] Quadrangle name + text(1) 7.5-minute cell name
e.g. "Half Moon Bay" QUADRANT Quadrant Quadrant directional if image is quarter-quadrangle
NW, NE, SE, SW WEST_LONGITUDE western-most boundary of the 3.75- or 7.5-minute quadrangle,
excluding overedge
[West Bounding Coordinate] compound numeric signed degrees, minutes, seconds
DDD MM SS.SSS
e.g. -110 03 45.000 EAST_LONGITUDE eastern-most boundary of the 3.75- or 7.5-minute quadrangle,
excluding overedge
[East Bounding Coordinate] compound numeric DDD MM SS.SSS
e.g. -110 00 00.000 NORTH_LATITUDE northern-most boundary of the 3.75- or 7.5-minute
quadrangle, excluding overedge
[North Bounding Coordinate] compound numeric DD MM SS.SSS
e.g. 38 03 45.000 SOUTH_LATITUDE southern-most boundary of the 3.75- or 7.5-minute quadrangle,
excluding overedge
[South Bounding Coordinate] compound numeric DD MM SS.SSS
e.g. 38 03 45.000 PRODUCTION_DATE the date the data was produced
[Publication Date] date YYYY MM DD
DISPLAY
Keyword Element Description Type Domain/Example RASTER_ORDER raster data order
[Format Information Content] text left_right/top_bottom* BAND_ORGANIZATION raster data
organization
[Format Information Content] text "single file" = single file
BIP = band interleaved by pixel*
BSQ = band sequential
BIL = band interleaved by line BAND_CONTENT data content of each band (repeat keyword as
necessary)
[Format Information Content] text BLACK&WHITE
RED
GREEN
BLUE BITS_PER_PIXEL bits per pixel of raster data
[Format Information Content] numeric 8 * SAMPLES_AND_LINES number of samples (columns) and
lines (rows)
[Row and Column Count] compound numeric SSSS LLLL
e.g. 6320 7665
REGISTRATION
Keyword Element Description Type Domain/Example HORIZONTAL_DATUM name of primary
horizontal datum
[Horizontal Datum Name] text NAD83 = North American Datum 1983*
NAD27 = North American Datum 1927
WGS72 = World Geodetic System 1972
WGS84 = World Geodetic System 1984
"Old Hawaii Datum"
"Puerto Rico Datum" HORIZONTAL_COORDINATE _SYSTEM coordinate system in which data is
presented
[Horizontal Datum Name] text UTM = Universal Transverse Mercator*
SPCS = State Plane Coordinate System
Geographic = geographic COORDINATE_ZONE coordinate system zone
[UTM Zone Number] numeric 1-60 = UTM zone numbers
Other coordinate system zone numbers HORIZONTAL_UNITS coordinate system units
[Planar System Units] text meters *
feet
"international feet"
"survey feet"
radians
"arc seconds" HORIZONTAL_RESOLUTION coordinate system (pixel) ground distance specified in
horizontal units
[Abscissa and Ordinate Resolution] numeric USGS DOQ default is 1.0 SECONDARY_HORIZONTAL
_DATUM name of the secondary horizontal datum
[Horizontal Datum Name] text NAD83 = North American Datum 1983
NAD27 = North American Datum 1927*
WGS72 = World Geodetic System 1972
WGS84 = World Geodetic System 1984
"Old Hawaii Datum"
"Puerto Rico Datum" XY_ORIGIN HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of upper left pixel in
HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[XY_ORIGIN does not have a FGDC metadata element counterpart but this data may be stored under
Supplemental_Information] compound numeric e.g. 676442.0 4152645.0 SECONDARY_XY_ORIGIN
SECONDARY_HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of upper left pixel in
HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[SECONDARY_XY_ORIGIN does not have a FGDC metadata element counterpart but this data may be
stored under
Supplemental_Information] compound numeric e.g. 676442.0 4152640.0
OTHER INFORMATION
Keyword Element Description Type Domain/Example NATION FIPS PUB 10-3 two-letter
nation code (repeat as necessary)
[Place_Keyword] text US, CA, MX STATE FIPS PUB 6-4 two-letter alpha State code. (repeat as
necessary)
[Place_Keyword] text e.g. CA NW_QUAD_CORNER_XY HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of
NW quadrangle corner in HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[NW_QUAD_CORNER_XY does not have a FGDC metadata element counterpart but this data may be
stored under
Supplemental_Information] compound numeric e.g. 473228.05 4400056.95 NE_QUAD_CORNER_XY
HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of NE quadrangle corner in HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[see NW_QUAD_CORNER_XY element description] compound numeric e.g. 478582.44 4400040.14
SE_QUAD_CORNER_XY HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of NW quadrangle corner in
HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[see NW_QUAD_CORNER_XY element description] compound numeric e.g. 478563.10 4393103.58
SW_QUAD_CORNER_XY HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of SW quadrangle corner in
HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[see NW_QUAD_CORNER_XY element description] compound numeric e.g. 473203.87 4393120.38
SECONDARY_NW_ QUAD_XY SECONDARY_HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of NW
quadrangle corner in HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[SECONDARY_NW_QUAD_XY does not have a FGDC metadata element counterpart but this data
may be stored under
Supplemental_ Information] compound numeric e.g. 473227.35 4399847.41 SECONDARY_NE_
QUAD_XY SECONDARY_HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of NE quadrangle corner in
HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[see SECONDARY_NW_QUAD_XY element description] compound numeric e.g. 478581.88 4399830.60
SECONDARY_SE_ QUAD_XY SECONDARY_HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of SE
quadrangle corner in HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[see SECONDARY_NW_QUAD_XY element description] compound numeric e.g. 478562.54 4392894.17
SECONDARY_SW_ QUAD_XY SECONDARY_HORIZONTAL_DATUM x and y coordinates of SW
quadrangle
corner in HORIZONTAL_UNITS
[see SECONDARY_NW_QUAD_XY element description] compound numeric e.g. 473203.17 4392910.07
RMSE_XY the relative horizontal accuracy of the DOQ in horizontal units
[Horizontal Accuracy Value] numeric e.g. 3.2 IMAGE_SOURCE description of the type of source data,
film or digital.
[Type of source media] text "Black & White film"
"CIR film"
"Natural Color film"
other - free text SOURCE_IMAGE_ID source image identification (repeat as necessary; the presence of
more than one source image id indicates that the DOQ is a mosaic.))
[Title] text for film source, this should include program identification, roll, and exposure number
e.g. "NAPP 2370-112" SOURCE_IMAGE_DATE the date of the source image
(repeat as necessary following SOURCE_IMAGE_ID)
[Calendar Date] date YYYY MM DD SOURCE_DEM_DATE the date the source DEM was produced
[Calendar Date] date YYYY MM DD AGENCY name of oversight agency
[Originator] text "U.S. Geological Survey"
"Western Mapping Center (WMC)" PRODUCER the name of the producer (USGS mapping centers will
include the center abbreviation; contractors will use their organization's name)
[Supplemental Information] text "Western Mapping Center (WMC)"
"John Doe Mapping Company" PRODUCTION_SYSTEM the names of the hardware and software,
including version numbers, used in the production of the DOQ
[Native Data Set Environment] text free text
e.g."DV1.2 3/93 OV1.1 04/93" COMPRESSION Compression technique and parameters: data format,
format version (this keyword is present only if the data is compressed)
[File Compression Technique] text line contains three fields:
compression format name
format version number
decompression name
e.g."CJPEG" "JFIFV1.01" "DJPEG" STANDARD_VERSION the date (if the version of the standard is
identified only by date) of the DOQ standard to which the file complies
[Format version date] date YYYY MM METADATA_DATE the date the metadata were created or last
updated
[Metadata Date] date YYYY MM DD DATA_FILE_SIZE the size of the data set in bytes including
header
[Native_Data_Set_Environment] numeric e.g. 54198774 BYTE_COUNT the size of the header, including
the associated blank fill, in bytes [no FGDC metadata equivalent, place under
Supplemental_Information] numeric e.g. 6076
END HEADER
Keyword Element Description Type Domain/Example END_USGS_HEADER
1. A text data type field must be enclosed in double quotation marks if it contains spaces. If more than
one text field is specified for a keyword (see COMPRESSION keyword example), each field must be
enclosed in double quotation marks.
