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Identification_Information Abstract Purpose Supplemental Information Data_Quality_Information Spatial_Data_Organization_Information Entity_and_Attribute_Information Detailed Description Overview Distribution_Information Metadata_Reference_Section
Identification_Information
Citation_Information Originator: Remote Sensing Lab, Region 5, USDA Forest Service Publication_Date: Title: CALHVEG34_1 Publication_Information Publication_Place: Sacramento, CA Publisher: Remote Sensing Lab, USFSDescription Abstract This coverage contains polygon features of Historical California Vegetation. Purpose This data was developed for use in land analysis and map making within the boundaries of Region 5. Supplemental_Information Procedures_Used CALHVEG34_1 (cclark, GD) 7/2006 - Coverage reprojected to NAD83 datum. Source for data capture was a 1934 paper map drafted by the California Forest Experiment Station, Giannini Foundation, College of Agriculture, University of California. Vegetation polygons were drawn on USGS State of California map compiled in 1929 by A.F. Hassan. Scale of the source map is 1:500,000. The source map was North American datum 1929. Revisions Reviews_Applied_to_Data This data has been reviewed to ensure conformance to the source data. Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets References_Cited Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- USFS: United States Forest Service RSL: Remote Sensing Lab, Sacramento, CA. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This metadata report was created with the use of Arc:DOCUMENT. This format is designed to be compliant with the Federal Geographic Data Committee Spatial Data Transfer Standard. Document file preparer: Tiffany Norman Date: 3/24/2000 Document file updated by: Carol Clark Date: 1/23/2003 Document file verified by: Date: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time_Period_of_Content Currentness_Reference This dataset is current as of July 1998 Status Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency Maintenance and updates are conducted on an as needed basis. Spatial_Domain Bounding_Coordinates West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.5047533 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -113.50050961 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.98844256 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.42125841
Keywords Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: historical, vegetation, california Place Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: State of California, USDA Forest Service Region 5 Stratum Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Temporal Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword:
Access_Constraints None. Use_Constraints Not for use at scales larger than 1:24000. The data are acceptable and allowable for use by Remote Sensing Lab, Region 5, USDA Forest Service. Point_of_Contact: See Distribution_Information for contact information.
Data_Set_Credit Andy Swift, aswift@pacificmeridian.com Kate Sabourin, ksabourin@pacificmeridian.com Security_Information Security_Classification_System: None Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Security_Handling_Description: None
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Windows_NT Windows_NT, ARC/INFO version 9.1
Cross_Reference Originator: California Forest Experiment Station, University of California, A.F. Hassan Publication_Date: 1929 Publication_Time: Title: Historical California Vegetation Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: paper map Series_Information Series_Name: Issue_Identification: Publication_Information Publication_Place: Publisher: Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:
Data_Quality_Information
Attribute_Accuracy Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Entity_Attribute_InformationQuantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment Attribute_Accuracy_Value: See Explanation Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Attribute accuracy is described, where present, with each attribute defined in the Entity and Attribute Section.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present.
Completeness_Report See Entity and Attribute Overview Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Lineage: See Supplemental_Information for overview.Process_Steps Process_Step Process_Description: PMR DISSOLVE HISTVEG7 HISTVEG8 COLORS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980710 Process_Time: 1538 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR LABELERRORS HISTVEG8 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980710 Process_Time: 1706 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR COPY HISTVEG8 HISTVEG9 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980716 Process_Time: 1126 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR BUILD HISTVEG9 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980716 Process_Time: 1221 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR LABELERRORS HISTVEG9 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980716 Process_Time: 1221 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR NODEERRORS HISTVEG9 DANGLE Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980716 Process_Time: 1221 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR LABELERRORS HISTVEG9 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980723 Process_Time: 1104 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR PROJECTCOPY COVER COUNTY24K COVER HISTVEG9 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980723 Process_Time: 1119 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR COPY HISTVEG9 CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980723 Process_Time: 1121 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PMR BUILD CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980723 Process_Time: 1128 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: FRENTON IMPORT COVER CALHVEG34_1 CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980731 Process_Time: 1039 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: FRENTON LABELERRORS CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980731 Process_Time: 1107 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: FRENTON NODEERRORS CALHVEG34_1 DANGLE Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980731 Process_Time: 1107 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER COPY /FSFILES/UNIT/GIS6/HVEG/CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980731 Process_Time: 1108 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/UN Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20000216 Process_Time: 1447 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20000229 Process_Time: 1427 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20000411 Process_Time: 838 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20000815 Process_Time: 1459 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20001110 Process_Time: 848 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER COPY CALHVEG34_1 FS/CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010619 Process_Time: 1300 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFI Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010702 Process_Time: 1849 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFIL Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010703 Process_Time: 851 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFIL Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010711 Process_Time: 1433 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSF Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010720 Process_Time: 1558 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSF Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010731 Process_Time: 1202 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSF Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010731 Process_Time: 1446 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSF Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010827 Process_Time: 1716 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSF Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010828 Process_Time: 909 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSF Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010828 Process_Time: 1628 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSF Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010829 Process_Time: 1151 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 CALH Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010829 Process_Time: 1609 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/CALCOVS/RSL/FS/CALHVEG34_1 CALH Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20010830 Process_Time: 1423 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER $CALCOVS/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/FSTMP/PROCESS/CALHVEG34_ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020212 Process_Time: 1348 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER $CALCOVS/FS/CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/FSTMP/PROCESS/CALHVEG34_ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020314 Process_Time: 1303 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER TOLERANCE CALHVEG34_1 FUZZY .1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020416 Process_Time: 1229 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER TOLERANCE CALHVEG34_1 DANGLE 1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020416 Process_Time: 1229 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER TOLERANCE CALHVEG34_1 EDIT 10 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020416 Process_Time: 1229 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER TOLERANCE CALHVEG34_1 NODESNAP 1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020416 Process_Time: 1229 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER TOLERANCE CALHVEG34_1 WEED .1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020416 Process_Time: 1229 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER TOLERANCE CALHVEG34_1 GRAIN .1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020416 Process_Time: 1229 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER TOLERANCE CALHVEG34_1 SNAP 1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20020416 Process_Time: 1229 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CCLARK COPY $CALCOVS/FS/CALHVEG34_1 CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20030123 Process_Time: 1655 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CCLARK DOCUMENT CALHVEG34_1 COPY /FSFILES/UNIT/GIS2/CCLARK/LIBRARY/DOC_TEMPL Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20030123 Process_Time: 1655 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CCLARK DOCUMENT CALHVEG34_1 UPDATE CCLARK Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20030123 Process_Time: 1722 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CCLARK DOCUMENT CALHVEG34_1 UPDATE CCLARK Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20030123 Process_Time: 1724 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER EXPORT COVER CALHVEG34_1 CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20030123 Process_Time: 1726 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER COPY CALHVEG34_1 $CALCOVS/FS/CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20030123 Process_Time: 1726 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER PROJECTDEFINE COVER CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20060727 Process_Time: 1303 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER PROJECT COVER CALHVEG34_1 /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/EXPORTS/GIS/CALCOVS/FS_NAD Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20060727 Process_Time: 1305 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: KEEPER BUILD /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/EXPORTS/GIS/CALCOVS/FS_NAD83/CALHVEG34_1 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20060727 Process_Time: 1306 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: WBMASTR2 COPY CALHVEG34_1 C:\A_PROJECTS\WEBUPDATESDEC19_05\A_LEGACYCOVERAGES\HIS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20060727 Process_Time: 1441 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: WBMASTR2 DOCUMENT CALHVEG34_1 UPDATE WBMASTR2 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 20060727 Process_Time: 1444 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None
Cloud_Cover N/A.
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2861 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5961 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains' Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2862
Spatial_Reference_Information
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_DefinitionPlanar Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: ALBERS Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0 Latitude_of_First_Standard_Parallel: 34 Latitude_of_Second_Standard_Parallel: 40.5 False_Easting: 0.00000 False_Northing: -4000000.00000 Geodetic Model Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Detailed_Description Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: CALHVEG34_1.PAT Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: - Attribute_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: CALHVEG34_1# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: CALHVEG34_1-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: COLORS Attribute_Definition: Color of map polygon Attribute_Definition_Source: California Forest Experiment Station Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: ascii character field Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: LEGEND Attribute_Definition: Description of vegetation layer Attribute_Definition_Source: California Forest Experiment Station Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: ascii character field Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:Overview_Description Entity_and_Attribute_Overview COLUMN ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE N.DEC ALTERNATE NAME INDEXED? 1 AREA 8 18 F 5 - 9 PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 - 17 CALHVEG34_1# 4 5 B - - 21 CALHVEG34_1-ID 4 5 B - - 25 COLORS 3 3 C - - 28 LEGEND 100 100 C - - There were eleven vegetation classes in the legend. These were duplicated in the polygon attribute table. Three classes were added for Islands, Urban areas, and Unmapped sections. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Section
Metadata_Date: 19060727 Metadata_Contact: Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608 Metadata_Time_Convention: Local Time Metadata_Security_Information: Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None Metadata_Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None
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