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: Bill Slocumb

Publication_Date: 19970201

Title:

Valley Forge National Historical Park Vegetation Mapping Project - Park Boundary

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Raleigh, NC

Publisher: North Carolina State University, Computer Graphics Center

Online_Linkage: <http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/ftp/vegmapping/vafo/vafobdy.zip>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set is the VAFO boundary as surveyed and documented on the sources.

Purpose:

To automate the surveyed boundary and develop base data for VAFO

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 198008

Ending_Date: 19870727

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Valley Forge National Historical Park

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.47318

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.41636

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.12192

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.07927

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: boundary

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS 1:24,000 Quadrangle

Place_Keyword: Valley Forge National Historical Park

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: VAFO

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus

Place_Keyword: Valley Forge National Historical Park

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Park Service - Valley Forge NHP

Contact_Person: Liza Rupp

Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 953

City: Valley Forge

State_or_Province: PA

Postal_Code: 19482

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-783-1089

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: liza_rupp@nps.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://nrdata.nps.gov/vafo/vafodata/vafobndy83.jpg>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Graphic of boundary coverages, low resolution for web browsing

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPG

Data_Set_Credit:

Brian Lambert, Valley Forge NHP Natural Resource Management Specialist

Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI Shape File and ESRI Arc/INFO Coverage

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bill Slocumb

Publication_Date: 19970201

Title: Metadata for VAFO Survey Boundary

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Raleigh, NC

Publisher: North Carolina State University, Computer Graphics Center

Online_Linkage: <http://nrdata.nps.gov/vafo/vafodata/vafobndy83.xml>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The boundary was reproduce from the original survey description. There are no added attributes other than those created by Arc/INFO.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The data has no duplicated lines, all lines intersect at nodes. PC Arc/INFO 3.5 was used to "CLEAN" the line work to create a coverage with polygon and arc topology. ArcView 3.0 was then used to convert the coverage to a shape file.

Completeness_Report:

All monuments and corners documented on the surveys were used to create the boundary data.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

PC Arc/INFO 3.5 was used to "GENERATE" the coverage from the corners documented on the original survey plats. The resultant coverage was checked visually against the sources.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

John G. Reuter Associates, Consulting Engineers, Planners, Land Surveyors; Camden, NJ 08181

Publication_Date: 198008

Title:

Boundary Survey, Entire Park, Valley Forge National Historical Park

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Camden, NJ

Publisher: John G. Reutter Associates

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2400

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 198008

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: main unit

Source_Contribution: main unit boundary description

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

R.W. Czop Associates, Surveyors-Engineers; 2874 Ridge Pipe; Norristown, PA.

Publication_Date: 19830829

Title:

Boundary Survey Tracts 101-56 & 101-57 Valley Forge National Historical Park

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Norristown, PA

Publisher: R.W. Czop Associates, Surveyors-Engineers

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2400

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19830829

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: tracts 56 and 57

Source_Contribution: Boundary of Tracts 101-56 & 57

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Charles H. Quandel Associates, Inc.; 474 North Centre St.; Pottsville, PA

Publication_Date: 19840803

Title: Valley Forge National Historical Park Tract 101-46

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pottsville, PA

Publisher: Charles H. Quandel Associates, Inc.

Other_Citation_Details: N/A

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2400

Type_of_Source_Media: map

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19840803

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: tract 46

Source_Contribution: Boundary of Tract 101-46

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Mid-Atlantic Regional Office

Publication_Date: 19800830

Title:

Valley Forge National Historical Park Chester and Montgomery Counties Pennsylvania Segment 101

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Unknown

Publisher: US DOI NPS Land Acquisition Division

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000

Type_of_Source_Media: map

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19800830

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: vafobndy

Source_Contribution: positional accuracy

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Commonwealth Consulting Engineers; PO Box 2797; Manassas, Virginia 22110

Publication_Date: 19870727

Title:

Boundary Survey Parcel 101.68 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Valley Forge National Historical Park

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Manassas, VA

Publisher:

Commonwealth Consulting Engineers; PO Box 2797; Manassas, Virginia 22110

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2400

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19870727

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: tract 68

Source_Contribution: Boundary survey of parcel 101.68

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Commonwealth Consulting Engineers; PO Box 2797; Manassas, Virginia 22110

Publication_Date: 19870727

Title:

Boundary Survey Parcel 101.61 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Valley Forge National Historical Park

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Manassas, VA

Publisher:

Commonwealth Consulting Engineers; PO Box 2797; Manassas, Virginia 22110

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1200

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19870727

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: tract 61

Source_Contribution: Boundary survey of parcel 101.61

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The coordinate information present on the sources was entered into an ASCII text file. The coordinate information was entered as X,Y. Once entered, the text file was entered with the "GENERATE" command into PC Arc/INFO 3.5. "CLEAN" was then performed on the coverage. Coincident lines were then deleted and the coverage was "CLEANed". A portion of the boundary was digitized from the survey maps. The coverage was then converted to an ArcView shape file. Some portions of the sources were digitized because X,Y coordinates did not exist in the survey.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: main unit

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: tracts 56 and 57

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: tract 46

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: tract 68

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: tract 61

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: vafobndy

Process_Date: 199701

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: vafo boundary

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: North Carolina State University, Computer Graphic Center

Contact_Person: Bill Slocumb

Contact_Position: Research Associate

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: Campus Box 7106

City: Raleigh

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27695-7106

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919 515 3432

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919 515 3439

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bill_slocumb@ncsu.edu

Hours_of_Service: 0900-1700

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Valley Forge National Historical Park

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

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: .1

Ordinate_Resolution: .1

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: 298.257

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The only attributes of the data are the attributes that Arc/INFO generates. There are not any added attributes.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: N/A

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

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/vafo/index.html>

Access_Instructions: Internet Access

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 200407

Metadata_Review_Date: 20101211

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>