Proposed areas where connectivity and linkages should be promoted

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

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Proposed areas where connectivity and linkages should be promoted

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:

Proposed areas where connectiviy and linkages between isolated habitat on the San Joaquin Valley floor and natural lands in the surrounding foothills should be promoted.

Purpose:

To illustate Valley Floor Linage areas listed in Table 11. of the Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1996

Ending_Date: 1997

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.895

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.866

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.2719

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.2343

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Endangered Species

Theme_Keyword: Recovery Planning

Theme_Keyword: Conservation

Theme_Keyword: Linkages

Theme_Keyword: Connectivity

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: California

Place_Keyword: San Joaquin 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: linkages.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Graphic of theme linkages

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit:

Daniel F. Williams Ellen A. Cypher Patrick A. Kelly Nancy Norvell Scott E. Phillips

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attributes assigned to the polygon areas are from Table 11 of the SJV Recovery Plan and should be as accurate.

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:

The coverage does not show actual locations for potential linkages, but general geographic areas within which connectivity and linkages should be promoted.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This coverage is extremely generalized to show general geographic areas and not actual parcel locations on the ground.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: University of California, Santa Barbara Biogeography Lab

Publication_Date: 1996

Title: California Gap Analysis Land Cover Map, draft version, 1996.

Edition: draft version

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Fresno, CA, US

Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA, US

Online_Linkage: <http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GAPVEG

Source_Contribution:

The locations of non-native grassland on the valley floor of the San Joaquin Valley.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Dan Williams and Patrick Kelly of ESRP used the locations of existing non-native grassland and scrub communities on the valley floor as well as physical features such as the Chowchilla Canal to determine the locations for areas where connectivity and linkages should be promoted. The selected areas were created as polygon coverages in ARC/INFO by Nancy Norvell of ESRP. Subsequent edits to the polygon locations were done in ARC/INFO by Scott Phillips of ESRP.

Process_Date: 1996

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: 1

Ordinate_Resolution: 1

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:

The attributes correspond to table 11 of the SJV Recovery Plan. The rows of information in this table were assigned to general geographic polygon locations.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Endangered Species Recovery Program, 1999

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 linkages

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: 19990701

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