Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: New York Natural Heritage Program Publication_Date: 200204 Title: Field Plot Points for Fire Island National Seashore Vegetation Mapping Project Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/ftp/vegmapping/fiis/fiisplot.zip Description: Abstract: This dataset was compiled to provide users with the geographic locations of the vegetation plots used to create the Fire Island Vegetation Map classification system. Purpose: The purpose of this data is to provide the managers and researchers on Fire Island with an accurate spatially referenced dataset to assist in their efforts. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 200007 Currentness_Reference: ground condition as of 2000 Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.301832 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.756856 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.781410 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.612784 Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Fire Island Natioanl Seashore and on the West by the Robert Moses State Park and on the East by the Smith Point County Park. Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: vegetation classification Theme_Keyword: National Vegetation Classification Standard Theme_Keyword: vegetation sampling Theme_Keyword: barrier island Theme_Keyword: coast Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Fire Island Place_Keyword: William Floyd Estate Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: These data were designed to identify and map vegetation polygons only. They are not appropriate for other uses such as legal property boundary identification, tax assessment, etc. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Conservation Management Institute Contact_Person: Scott Klopfer Contact_Position: GIS & Remote Sensning Division Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 203 West Roanoke Street City: Blacksburg State_or_Province: Virginia Postal_Code: 24061 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 540 231 7348 Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: none Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 540 231 7019 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sklopfer@vt.edu Hours_of_Service: 8-5 Monday through Friday EST Contact_Instructions: email preferred Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/fiis/images/fiisplots.pdf Browse_Graphic_File_Description: 208 Kbyte, locations of vegetation plot samples; low resolution for web browsing. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.0.642 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Data and locations were collected on a GPS and differentially corrected. The vegetation values collected were largely qulitative and based on the experience of the observer. These data were only used as a guide for the photointerpreter to assign vegetation asociations from the phtography. Logical_Consistency_Report: Points were created from GPS data recorded in the field. Completeness_Report: All vegetation plots conducted as part of the Fire Island Vegetation Mapping Project are included as are some plots from previous NYNHP work in the area. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Location information was taken with a GPS and differentially corrected. No quantitative report of accuracy is available, but subsequent field visits to these same points indicate that accuracy is within 5 m at most locations. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: These data were taken as locations with attributes in the field. The points were differentially corrected and imported to the GIS. The vegetation information along with the point location were used to guide assignment of delineated polygons to vegetation associations. Process_Date: 200109 Cloud_Cover: 0 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 62 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7738 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4 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: 0.000064 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000064 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: fiis_plot.pat Entity_Type_Definition: Field plots data base information at various spots on the entire length of Fire Island. These attributes included species, height, and estimates of percent cover for a particular polygon. Plots were georeferenced to within 5 m using GPS unit and differentially corrected. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: The plot sampling methodology used by the NYNHP on Fire Island follow the methodology developed by The Nature Conservancy and the network of Natural Heritage Programs (Sneddon 1994, Grossman et al. 1998, Edinger et al. 2000). 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: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Area is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: code assigned by NYNHP Attribute_Definition_Source: New York Natural Heritage Program Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: New York Natural Heritage Program Vegetation Classification Codeset Codeset_Source: New York Natural Heritage Program Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Perimeter is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIIS_PLOT# Attribute_Definition: NYNHP vegetation classification Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: vegetation type from NYNHP Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIIS_PLOT-ID Attribute_Definition: final association classification the plot represents Attribute_Definition_Source: NatureServe & The Nature Conservancy Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: textual description of vegetation association Attribute: Attribute_Label: ATTRIBUTE Attribute_Definition: description of the attributes Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: FINAL_CLAS Attribute_Definition: description of the final classes. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS BRD Center for Biological Informatics Contact_Person: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Room 8000, MS 302 City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80225 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4219 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Resource_Description: NPS Vegetation Mapping Program: Vegetation Map of Fire Island National Seashore 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. 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