KBS LTER Unmanaged Plot Polygons

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: Suzanne Sippel, KBS LTER GIS Lab

Publication_Date: Created March 2004

Title: KBS LTER Unmanaged Plot Polygons

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

\\GPRPC18\sippel_access\GIS_data\LTER\plots\polygons\unmanaged\plot_polygon_unmanaged.shp

Description:

Abstract:

Plot polygons for the LTER forested sites and successional field sites.

Purpose: Support of KBS LTER research.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.398370

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.373807

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.415199

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.400457

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: plots

Theme_Keyword: experimental design

Theme_Keyword: study sites

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints: None.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Suzanne Sippel

Contact_Organization: KBS LTER GIS Lab

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 269-671-2214

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sippel@kbs.msu.edu

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Trimble unit gets submeter accuracy.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The permanent markers were GPSed with Trimble XRS Pro and Omnistar realtime differential correction. These polygons were created from the GPS points by snapping the polygon corners to points.

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: 9

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 16

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -87.000000

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: 0.000001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000001

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: plot_polygon_unmanaged

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: Id

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Plot_ID

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.001

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070213

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: KBS LTER GIS Lab

Contact_Person: Suzanne Sippel

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:

REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.

City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.

State_or_Province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.

Postal_Code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 269-671-2214

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sippel@kbs.msu.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile