Orthorectified Photomosaic

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Park Service (NPS), Southern Colorado Plateau Network (SCPN)

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title:

Mesa Verde National Park Vegetation Mapping Project - True Color Orthorectified Photomosaic

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/ftp/vegmapping/meve/meveortho.zip>

Description:

Abstract:

As part of a 2006-2007 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Program to create a digital database of vegetation for Mesa Verde National Park (MEVE), a mosaic of 1:12,000-scale true-color DOQQs acquired September 15, 2003 by Horizons Inc., Rapid City, SD, was created using ERDAS Imagine Version 9.2 and LizardTech's GeoExpress 7. Processing was done for the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program and the NPS Southern Colorado Plateau Network by the USGS Fort Collins Science Center's GIS and Remote Sensing Team in 2007

Purpose:

The digital orthophoto data provided the reference earth coordinates to orthorectify the aerial photographs for the Mesa Verde National Park.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20031015

Currentness_Reference: Date Fugro Horizons, Inc. acquired the aerial photographs.

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Mesa Verde National Park and environs

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.558420

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.119848

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.307649

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.980046

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: DOQQ

Theme_Keyword: Digital Ortho Quarter Quad

Theme_Keyword: Digital orthophotography

Theme_Keyword: mosaic

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Mesa Verde National Park

Place_Keyword: MEVE

Place_Keyword: Colorado

Place_Keyword: CO

Access_Constraints:

These data and the associated metadata are to be considered DRAFT until reviewed, edited, and distributed by the SCPN Program Inventory and Monitoring Program. Data should be acquired through the SCPN Inventory and Monitoring Program.

Use_Constraints:

These data and the associated metadata are to be considered DRAFT until reviewed, edited, and distributed by the SCPN Program Inventory and Monitoring Program. Data should be acquired through the SCPN Inventory and Monitoring Program. It is assumed that the user has read the associated metadata and understands the lineage, coding, and completeness of the data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

National Park Service (NPS), Southern Colorado Plateau Network (SCPN)

Contact_Person: Network Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 5765

City: Flagstaff

State_or_Province: AZ

Postal_Code: 86011

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (928) 523-9280

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (928) 523-7272

Data_Set_Credit:

Fugro Horizons, Inc. 3600 Jet Drive Rapid City, South Dakota 57703 Telephone: 605-343-0305

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

The dataset is in ERDAS Imagine format and MrSID format developed by LizardTech, and converted from ERDAS Imagine format to MrSID using LizardTech's GeoExpress 7.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Unknown

Completeness_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The ortho-photography was sent to the Fort Collins Science Center in three files: mosaic_1.img, mosaic_2.img, and mosaic_3.img. Because the background values were 0 (zero) and 255, the values greater than 0 and less than 255 were extracted for each band, added together, and used as a mask to extract the image data with background values reduced to 0. The three resulting files were mosaicked together using LizardTech's GeoExpress 7 software in lossless mode.

Process_Date: 20080613

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

GIS and Remote Sensing Team Fort Collins Science Center U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 2150 Centre Ave., Bldg C

City: Fort Collins

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80526 - 8118

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (970) 226-9344

Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: N/A

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (970) 226-9230

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 - 1:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Pixel

Row_Count: 29179

Column_Count: 28429

Vertical_Count: 1

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: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 1.000000

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:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

For DOQ's from panchromatic source each pixel contains an 8-bit gray-scale value between 0-255. A value of 0 represents the color black while a value of 255 represents the color white. All values between 0 and 255 are repesented as a shade of gray varying from black to white. For color-infrared and natural color DOQs' a digital number from 0 to 255 will also be asssigned to each pixel but that number will refer to a color look-up table which will contain the RGB red, blue and green (RGB) values, each from 0 to 255, for that digital number. Areas where the rectification process is incomplete due to incomplete data (i.e., lack of elevation data, gaps), are represented with the numeric value of 0.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, guide for digital orthophotos: Reston, VA. A hypertext version is available at: <URL:http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs05701.html> U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1992, Standards for digital orthophotos: Reston, VA.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis

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: 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/meve/index.html>

Access_Instructions: Internet Access

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20080623

Metadata_Review_Date: 20100603

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis

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

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt/community/fgdc_metadata/255>