Natural Vegetation of Central California based on Kuchler (1977)

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:

Endangered Species Recovery Program and the Bureau of Reclamation MPGIS Service Center

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Natural Vegetation of Central California based on Kuchler (1977)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fresno, CA, US

Publisher: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Other_Citation_Details:

U.S. FWS, 1998 Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California.

Online_Linkage: <http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp>

Description:

Abstract:

A polygon coverage of Historical natural vegegation for central California based on the work of A.W. Kuchler.

Purpose:

To show Historical vegetation in the Central Valley of California for Figure 2. of the SJV Recovery Plan.

Supplemental_Information:

A statewide coverage is available from the Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific GIS Service Center. See URL: <http://www.mp.usbr.gov/mp400/geopage/metadata/kuchler.html>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.29

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.391

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.9719

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.5188

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Endangered Species

Theme_Keyword: Recovery Planning

Theme_Keyword: Conservation

Theme_Keyword: Historical Vegetation

Theme_Keyword: Landcover

Theme_Keyword: Kuchler

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: California

Place_Keyword: San Joaquin Valley

Place_Keyword: Central Valley

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

None. Acknowledgement of the Endangered Species Recovery Program would be appreciated in products derived from this data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: kuchler_sjv.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Graphic of theme kuchler_sjv

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit:

Scott Snover (ESRP) Nancy Norvell (ESRP) Micheal Sebhat (USBR) D. Edwards (USBR) Scott E. Phillips (ESRP)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Unknown. The attributes are consistent with Figure 2. of the SJV Recovery Plan.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Arcs connect to each other at nodes. Arcs have direction and left and right sides. Arcs that connect to surround an area define a polygon.

Completeness_Report:

Polygon features that were completely outside of the study area were omitted.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data represents a regional view and is not accurate to the parcel level. The Lat-Long intersection points on the original map were used as control points.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Kuchler, A.W.

Publication_Date: 1997

Title: The map of the natural vegetation of California.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New York, NY, US

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons

Other_Citation_Details:

Pp. 909-938 plus supplement in Terrestrial vegetation of California (M.G. Barbour and J. Major, eds.)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.wiley.com/>

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1997

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: KUCHLER

Source_Contribution: Coverage digitized from the map source.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

(The following was taken from a text notes written by Scott Snover or Nancy Norvell of ESRP). "The original coverage was digitized from the original map published by A.W. Kuchler in 1977. The Lat-Long intersection points on the original map were used to generate a tic file. The map was digitized one section at a time, a section being the area bounded by four tic points (i.e.- 1 degree Lat by 1 degree Long). Each of these sections was done individually and later joined together in a master coverage. Rather than try to digitize directly from the original map, which was folded and heavily creased, copies of portions of the map were used, taking care to make sure that as many creases as possible were flattened to obtain a clean copy. Also, since some of the original shade symbols did not copy clearly, or the border between two shade symbols was indistinct, the borders were copied by hand from the original map. In some areas along the coast or along lakebeds where the copy was unclear as to where all the lines were. In these cases, a coverage showing either the coastline or the lake boundaries was brought up as a back coverage and the relevant arcs were traced on the screen." (end of quoted text). Addtional digitizing and edits were done by the Bureau of Reclamation MP-GIS Service Center. The statewide coverage was reduced to the Central Valley coverage by ESRP.

Process_Date: 1995

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 10

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 10

Ordinate_Resolution: 10

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clark 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Attrbutes are CNAME for the common name of the vegetation type and SNAME for the scientific name of the vegetation type.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Kuchler, 1977

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Resource_Description: Arc Export file of kuchler_sjv

Distribution_Liability:

No warranty, expressed or implied is made by the ESRP regarding the utility of the data, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. These data are geographic illustrations and do not represent legal boundaries.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCE

Format_Version_Number: 7.2.1

Format_Specification: no compression

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.esrp.org/gis/>

Access_Instructions:

Large files may be GNU Zip compressed. Tools for decompression can be obtained from URL: <http://www.gzip.org/>

Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: Generic PC with Linux i386 2.2.5

Fees: Data may be accessed online without charge.

Technical_Prerequisites: computer with software to import ARC/INFO GIS data

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990702

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

City: Fresno

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code:

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 559 453 1227

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: none

Metadata_Use_Constraints: none