Example Header
BEGIN_USGS_DOQ_HEADER *
QUADRANGLE_NAME "QUINCY WEST" 3.75 or 7.5-min.name*
QUADRANT NE quadrant indicator if cell size = 3.75minutes*
WEST_LONGITUDE -91 26 15.000 signed deg., min. & sec.*
EAST_LONGITUDE -91 22 30.000 signed deg., min. & sec.*
NORTH_LATITUDE 40 0 0.000 signed deg., min. & sec.*
SOUTH_LATITUDE 39 56 15.000 signed deg., min. & sec.*
PRODUCTION_DATE 1995 07 13 yyyy mm dd*
RASTER_ORDER LEFT_RIGHT/TOP_BOTTOM video display order*
BAND_ORGANIZATION "SINGLE FILE" single file or BSQ, or BIL or BIP*
BAND_CONTENT BLACK&WHITE black&white or red green blue*
BITS_PER_PIXEL 8 *
SAMPLES_AND_LINES 6076 7641 number of columns and rows*
HORIZONTAL_DATUM NAD83 primary horizontal datum*
HORIZONTAL_COORDINATE_SYSTEM UTM *
COORDINATE_ZONE 15 coordinate system zone number*
HORIZONTAL_UNITS METERS coordinate system units*
HORIZONTAL_RESOLUTION 1.0 coordinate system geometric resolu. in horiz. units*
SECONDARY_HORIZONTAL_DATUM NAD27 secondary horizontal datum*
XY_ORIGIN 633063.000 4429328.000 coord. of upper left pixel-pri. datum*
SECONDARY_XY_ORIGIN 633079.000 4429113.000 coor.-upper left pixel-sec datum*
NATION US nation code*
STATE IL state fips codes*
STATE MO state fips codes*
NW_QUAD_CORNER_XY 633377.438 4428926.385 X-Y coords. of pri. NW quad corner*
NE_QUAD_CORNER_XY 638712.782 4429021.805 X-Y coords. of pri. NE quad corner*
SE_QUAD_CORNER_XY 638839.205 4422084.460 X-Y coords. of pri. SE quad corner*
SW_QUAD_CORNER_XY 633498.995 4421989.077 X-Y coords. of pri. SW quad corner*
SECONDARY_NW_QUAD_XY 633380.942 4428716.377 X-Y coords. - sec. NW quad cor.*
SECONDARY_NE_QUAD_XY 638716.426 4428811.800 X-Y coords. - sec. NE quad cor.*
SECONDARY_SE_QUAD_XY 638842.847 4421874.579 X-Y coords. - sec. SE quad cor.*
SECONDARY_SW_QUAD_XY 633502.497 4421779.193 X-Y coords. - sec. SW quad cor.*
RMSE_XY 0.82 doq horiz. accuracy*
IMAGE_SOURCE "black & white film" b&w, color, infra-red or other*
SOURCE_IMAGE_ID "NAPP 2231- 2" source image identification*
SOURCE_IMAGE_DATE 1991 03 24 source image date as yyyy mm dd*
SOURCE_DEM_DATE 1995 07 00 source DEM date*
AGENCY "Western Mapping Center (WMC)" name of oversight agency*
PRODUCER "Western Mapping Center (WMC)" name of DOQ producer*
PRODUCTION_SYSTEM "DV1.2 03/93 OV1.1 04/93" name of the production HW & SW*
STANDARD_VERSION 1996 12 version of DOQ standard*
METADATA_DATE 1996 7 13 date created or changed, yyyy mm dd*
DATA_FILE_SIZE 46432792 data set size in bytes*
BYTE_COUNT 6076 header byte count*
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