USGS:Biology Biological Informatics Program Vegetation Characterization Program Grand Teton National Park Boundary Metadata

Boundary Metadata

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Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park, Science and Resource Management, GIS Office

Publication_Date: 20040405

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title:

Boundary of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, WY, 20030928

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Moose, Wyoming, USA

Publisher:

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park, Science and Resource Management, GIS Office

Online_Linkage:

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

Description:

Abstract:

This is a vector polygon feature class showing the boundary of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway.

Purpose:

The intended use of this data is to support diverse park activities including planning, management, maintenance, research, and interpretation.

Supplemental_Information:

First established in 1929, Grand Teton National Park emerged from a complicated and controversial series of events. The park first consisted of the mountain range and several glacial lakes. Later the valley floor was protected as Jackson Hole National Monument. The two areas were combined in 1950. Today the park encompasses nearly 310,000 acres and protects the Teton Range, Jackson Hole (mountain valley), a 50-mile portion of the Snake River, seven morainal lakes, over 100 backcountry and alpine lakes, and a wide range of wildlife and plant species. The park is also rich in a cultural history that includes seven eras of human history: early peoples (paleo-indians), Native Americans (modern tribes), fur trappers, homesteaders, ranchers/farmers, conservationists, and recreationalists.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19810301

Ending_Date: 20030928

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.948476

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -110.419700

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.133000

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.536826

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: Boundary

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: Grand Teton National Park

Place_Keyword: John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: GRTE

Place_Keyword: JODR

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: GTNP

Place_Keyword: Greater Yellowstone Area

Place_Keyword: GYA

Place_Keyword: Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Place_Keyword: GYE

Place_Keyword: Rocky Mountains

Place_Keyword: Teton County

Place_Keyword: County 22

Place_Keyword: Wyoming

Place_Keyword: WY

Place_Keyword: United States of America

Place_Keyword: US

Place_Keyword: USA

Place_Keyword: North America

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. Data should not be used beyond the limits of the source scale. Please consider sharing data derived using this data set with the originator and acknowledging the originator when using the data set as a source.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Richard Easterbrook

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Grand Teton
National Park, Science and Resource Management, GIS Office

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: P.O. Drawer 170

City: Moose

State_or_Province: WY

Postal_Code: 83012

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (307) 739-3493

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (307) 739-3490

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: richard_easterbrook@nps.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday through Friday

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://nrdata.nps.gov/grte/grtedata/GRTE_bnd.jpg>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Exterior Boundary

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attribute accuracy was tested by interactively querying and verifying on screen with the source materials. In addition, the attributes were compared against attributes from IM Region land segment maps.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This feature class is a topologically clean dataset except were there are duplicate features (i.e, multiple records for one land tract). Topology was created by setting topology rules in the geodatabase (i.e, Must Not Overlap and Must Not Have Gaps). Dataset then reviewed manually within ArcMap using GRTE_Segments_Tolopolgy to verify topology.

Completeness_Report: Dataset is complete.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Unknown. Horizontal accuracy was not tested.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park, Science & Resource Management

Publication_Date: 20040405

Title:

Land Tracts at Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, WY, 20030928

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata>

Type_of_Source_Media: Feature Class

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20040405

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Land Tracts

Source_Contribution: Land Tracts for GRTE & JODR

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Land Tract feature class polygons were dissolved using the park field in ArcMap to produce an exterior boundary for GRTE & JODR.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Land Tracts

Process_Date: 20040405

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Richard Easterbrook

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Grand
Teton National Park, Science and Resource Management, GIS Office

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Drawer 170

City: Moose

State_or_Province: WY

Postal_Code: 83012

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (307) 739-3493

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (307) 739-3490

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday through Friday

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 12

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111.000000

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: 0.000466

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000466

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: boundary_grte.pat

Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NPS

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: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FEDERAL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Federal Government Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NPS

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BOUNDARY_GRTE#

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: GRTE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grand Teton National Park

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NPS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: JODR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NPS

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BOUNDARY_GRTE-ID

Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: boundary_grte.patbudr_re

Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NPS

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: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BUDR_RE#

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: BUDR_RE-ID

Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACRES

Attribute_Definition: Area in acres.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Calculated from Area field using 1 square meter = 0.000247 acre conversion factor.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PARK

Attribute_Definition: National Park Service Unit

Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: grte

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grand Teton National Park

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: None

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS Center for Biological Informatics

Contact_Position: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

United States Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics

Address: MS 302, Bldg 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

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.

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. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey and National Park Service.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: HTML

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

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

Access_Instructions: Internet Access

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051228

Metadata_Review_Date: 20071105

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics, MS 302,
Room 8000, Building 810, 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_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, 1998 Part 1: Biological Data Profile, 1999

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage:

<http://metadata.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Toolkit/Metadata/FGDC_Metadata/>

Profile_Name: Biological Data Profile FGDC-STD-001.1-1999