Ouray National Wildlife Refuge: Color Infrared Orthorectified Photomosaic Metadata

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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge

Color Infrared Orthorectified Photomosaic Metadata

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Remotes Sensing and GIS Group, Denver, Colorado
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title:: Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Vegetation Mapping Project Orthophotos
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Online_Linkage: <http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/oura/index.html>

Description:

Abstract:: This metadata is for the orthophoto boundaries spatial database created at/for Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Utah
Purpose: To help meet the management needs of the Refuge.
Supplemental_Information: This coverage shows the area associated with each orthophoto.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20000705

Currentness_Reference: unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Ouray National Wildlife Refuge and environs

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.68825
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.54568
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.2073
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.08873

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Land Cover
Theme_Keyword: Land Use
Theme_Keyword: Orthophoto
Theme_Keyword: Fish and Wildlife Service
Theme_Keyword: National Wildlife Refuge
Theme_Keyword: Basemap

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Utah
Place_Keyword: Ouray
Place_Keyword: Green River
Place_Keyword: Unita Basin

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Acknowledgment of the USBR/RSGIG would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Any person using the information presented here should fully understand the data collection and compilation process before beginning their analysis/use. The burden of determining fitness for use lies with the user.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Region 6, Fish and Wildlife Service

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Refuges Division, 134 Union Blvd
City: Lakewood
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80228

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-8145

Data_Set_Credit: USBR: Doug Crawford

Native_Data_Set_Environment: HP-UNIX ArcInfo

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Remotes Sensing and GIS Group, Denver, Colorado
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title:: Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Vegetation Mapping Project Vegetation Coverage
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: N/A

Logical_Consistency_Report:

All polygon features are checked for topology and existence of attributed label points. Coverage checked for un-intentional dangling arcs.

Completeness_Report:

All orthophotos created for this project have their area interpreted as poygons and attributed accordingly.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:: Coverage created from bounds of the rectified digital orthophoto images.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Horizons, Inc

Publication_Date: 20000705

Title: Horizons Orthophoto

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: South Dakota
Publisher: Horizons, Inc

Other_Citation_Details: Orthophoto basemap

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 200007005

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Orthophotos

Source_Contribution: unknown.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Using the orthophoto digital image file, digitized borders (visual extent) of each image and combined into one coverage.

Process_Date: 2001

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Remote Sensing and GIS Group

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: USBR, Code D-8260, POB 25007
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-445-2266

Hours_of_Service: 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM MST

Contact_Instructions: Call for contract person(s)

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: 9

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: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -111
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0
False_Easting: 500000
False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1
Ordinate_Resolution: 1

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.9786982

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Orthophoto Borders
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygons
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Glossary definitions.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Internal ArcInfo item.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI