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Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2002 Poly
SDE Feature Class - depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2002_POLY
FGDC, ESRI Metadata
DescriptionGraphicSpatialData StructureData QualityData SourceData DistributionMetadata
+ Resource Description
Citation
Information used to reference the data.
Title: Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2002 Poly
Originators: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory Region 5
Publication date: March 2003
Data type: vector digital data
Data location: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Description
A characterization of the data, including its intended use and limitations.
Abstract: 
Interpretation 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.
Purpose: 
Delineate eelgrass located in the Eastern Long Island Sound and tributaries.
Language of dataset: en
Point Of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data.
Person: Ralph Tiner
Organization: USFWS
Position: NWI Regional Coordinator
Phone: 413-253-8620
Data Type
How the data are represented, formatted and maintained by the data producing organization.
File or table name: depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2002_POLY
Data type: vector digital data
Data format: SDE Feature Class
Native dataset environment: These 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.
Time Period of Data
Time period(s) for which the data corresponds to the currentness reference.
Date: 6/18/02 Time: 9:30am
Currentness reference: 
ground condition
Status
The state of and maintenance information for the data.
Data status: Complete
Update frequency: Unknown
Key Words
Words or phrases that summarize certain aspects of the data.
Theme:
Keywords: eelgrass
Keyword thesaurus: submerged vegetation
Place:
Keywords: Connecticut, CT
Keyword thesaurus: U.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.
Place:
Keywords: United States of America, USA
Keyword thesaurus: U.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.
Data Access Constraints
Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing or using the data after access is granted.
Access constraints: 
none
Use constraints: 
none
+ Graphic Example
Browse Graphic
Graphic illustration of the data.
Browse graphic 1
Open - Full view of 2002 eelgrass beds.
Graphic Image
Browse graphic 2
Open - Detail view of 2002 eelgrass beds.
Graphic Image
+ Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System
Reference system from which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position that a point occupies.
Projected coordinate system:
Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet
Map units: survey feet
Geographic coordinate system:
Name: GCS North American 1983
Coordinate System Details
Map projection
Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard parallel: 41.200000
Standard parallel: 41.866667
Longitude of central meridian: -72.750000
Latitude of projection origin: 40.833333
False easting: 999999.999996
False northing: 499999.999998
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair
Coordinate representation:
Abscissa resolution: 0.000250
Ordinate resolution: 0.000250
Planar distance units: survey feet
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
Vertical Coordinate System
Reference system from which vertical distances (altitudes or depths) are measured.
Altitude system definition:
Altitude resolution: 1.000000
Altitude encoding method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Spatial Domain
The geographic areal domain of the data that describes the western, eastern, northern, and southern geographic limits of data coverage.
Bounding Coordinates
In Projected or local coordinates
NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet
BoundaryCoordinate
Left1075303.754000 (survey feet)
Right1240361.504000 (survey feet)
Top699486.571000 (survey feet)
Bottom652497.617000 (survey feet)
In Unprojected coordinates (geographic)
GCS North American 1983
BoundaryCoordinate
West-72.476148 (longitude)
East-71.874189 (longitude)
North41.380502 (latitude)
South41.248532 (latitude)
+ Data Structure and Attribute Information
Overview
Summary of the information content of the data, including other references to complete descriptions of entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Direct spatial reference method: Vector
Attributes of Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2002 Poly
Detailed descriptions of entity type, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Name: depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2002_POLY
Type of object: Feature Class
Geometry type: Polygon
Number of records: 161
Attributes
OBJECTID
Definition: 
Internal feature number.
Alias: OBJECTID Type: OID Width: 4 Precision: 10 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
Shape
Definition: 
Feature geometry.
Alias: ACRES Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 16 Scale: 5
Attribute values: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
ACRES
Definition: 
Area of polygon in arces
Alias: FIELD_CHECKED Type: String Width: 1 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
FIELD_CHECKED
Definition: 
Polygon field checked -  Y = yes, N = no
Alias: SITE_NO Type: SmallInteger Width: 2 Precision: 5 Scale: 0
SITE_NO
Definition: 
Site number of polygon
Alias: DENSITY Type: String Width: 1 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
DENSITY
Definition: 
Estimated density of eelgrass - H = high, M = medium, L = low
Alias: SIGNATURE Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
SIGNATURE
Definition: 
Interpretation signature of True Color 1:20,000 photo
Alias: EELGRASS Type: String Width: 16 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
EELGRASS
Definition: 
Eelgrass present - Y= yes, N = No
Alias: WATERSHED Type: SmallInteger Width: 2 Precision: 5 Scale: 0
WATERSHED
Definition: 
Assigned sub-watershed number
Alias: HECTARES Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 16 Scale: 5
HECTARES
Definition: 
Area in Hectares
Alias: Shape Type: Geometry Width: 4 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
SHAPE
Definition: 
Feature geometry.
