USGS:Biology Biological Informatics Program Vegetation Characterization Program Booker T. Washington National Monument Spatial Vegetation Data Metadata

Spatial Vegetation Data Metadata

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage

Publication_Date: 200702

Title:

Vegetation Map for Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia 2002

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/bowa/index.html>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Karen D. Patterson

Publication_Date: 200806

Title:

Patterson, Karen D. 2008 Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2008/100. National Park Service. Philadelphia, PA.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Description:

Abstract:

This shapefile is an vegetation map of Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia. It was developed by The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage in cooperation with North Carolina State University's Center for Earth Observation for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service. The data was created following general guidelines set forth by the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. Map classes are crosswalked to the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) or level II of the Andersons land use land cover classification system. Crosswalks to the USNVC were determined on February 20, 2007. The map is based on field work performed in the summer of 2002 and photo interpretation of aerial photo mosaics produced by North Carolina State University Center for Earth Observation from photography obtained in October 2001 and February 2002.

Purpose:

This data set was created for Booker T. Washington National Monument for use in natural resource management.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20020219

Currentness_Reference: Date of aerial photography

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Booker T. Washington National Monument and environs

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.740443

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.717855

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.125557

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.104970

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: Vegetation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: vegetation association

Theme_Keyword: vegetation classification

Theme_Keyword: National Park Service

Theme_Keyword: vegetation map

Theme_Keyword: vegetation alliance

Theme_Keyword: vegetation formation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: Booker T. Washington National Monument

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: BOWA

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Virginia

Place_Keyword: Franklin County, Virginia

Taxonomy:

Keywords/Taxon:

Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Taxonomic_Keywords: Standardized National Vegetation Classification System

Taxonomic_Keywords: vegetation classification

Taxonomic_Keywords: alliance

Taxonomic_Keywords: community association

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom

Taxon_Rank_Value: Plantae

Applicable_Common_Name: plants

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage

Contact_Position: Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 217 Governor Street

City: Richmond

State_or_Province: Virginia

Postal_Code: 23219

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 804-786-5990

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.1.1332

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The vegetation classification attribute of all polygons except those representing cultural / anthropogenic land use (i.e. agricultural fields, roads, built-up areas), was validated in the field by a VADNH Ecologist. At least 80% of each polygon was observed in the field and a classification was assigned. No formal thematic accuracy assessment was completed.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Polygon geometry and topology were validated with ESRI ArcGIS v. 9.2 to find and correct any voids, slivers, overlapping polygons, or self-intersections. Any multipart polygons were converted to single-part polygons.

Completeness_Report: Shapefile covers entire park area

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A preliminary vegetation map was created by viewing leaf-on (data captured 10-22-2001) and leaf-off (data captured 2-19-2002) digital photo mosaics, both in two and three dimensions. Areas of homogenous vegetation, land cover, and land use were delineated using ArcMaps onscreen digitizing tools. The minimum mapping unit was 0.5 hectares (1.25 acres). Polygons were attributed to the formation-level of the USNVC or Level II and Anderson's land use and land cover classification. All polygons were visited during map validation and field reconnaissance in the Summer of 2002 and data were collected from six quantitative vegetation plots and 51 qualitative observations. Data were combined with data from other areas of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain to refine the USNVC for the region. The draft formation-level vegetation map was then revised based on field information and reattributed with the association names from the refined USNVC.

Process_Date: 20070214

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: 60

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 17

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000

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: 0.000004

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000004

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: bowa_veg_map_association_2002

Entity_Type_Definition: attribute table from shapefile table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage

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: POLYGONID

Attribute_Definition:

Unique identifer for each of the 60 vegetation polygons. Identifers are whole numbers but are not sequential due to editing of map after assigning polygonid

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 81

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOCAL_NAME

Attribute_Definition:

A common or colloquial name for the map class. These names follow the Natural Communities of Virginia (Fleming et al 2006) or, if no appropriate name exists in Fleming et al (2006), the Association common name from the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) was used, or a park-specific common name was assigned. Nonstandard, park-specific units representing disturbed, cultural, or exotic vegetation were defined by Ecologists at the Division of Natural Heritage. Names for map classes not representing natural or semi-natural vegetation follow the Anderson level II land use and land cover classification scheme (Anderson et. al 1976).

