Glacier Bay Habitat polygons Edition: (Volume I, Version 1.0, 2005)

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What does this data set describe?

Title:
Glacier Bay Habitat polygons Edition: (Volume I, Version 1.0, 2005)
Abstract:
This file is a subset of the original data extracted from the NOAA Coastline Extractor, <http://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast/>.

Supplemental_Information:
Additional information about the field activities from which this data set was derived are available online at

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.

  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Cochrane, Guy R. , Harney, Jodi, Dartnell, Pete, Golden, Nadine, and Chezar, Hank, 2005, Glacier Bay Habitat polygons Edition: (Volume I, Version 1.0, 2005):.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Cochrane, Guy R. , Harney, Jodi, Dartnell, Pete, Golden, Nadine, and Chezar, Hank, 2005, Geologic Characteristics of Benthic Habitats, Glacier Bay, Southeast Alaska, Volume I Edition: 1.0: Open-File Report USGS OFR 2006-1081, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Santa Cruz, CA.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -137.150910
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -135.625164
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.097298
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 58.322444

  3. What does it look like?

    <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1081/images/glacierbay_coastline.html> (JPEG)
    JPEG image of coast line for Glacier Bay, Alaska.

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 2005
    Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • String (796)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_8N.

      Projection parameters:
      Straight-Vertical_Longitude_from_Pole: -135
      Standard_Parallel: 0.999600
      False_Easting: 500000.000
      False_Northing: 0.000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000128
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000128
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic ReferenceSystem 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.2572222.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

    FID Alias: FID Data type: OID Width: 4 Precision: 0 Scale: 0 Definition: Internal feature number. Definition Source: ESRI

    Shape Alias: Shape Data type: Geometry Width: 0 Precision: 0 Scale: 0 Definition: Feature geometry. Definition Source: ESRI

    FID_largen Alias: FID_largen Data type: Number Width: 9

    AREA Alias: AREA Data type: Number Width: 15 Number of decimals: 3

    PERIMETER Alias: PERIMETER Data type: Number Width: 15 Number of decimals: 3

    NOAA_GL_ Alias: NOAA_GL_ Data type: Number Width: 11

    NOAA_GL_ID Alias: NOAA_GL_ID Data type: Number Width: 11

    ACRES Alias: ACRES Data type: Number Width: 19 Number of decimals: 5

    PERIM_MILE Alias: PERIM_MILE Data type: Number Width: 19 Number of decimals: 5

    TIDEWATER Alias: TIDEWATER Data type: Number Width: 11

    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

    This file is a subset of the original data extracted from NOAA Coastline Extractor, <http://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast/>.

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Guy R. Cochrane
    United States Geological Survey (USGS)
    Geophysicist
    USGS, 400 Natural Bridges Drive
    Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5792
    USA

    (831) 427-4754 (voice)
    (831) 427-4748 (FAX)
    gcochrane@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 22-Nov-2005 (process 1 of 4)
    Download from NOAA Coastline Extractor,<http://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast/>.

    Date: 22-Nov-2005 (process 2 of 4)
    Nadine Golden edited and reduced number of features to study area boundaries.

    Date: 22-Nov-2005 (process 3 of 4)
    Converted from datum NAD27 to NAD83

    Date: 22-Nov-2005 (process 4 of 4)
    First draft of metadata created by Nadine Golden using USGS metadata tool "MP".

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

    United States Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), 2005, USGS CMG Glacier Bay, Alaska Habitat Metadata.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    United States Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), 2005, USGS CMG InfoBank.

    Online Links:

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    NOAA data was stored with sufficient precision to resolve 1 m changes along the ground.

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    complete

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: Not suitable for navigation

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    United States Geological Survey (USGS)
    c/o Guy R. Cochrane
    Geophysicist
    USGS, 400 Natural Bridges Drive
    Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5792
    USA

    (831) 427-4754 (voice)
    (831) 427-4748 (FAX)
    gcochrane@usgs.go

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

    Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.

    The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 2005
Last Reviewed: 2005
Metadata author:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
c/o Guy R. Cochrane
Geophysicist
USGS, 400 Natural Bridges Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5792
USA

(831) 427-4754 (voice)
(831) 427-4748 (FAX)
gcochrane@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata ("CSDGM version 2") (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

Generated by mp version 2.8.6 on Tue Nov 29 11:58:38 2005
Revised July 31, 2006 (mfd)