United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory Region 5March 2003Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2002 Polyvector digital datahttp://www.ct.gov/deepInterpretation and identification of Eelgrass beds located in the Long Island Sound Eastern Connecticut shoreline, Fishers Island NYS and the Northshore of Long Island NYS. Generated from 1:20,000 True Color Aerial Photography, 6/18/02.Delineate eelgrass located in the Eastern Long Island Sound and tributaries.6/18/02ground conditionUnknown-72.476148-71.87418941.38050241.248532submerged vegetationeelgrassU.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.ConnecticutCTU.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.United States of AmericaUSAnonenoneRalph TinerUSFWS NWI Regional Coordinator413-253-8620http://www.cteco.uconn.edu/metadata/dep/browsegraphic/eelgrassbed2002fullview.gifFull view of 2002 eelgrass beds.GIFhttp://www.cteco.uconn.edu/metadata/dep/browsegraphic/eelgrassbed2002detailview.gifDetail view of 2002 eelgrass beds.gifThese data are maintained by the State of Connecticut using ArcGIS software developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) in a Microsoft Windows operating system environment.Based on field work and photo interpretation of 1:20,000 true color photographyBased on 1:20,000 aerial photographyComplete, based on field work and interpretationBased on 1:12,000 Connecticut DOQQ's and the positioning of 1:20,000 true color aerial photography using the Digital Transfer Scope (DTS)NADOQQ 1:12,000 & 1:20,000True Color aerial transparencyDigital imagery and hard copy transparencyUse of Digital Transfer Scope to create data layer from aerial photo. Geo-reference based on State of CT DOQQ's.Metadata imported.c:\temp\xml1E.tmpDataset copied.K:\d_ct\ct_eel_12Dataset copied.D:\gis_projects\eelgrass\2002\ct_eelgrassDataset copied.D:\gis_projects\CoastalResourcesGISData\ct_eelgrassnoneVectorG-polygon161Lambert Conformal ConicLambert Conformal Conic41.20000041.866667-72.75000040.833333999999.999996499999.999998coordinate pair0.0002500.000250survey feetNorth American Datum of 1983Geodetic Reference System 806378137.000000298.2572221.000000Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinatesConnecticut Eelgrass Beds 2002 PolyOBJECTIDInternal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.ShapeFeature geometry.ESRICoordinates defining the features.ACRESArea of polygon in arcesFIELD_CHECKEDPolygon field checked - Y = yes, N = noSITE_NOSite number of polygonDENSITYEstimated density of eelgrass - H = high, M = medium, L = lowSIGNATUREInterpretation signature of True Color 1:20,000 photoEELGRASSEelgrass present - Y= yes, N = NoWATERSHEDAssigned sub-watershed numberHECTARESArea in HectaresESRICoordinates defining the features.SHAPEFeature geometry.ESRICoordinates defining the features.LOCATIONSub-watershed in proximity to polygonSHAPE.areaSHAPE.lenConnecticut Eelgrass Beds 2002 PolyShapefile, Feature ClassArcGISZip0.079http://www.ct.gov/deep20120119USFWS, National Wetlands Inventory Region 5Staffmailing and physical address
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