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Patterson, Karen D. March 2007. Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2007/XXX. National Park Service. Philadelphia, PA.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Acidic Oak - Hickory Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Acidic Oak - Hickory Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Fleming, G.P., P.P. Coulling, K.D. Patterson, and K. Taverna. 2006. The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups. Second approximation. Version 2.2. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. <http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/nctoc.shtml>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Inner Piedmont / Lower Blue Ridge Basic Mesic Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Inner Piedmont / Lower Blue Ridge Basic Mesic Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Fleming, G.P., P.P. Coulling, K.D. Patterson, and K. Taverna. 2006. The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups. Second approximation. Version 2.2. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. <http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/nctoc.shtml>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cultural Meadow

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cultural Meadow

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dense Hardwood Regeneration

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dense Hardwood Regeneration

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other Urban or Built-Up Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other Urban or Built-Up Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Anderson, J.R., E.E. Hardy, and J.T. Roach. 1976. Land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensing data. Geological Survey Professional Paper 964. United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Piedmont / Mountain Alluvial Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Piedmont / Mountain Alluvial Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Fleming, G.P., P.P. Coulling, K.D. Patterson, and K. Taverna. 2006. The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups. Second approximation. Version 2.2. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. <http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/nctoc.shtml>

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Successional Tuliptree Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Successional Tuliptree Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Successional Virginia Pine Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Successional Virginia Pine Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Transportation, Communications, and Utilities

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Transportation, Communications, and Utilities

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Anderson, J.R., E.E. Hardy, and J.T. Roach. 1976. Land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensing data. Geological Survey Professional Paper 964. United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: White Pine Plantation

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: White Pine Plantation

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMMENT

Attribute_Definition:

Comments that make distinctions between polygons of a map class.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Karen D. Patterson, Ecologist, Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: No domain defined.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FORM_CODE

Attribute_Definition:

Code for Formation level of the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Formation Code

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FORM_NAME

Attribute_Definition:

Formation Name from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Formation Name

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ALLIA_CODE

Attribute_Definition:

Code for the Alliance level of the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Alliance Key

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ALLIAN_SCI

Attribute_Definition:

Alliance name from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Alliance Name

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ALLIAN_ENG

Attribute_Definition:

Alliance name with Latin names translated to English from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Alliance Translated Name

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ASSOC_CODE

Attribute_Definition:

A unique identifier code for the Association level of the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification). Code is standard Global Element Code from Natureserve Central databases

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Elcode

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ASSOC_SCI

Attribute_Definition:

Association Name from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Global Name

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ASSOC_ENG

Attribute_Definition:

Association Name with Latin names translated to English from the vegetation classification standard (U.S. National Vegetation Classification)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 20 February 2007.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Association Translated Name

Codeset_Source:

NatureServe. 2007. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WETLAND

Attribute_Definition:

Field to indicate what USFWS System level is represented by the map class.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. FWS/OBS-79/31. 103 pp.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: System

Codeset_Source:

Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. FWS/OBS-79/31. 103 pp.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

USGS Biological Resources Division, Center for Biological Informatics

Contact_Position: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical Address

Address: USGS

Address: Biological Resources Division, CBI

Address: Building 810, Room 8000

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225-0046

Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing Address

Address: USGS

Address: Biological Resources Division, CBI

Address: PO BOX 25046, DFC, MS302

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225-0046

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4229

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4219

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.

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070402

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090203

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

USGS Biological Resources Division, Center for Biological Informatics

Contact_Position: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: U. S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics

Address: MS 302, Building 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

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

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Metadata_Extensions:

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