Gulf of Maine Habitat Analysis - top 25%, 5 acre blocks

Data format: Shapefile

File or table name: top25_5acres

Coordinate system: Universal Transverse Mercator

Theme keywords: fish, wildlife, habitat, trust species
Abstract: This shapefile shows 5 acre blocks of the top 25% habitat of the Gulf of Maine Habitat Analysis GRIDs. Data from the top 25% freshwater, salt water, forested and grassland data were combined and then only contiguous blocks greater than 5 acres were included in this shapefile. While deleting some smaller blocks of habitat, this shapefile creates a cleaner appearance to the data.

FGDC and ESRI Metadata:
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Identification Information:


Citation:
Citation information:
Originators: Bob Houston


Title:
Gulf of Maine Habitat Analysis - top 25%, 5 acre blocks
*File or table name: top25_5acres


Publication date: 22 September 2003
*Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data


Publication information:
Publication place: Falmouth, Maine, USA
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program

Online linkage:


Larger work citation:
Citation information:
Originators: Arnold Banner and Sue Schaller


Title:
Gulf of Maine Habitat Analysis Project


Publication date: 2002


Publication information:
Publication place: Falmouth, Maine, USA
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program

Other citation details:
General information about the project: http://gulfofmaine.fws.gov/gomanalysis/gomanalysis.html or detailed report at: http://r5gomp.fws.gov/gom/habitatstudy/Gulf_of_Maine_Watershed_Habitat_Analysis.htm


Description:
Abstract:
This shapefile shows 5 acre blocks of the top 25% habitat of the Gulf of Maine Habitat Analysis GRIDs. Data from the top 25% freshwater, salt water, forested and grassland data were combined and then only contiguous blocks greater than 5 acres were included in this shapefile. While deleting some smaller blocks of habitat, this shapefile creates a cleaner appearance to the data.

Purpose:
Created for Maine Beginning With Habitat Project.

*Language of dataset: en


Time period of content:
Time period information:
Range of dates/times:
Beginning date: 1984
Ending date: 2002

Currentness reference:
ground condition

Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: None planned

Spatial domain:
Bounding coordinates:
*West bounding coordinate: -72.371414
*East bounding coordinate: -66.831914
*North bounding coordinate: 47.455239
*South bounding coordinate: 41.650909

Local bounding coordinates:
*Left bounding coordinate: 245644.916142
*Right bounding coordinate: 663484.916142
*Top bounding coordinate: 5255756.368135
*Bottom bounding coordinate: 4615526.368135

Keywords:
Theme:
Theme keywords: fish, wildlife, habitat, trust species
Theme keyword thesaurus: none

Place:
Place keywords: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, Gulf of Maine Watershed

Access constraints: None.
Use constraints:
None

Point of contact:
Contact information:
Contact organization primary:
Contact organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program

Contact voice telephone: 207-781-8364
Contact facsimile telephone: 207-781-8369


Contact electronic mail address: FW5ES_GOMP.GIS@fws.gov


Hours of service: 7:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M Eastern Daylight Time US



*Native dataset format: Shapefile
*Native data set environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800


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Data Quality Information:


Lineage:
Process step:
Process description:
In ArcMap 8.3; started with gomtopqrtr91, created GRID value1 that gives all 1,2,3,4 cells a value of 1. Then created regions of contiguous non-zero cells (probably could have done this without the value1 GRID):
regiongroup (value1,#,eight,cross,0)
saved as cregiongrp

Then in ArcView, created GRID of regions with >22 cells (> 5acres):
([Cregiongrp . Count]) > 22
saved as cregiongrp2

ArcMap; pulled data out of gomtopqrtr9:
con([cregiongrp2] == 1,[gomtopqrter91])

Process software and version: ArcMap 8.3, ArcView 3.2
Process date: 18 September 2003


Process contact:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Bob Houston
Contact organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program
Contact position: Biologist/GIS Specialist


Contact address:
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State or province: Maine
Postal code: 04097
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 207-781-8364
Contact facsimile telephone: 207-781-8369


Contact electronic mail address: robert_houston@fws.gov


Hours of service: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, US



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Spatial Data Organization Information:


*Direct spatial Rreference method: Vector


Point and vector object information:
SDTS terms description:
*Name: top25_5acres
*SDTS point and vector object type: G-polygon
*Point and vector object count: 860138

ESRI terms description:
*Name: top25_5acres
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Polygon
*ESRI topology: FALSE
*ESRI feature count: 860138
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


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Spatial Reference Information:


Horizontal coordinate system definition:
Coordinate system name:
*Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_19N
*Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_North_American_1983

Planar:
Grid coordinate system:
*Grid coordinate system name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal Transverse Mercator:
*UTM zone number: 19
Transverse mercator:
*Scale factor at central meridian: 0.999600
*Longitude of central meridian: -69.000000
*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: 0.001024
*Ordinate resolution: 0.001024
*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

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Entity and Attribute Information:


Detailed description:
*Name: top25_5acres


Entity type:
*Entity type label: top25_5acres
*Entity type type: Feature Class
*Entity type count: 860138

Attribute:
*Attribute label: FID
*Attribute alias: FID
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: OID
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Shape
*Attribute alias: Shape
*Attribute definition:
Feature geometry.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Geometry
*Attribute width: 0
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Coordinates defining the features.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ID
*Attribute alias: ID


*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 10


Attribute:
*Attribute label: GRIDCODE
*Attribute alias: GRIDCODE
Attribute definition:
General land cover class, where 1=grass/shrub/bare ground, 2=marine/estuarine, 3=freshwater, 4=forested

*Attribute type: Number
*Attribute width: 10


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Distribution Information:


Distributor:
Contact information:
Contact organization primary:
Contact organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program

Contact address:
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State or province: Maine
Postal code: 04105
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 207-781-8364
Contact facsimile telephone: 207-781-8369


Contact electronic mail address: FW5ES_GOMP.GIS@fws.gov


Hours of service: 7:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M Eastern Daylight Time US



Resource description:


Standard order process:
Digital form:
Digital transfer information:
*Transfer size: 284.204
*Dataset size: 284.204

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Metadata Reference Information:


*Metadata date: 20031023


*Language of metadata: en


Metadata contact:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Bob Houston
Contact organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program
Contact position: Biologist/GIS Specialist


Contact address:
Address type: mailing and physical address
Address:
4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State or province: Maine
Postal code: 04105
Country: USA

Contact voice telephone: 207-781-8364
Contact facsimile telephone: 207-781-8369


Contact electronic mail address: robert_houston@fws.gov


Hours of service: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 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.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
*Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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Binary Enclosures:


Thumbnail:
Enclosure type: Picture



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