Alias: LOCATION Type: String Width: 50 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
LOCATION
Definition: 
Sub-watershed in proximity to polygon
Alias: SHAPE.area Type: Double Width: 0 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
SHAPE.area
Alias: SHAPE.len Type: Double Width: 0 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
SHAPE.len
Alias: SHAPE.len Type: Double Width: 0 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
ESRI Feature Description
Description of spatial objects in the data using the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terminology.
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terms
depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2002_POLY
ESRI feature type: Simple
Geometry type: Polygon
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 161
Spatial index: TRUE
Linear referencing: FALSE
SDTS Feature Description
Description of point and vector spatial objects in the data using the Spatial Data Transfer Standards (SDTS) terminology.
Spatial data transfer standard (SDTS) terms
depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2002_POLY
Type: G-polygon
Count: 161
+ Data Quality and Accuracy Information
General
Information about the fidelity of relationships, data quality and accuracy tests, omissions, selection criteria, generalization, and definitions used to derive the data.
Logical consistency report: 
Based on 1:20,000 aerial photography
Completeness report: 
Complete, based on field work and interpretation
Cloud cover: none
Attribute Accuracy
Accuracy of the identification of data entities, features and assignment of attribute values.
Attribute accuracy report: 
Based on field work and photo interpretation of 1:20,000 true color photography
Positional Accuracy
Accuracy of the positional aspects of the data.
Horizontal accuracy report: 
Based on 1:12,000 Connecticut DOQQ's and the positioning of 1:20,000 true color aerial photography using the Digital Transfer Scope (DTS)
Vertical accuracy report: 
NA
+ Data Source and Process Information
Data Sources
Information about the source data used to construct or derive the data.
Data source information
Data Source 1
Map scale denominator: DOQQ 1:12,000 & 1:20,000True Color aerial transparency
Media: Digital imagery and hard copy transparency
Process Steps
Information about events, parameters, tolerances and techniques applied to construct or derive the data.
Process step information
Process Step 1
Process description: 
Use of Digital Transfer Scope to create data layer from aerial photo.  Geo-reference based on State of CT DOQQ's.
Process Step 2
Process description: 
Metadata imported.
Data Source used
c:\temp\xml1E.tmp
Process Step 3
Process description: 
Dataset copied.
Data Source used
K:\d_ct\ct_eel_12
Process Step 4
Process description: 
Dataset copied.
Data Source used
D:\gis_projects\eelgrass\2002\ct_eelgrass
Process Step 5
Process description: 
Dataset copied.
Data Source used
D:\gis_projects\CoastalResourcesGISData\ct_eelgrass
ESRI geoprocessing history
Description of ESRI geoprocessing commands, settings, and tolerances applied to the data.
ESRI geoprocessing command information
1 Process
Date: 20070820 Time: 103453
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures
Command issued: CopyFeatures R:\Archive\coast\Eelgrass_Beds_2002_Poly.shp R:\GeoData\Coast\geodatabase\coastal.mdb\Eelgrass_Beds_2002_Poly # 0 0 0
2 Process
Date: 20070820 Time: 140511
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures
Command issued: CopyFeatures R:\GeoData\Coast\geodatabase\coastal.mdb\Eelgrass_Beds_2002_Poly "Database Connections\10.18.8.94.depgis@DEP_Direct.sde\depgis.DEP.Eelgrass_Beds_2002_Poly" DEPVECTORSTATIC 2000 0 0
3 CopyFeatures_45
Date: 20081215 Time: 155006
Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures
Command issued: CopyFeatures "Database Connections\10.18.8.94.depgis@DEP.sde\depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2002_POLY" "Database Connections\062174-svr.depgis@DEP.sde\depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2002_POLY" DEPFEATURESTATIC 0 0 0
+ Data Distribution Information
General
Description of the data known by the party from whom the data may be obtained, liability of party distributing data, and technical capabilities required to use the data.
Resource description: 
Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2002 Poly
Standard Order Process
Common ways in which data may be obtained.
Digital form:
Format name: Shapefile, Feature Class
Format version number: ArcGIS
Size of the data: 0.079
Transfer size: 0.079
File decompression technique: Zip
Digital transfer option:
Online option:
Computer information:
Network address:
Network resource name: http://www.ct.gov/deep
+ Metadata Reference
Metadata Date
Dates associated with creating, updating and reviewing the metadata.
Last updated: 20120119
Language of metadata: en
Metadata Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization responsible for the metadata information.
Organization: USFWS, National Wetlands Inventory Region 5
Person: Staff
Phone: 413-253-8200
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address: 
300 Westgate Center Drive
City: Hadley
State or Province: Massachusetts
Postal code: 01035
Country: USA
Metadata Standards
Description of the metadata standard used to document the data and reference to any additional extended profiles to the standard used by the metadata producer.
Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention: local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information:
Profile: ESRI Metadata Profile
Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
FGDC Plus Metadata Stylesheet
Stylesheet: FGDC Plus Stylesheet
File name: FGDC Plus.xsl
Version: 2.2
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