Endangered Species Recovery Program
Geospatial Metadata
Natural Vegetation of Central California based on Kuchler (1977)
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Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Endangered Species Recovery Program and the Bureau of Reclamation MPGIS Service Center
- Publication_Date: 1999
- Title:
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Natural Vegetation of Central California based on Kuchler (1977)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Fresno, CA, US
- Publisher: Endangered Species Recovery Program
- Other_Citation_Details:
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U.S. FWS, 1998 Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California.
- Online_Linkage: <http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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A polygon coverage of Historical natural vegegation for central California based on the work of A.W. Kuchler.
- Purpose:
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To show Historical vegetation in the Central Valley of California for Figure 2. of the SJV Recovery Plan.
- Supplemental_Information:
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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:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 1999
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
- Status:
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- Progress: In work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.29
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.391
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.9719
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.5188
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- 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:
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- 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:
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None. Acknowledgement of the Endangered Species Recovery Program would be appreciated in products derived from this data.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program
- Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
- Contact_Address:
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- 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:
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- Browse_Graphic_File_Name: kuchler_sjv.jpg
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Graphic of theme kuchler_sjv
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Scott Snover (ESRP) Nancy Norvell (ESRP) Micheal Sebhat (USBR) D. Edwards (USBR) Scott E. Phillips (ESRP)
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Unknown. The attributes are consistent with Figure 2. of the SJV Recovery Plan.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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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:
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Polygon features that were completely outside of the study area were omitted.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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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:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Kuchler, A.W.
- Publication_Date: 1997
- Title: The map of the natural vegetation of California.
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: New York, NY, US
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
- Other_Citation_Details:
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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:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 1997
- Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: KUCHLER
- Source_Contribution: Coverage digitized from the map source.
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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(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:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program
- Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
- Contact_Address:
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- 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:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Planar:
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- Grid_Coordinate_System:
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- Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
- Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
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- UTM_Zone_Number: 10
- Transverse_Mercator:
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- 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:
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- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair
- Coordinate_Representation:
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- Abscissa_Resolution: 10
- Ordinate_Resolution: 10
- Planar_Distance_Units: meters
- Geodetic_Model:
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- 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:
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- Overview_Description:
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
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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:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program
- Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
- Contact_Address:
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- 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:
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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:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name: ARCE
- Format_Version_Number: 7.2.1
- Format_Specification: no compression
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
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- Online_Option:
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- Computer_Contact_Information:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.esrp.org/gis/>
- Access_Instructions:
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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:
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- Metadata_Date: 19990702
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Endangered Species Recovery Program
- Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
- Contact_Address:
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- 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
Generated by mp version 2.4.15 on Fri Jul 2 23:38:33 1999
Endangered Species Recovery Program
http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp