LandCover_key -- National Land Cover Data Set key

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey EROS data center

Publication_Date: 2000

Title: LandCover_key -- National Land Cover Data Set key

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://www.epa.gov/mrlc/nlcd.html>

Description:

Abstract:

This tabular file contains land cover class definitions for the raster spatial layer 'Land_Cover'. The definitions can be related using the attribute "VALUE".

Purpose:

To provide land cover information to users working in the upper Washita River basin.

Supplemental_Information:

Attribute definitions: 1 Open water 3 Low-intensity residential 4 High-intensity residential 5 Commercial/Industrial/Transportation 6 Bare rock/sand/clay 7 Quarries/strip mines/gravel pits 8 Transitional 9 Deciduous forest 10 Evergreen forest 11 Mixed forest 12 Shrubland 13 Grasslands/herbaceous 14 Pasture/Hay 15 Row crops 16 Small grains 18 Urban/recreational grasses 19 Woody wetlands 20 Emergent herbaceous wetlands

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1992

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Western-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.

East_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Eastern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.

North_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Northern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.

South_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Southern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.

Keywords:

Theme:

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints: None.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Carol Becker

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 202 NW 66th, bldg. 7

City: Oklahoma City

State_or_Province: OK

Postal_Code: 73116

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 405 810-4400

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cjbecker@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The land cover descriptions were formatted in a tabular file format, imported into the Geodatabase and metadata written.

Process_Date: June 2006

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Carol Becker

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 202 NW 66th, bldg. 7

City: Oklahoma City

State_or_Province: OK

Postal_Code: 73116

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 405 810-4400

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: LandCover_key

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

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: VALUE_

Attribute_Definition: Land cover value

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPTIO

Attribute_Definition: Description of land cover

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Land Cover Dataset

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070208

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Carol Becker

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 202 NW 66th, bldg. 7

City: Oklahoma City

State_or_Province: OK

Postal_Code: 73116

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 405 810-4400

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cjbecker@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile