for_typ

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: USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection

Publication_Date: September 1999

Title: for_typ

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT

Publisher: USDA Forest Service

Other_Citation_Details: The dataset is referenced in the HLTH2F1 in SFRA

Online_Linkage: n/a

Description:

Abstract:

The shape file details the location of forest cover type in the Southern United States as referenced in :

Eyre, F.H. 1980. Southern forest region. Forest cover types of the United States and Canada. Washington DC: Society of American Foresters: 51-77.

Purpose:

The shape file depicts the forest cover type for the Southern United States

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Currentness_Reference: Current for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -108.018846

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.834126

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.952234

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.796913

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: forest type

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: Imagery, base maps and land cover

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service

Contact_Person: Mr. John Pye

Contact_Position: Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: USDA-Forest Service, SRS4851

Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd.

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (919).549.4013

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jpye@fs.fed.us

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

L:\forest\sfra\Revised_Apr_del\metadata delivery-hlth2\hlth2f1\for_typ.xml

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA- Forest Service

Contact_Person: Mr. Edwin Yockey

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: PO Box 2680

City: Asheville

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 28801

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (828).257.4857

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (828).257.4856

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: eyockey@fs.fed.us

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: 1453

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 27.500000

Standard_Parallel: 37.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -90.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 25.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.004096

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.004096

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: for_typ

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FOR_TYPE_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FOR_TYPE_I

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CODE

Attribute_Definition:

Forest Type Code (please see below overview description for attribute description).

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Forest Type Code

Code Label 1 White - Red - Jack Pine 3 Longleaf - Slash Pine 4 Loblolly - Shortleaf Pine 5 Oak - Pine 6 Oak - Hickory 7 Oak - Gum - Cypress 22 Pinyon - Juniper 99 Non Forest Land

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 3.121

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20041118

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851

Contact_Person: John M. Pye

Contact_Position: Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4013

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jpye@fs.fed.us

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/econ/>

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile