USGS:Biology Biological Informatics Program Vegetation Characterization Program Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Boundary Metadata

Boundary 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: US DOI-NPS-DEWA

Publication_Date: 19991116

Title: DEWA_boundary

Edition: 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Milford, PA

Publisher: US DOI-NPS-DEWA

Other_Citation_Details: none

File_or_Table_Name: DEWA_boundary

Online_Linkage:

<http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/dewa/index.html#geospatial_veg_info>

Description:

Abstract:

This boundary shapefile shows the full extent of the permitted lands of the Recreation Area. No distinction is made between NPS lands and other ownerships.

Purpose: Planning and reference.

Supplemental_Information: This data should not be used to determine property disputes.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19991116

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.1701

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.7462

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.3430

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.9406

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Delaware Water Gap National Recretion Area, Bushkill, PA 18324

Local_Bounding_Coordinates:
Left_Bounding_Coordinate: 485802.106053
Right_Bounding_Coordinate: 521263.117222
Bottom_Bounding_Coordinate: 4532205.320688
Top_Bounding_Coordinate: 4577234.016090

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: boundary

Theme_Keyword: permitted boundary

Theme_Keyword: park boundary

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Bushkill, PA

Place_Keyword: Dingmans Ferry, PA

Place_Keyword: Milford, PA

Place_Keyword: Kittatinny

Place_Keyword: Worthington State Forest

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: PA

Place_Keyword: NJ

Place_Keyword: Delaware Water Gap N.R.A.

Place_Keyword: Delaware Water Gap, PA

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: Not for legal determination of property ownership.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: US DOI-National Park Service

Contact_Person: Leslie Morlock

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 294 Old Milford Road

City: Milford

State_or_Province: PA

Postal_Code: 18337

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 570.296.6952

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 570.296.4706

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Leslie_Morlock@nps.gov

Hours_of_Service: 1000-1600

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: 100% accurate.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology was created using Arc/INFO.

Completeness_Report: Full extent of permitted boundary of DWGNRA.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Derived from US Army-Corps of Engineers property tract mapping, circa 1967.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

US Army - Corps of Engineers - North Atlantic Division - Philadelphia District

Publication_Date: 19670619

Title:

Real Estate - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Sheets 1-124)

Edition: unknown

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher:

US Army - Corps of Engineers - North Atlantic Division - Philadelphia District

Other_Citation_Details: A total of 124 map sheets were used to compile the dataset.

Source_Scale_Denominator: 4800

Type_of_Source_Media: Mylar

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19670619

Ending_Date: 19790824

Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition.

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Tract maps

Source_Contribution: Permitted boundary.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The mylar copies of the tract maps were digitized in SAGIS and then converted into Arc/INFO.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: tract maps

Process_Date: 1989

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: dbndy

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: US DOI-National Park Service

Contact_Person: Leslie Morlock

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 294 Old Milford Road

City: Milford

State_or_Province: PA

Postal_Code: 18337

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 570.296.6952

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 570.296.4706

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Leslie_Morlock@nps.gov

Hours_of_Service: 1000-1600

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3

ESRI_Terms_Description:
ESRI_Feature_Type: Simple
ESRI_Feature_Geometry: Polygon
ESRI_Topology: FALSE
ESRI_Feature_Count: 3
Spatial_Index: TRUE
Linear_Referencing: FALSE

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 18

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000

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: 0.000001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000001

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: DEWA_boundary

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Entity_Type_Type: Feature Class

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: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Software computed

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area of the polygon in square meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: Originator

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 93194.181368

Range_Domain_Maximum: 279167212.297

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of the polygon in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: Originator

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1914.204835

Range_Domain_Maximum: 172322.08158

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HECTARES

Attribute_Definition: Area of the polygon in hectares

Attribute_Definition_Source: Originator

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 9.319418

Range_Domain_Maximum: 27916.72123

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACRES

Attribute_Definition: Area of the polygon in acres

Attribute_Definition_Source: Originator

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 23.029537

Range_Domain_Maximum: 68985.977867

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: unknown

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

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

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/dewa/index.html#geospatial_veg_info>

Access_Instructions: Internet Access

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050824

Metadata_Review_Date: 20080728

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