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Metadata for SECOSECT
Table of Contents
Identification_Information
Abstract
Purpose
Supplemental Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Detailed Description
Overview
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Section
Identification_Information
Citation_Information
Originator: U.S. Forest Service
Publication_Date:
Title: Ecological Sections
Scale_Denominator: 100000
Description
Abstract
Geo-dataset delineating the ecological sections and subsections of
Missouri.
Purpose
Generally used in geographic and natural resource analyses.
Supplemental_Information
Procedures_Used
Areas were identified and digitized after analysis of a variety of
datasets such as; landcover, quaternary and bedrock geology, hydrography,
soils, and hypsography. (U.S. Forest Service-appointed committee)
Revisions
Edited and converted to NAD83 by James D. Harlan. April 11, 1997
Reviewed and revised in May, 1997 to more accurately reflect the
boundaries of the various subsections. Also, two new subsections
(Wyaconda River Hills and St. Francis Alluvial Plain)were added to the set.
Reviews_Applied
Reviewed by James D. Harlan. May 29, 1997.
Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets
n/a
Other_References_Cited
U.S. Forest Service.
Notes
These data reflect modifications made in May, 1997 and are under
review by the Forest Service in preparation for the "Second
Approximation" of Ecological Sections.
Time_Period_of_Content
Single_Date/Time
Calendar_Date: 1997
Currentness_Reference
1997 dataset.
Status
Progress: Data under review by the U.S. Forest Service.
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency
see NOTES.
Spatial_Domain
Bounding_Coordinates
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -95.77527069
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.89802556
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.58727783
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.96249067
Keywords
Theme
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Ecological Sections of Missouri
Place
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: State of Missouri
Stratum
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword:
Temporal
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword:
Access_Constraints
n/a
Use_Constraints
Limitations are generally user-defined.
Point_of_Contact: See Data_Set_Credit
Missouri Spatial Data Information Service, Department of Geography,
University of Missouri - Columbia.
Security_Information
Security_Classification_System: None
Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Security_Handling_Description: None
Native_Data_Set_Environment: AIX UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.0.4
Cross_Reference
Originator: U.S. Forest Service
Publication_Date:
Publication_Time:
Title: Ecological Sections and Subsections
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
Series_Information
Series_Name:
Issue_Identification:
Publication_Information
Publication_Place:
Publisher:
Other_Citation_Details:
Online_Linkage:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Data_Quality_Information
Attribute_Accuracy
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon and chain-node topology present.
Completeness_Report
Data is under review by the Forest Service.
Positional_Accuracy
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
120 ft.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 120
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Resolution as reported
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
n/a
Lineage: See Cloud_Cover
n/a
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information
SDTS_Terms_Description
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 38
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 180
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains'
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 39
Spatial_Reference_Information
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition
Planar
Grid_Coordinate_System
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal_Transverse_Mercator (UTM)
Zone_Number: 15
Planar_Distance_Units: METERS
Geodetic Model
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Detailed_Description
Entity_Type
Entity_Type_Label: SECOSECTS.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Attribute table of ECOSECTS.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: -
Attribute_Definition: Attribute table of ECOSECTS.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECOSECTS#
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECOSECTS-ID
Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBSECTCODE
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier of subsection
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Forest Service
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: codeset
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SQMILE
Attribute_Definition: Area of subsections in square miles
Attribute_Definition_Source: computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: numeric
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SQKM
Attribute_Definition: Area of subsections in square kilometers
Attribute_Definition_Source: computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: numeric
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Attribute_Definition: Area of subsections in acres
Attribute_Definition_Source: computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: numeric
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECNAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of ecological section
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Forest Service
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: free text
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBSECNAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of ecological subsection
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Forest Service
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: free text
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Entity_Type
Entity_Type_Label: SECOSECTS.AAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Attribute table of ECOSECTS.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: -
Attribute_Definition: Attribute table of ECOSECTS.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FNODE#
Attribute_Definition: Internal number of from-node
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TNODE#
Attribute_Definition: Internal number of to-node
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LPOLY#
Attribute_Definition: Internal number of poly to left of arc
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RPOLY#
Attribute_Definition: Internal number of poly to right of arc
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LENGTH
Attribute_Definition: Length of arc in coverage units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECOSECTS#
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECOSECTS-ID
Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BOUNDARY
Attribute_Definition: Identifies lines as state, sectional, or subsectional boundaries.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geographic Resources Center, University of Missouri - Columbia
Attribute_Domain_Values
Enumerated_Domain
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Overview_Description
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview
SECNAME - Name of Ecological Section.
SUBSECTCODE - Code identifier of subsection.
SQMILE - Area of subsections in square miles.
SQKM - Area of subsection in square kilometers.
ACRES - Area of subsections in acres.
SUBSECNAME - Name of ecological subsection.
BOUNDARY - Identifies lines as being state, sectional
or subsectional boundaries.
1 = Sectional boundary
2 = Subsectional boundary
3 = State boundary
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Section
Metadata_Date: 19970806
Metadata_Contact: jharlan
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608
Metadata_Time_Convention: Local Time
Metadata_Security_Information:
Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
Metadata_Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None
Last modified: 97-08-06.08:47:01.Wed