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Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2006 Poly

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: USFWS NWI Region 5
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title:
Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2006 Poly
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: http://www.ct.gov/deep
Description:
Abstract:
This data layer was created by the USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Region 5.  Delineations of 2006 eelgrass beds were completed on the eastern Connecticut shoreline to the Rhode Island border.  Fisher Island, Plum Island, and the northern shore of Long Island, New York were also included in this work.  Spring 2006 True Color aerial photography was taken at a scale of 1:20,000 and used for detemining location and delineation of eelgrass beds.  Extensive field work was conducted by the USFWS Region 5 Southern Coastal Zone program in September, October and November, with 290 field sites. The 2006 photography was scanned and geo-rectified using 2004 ADS 1/2 meter true color imagery.
Purpose:
This dataset was developed for an ongoing eelgrass monitoring of the Long Island Sound.  Funding was provided by the EPA, Region 2. 
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 6/16/06
Time of Day: morning
Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.483019
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.873644
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.380907
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.152040
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: SAV
Theme_Keyword: eelgrass
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: CT
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place_Keyword: United States of America
Place_Keyword: USA
Access_Constraints: no known access retrictions
Use_Constraints:
contraints based on limitation of methods of aquiring data through remotely sensed processes.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ralph Tiner
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Northeast Region
Contact_Position: National Wetlands Inventory, R5 Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
300 Westgate Center Drive
City: Hadley
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 01035
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 413-253-8620
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ralph_tiner@fws.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://www.cteco.uconn.edu/metadata/dep/browsegraphic/eelgrassbed2006fullview.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Full view
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://www.cteco.uconn.edu/metadata/dep/browsegraphic/eelgrassbed2006detailview.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Detail view
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
These data are maintained by the State of Connecticut using ArcGIS software developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) in a Microsoft Windows operating system environment.
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Attribute accuracy  based on quality of 1:20000 photography, and the ability to indentify submerged vegetation and the density of beds.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Photography was taken in one single flgiht mission on June 16, 2006
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Based on photography, and the abiltiy to identify eelgrass beds and delineate them from 1:20,000 True Color geo-rectified photography
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:20,000
Type_of_Source_Media: True Color photography
Source_Contribution:
Sames W. Sewall 
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
136 Center Street, P.O. Box 433 
Old Town, Maine 04468-0433 
207 827 4456
fax: 207 827 3641
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The 2006, 1:20000 true color photography was scanned and geo-rectified to ADS 2004 true color 1/2 meter resolution imagery for Connecticut, and 1-ft resoluton  true color 2004 New York State imagery.  The 2002 eelgrass datalayer was used as a base, and polygonal data was added, subtracted or adjusted to reflect what was identified on the newer imagery.  Field work was completed using a USFWS research vessel, and USFWS personnel.  Two hundred and ninety sites were checked and documented.  This information was converted to a point datalayer and used to adjust the original delineation.
Process_Date: Dec '06 - Feb '07
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Herb Bergquist
Contact_Organization: USFWS
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist/Biologist
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 413-253-8621
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: h_bergquist@fws.gov
Cloud_Cover: none
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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: 176
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard_Parallel: 41.200000
Standard_Parallel: 41.866667
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -72.750000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 40.833333
False_Easting: 999999.999996
False_Northing: 499999.999998
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000250
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000250
Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
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
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Connectcut Eelgrass Beds 2006 Poly
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
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: ACRES
Attribute_Definition:
Area of polygon
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SITE_ID
Attribute_Definition:
numeric site #
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LOCATION
Attribute_Definition:
Approximate location based adjacent areas
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WATERSHED
Attribute_Definition:
Watershed numeric value
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SIGNATURES
Attribute_Definition:
signatures of interpreted eelgrass bed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Patches, Dark Grn
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Patches, Grn/Brn
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Patches, Light Grn
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Solid, Dark Grn
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Solid, Dark Grn/Brn
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Solid, Dark Grn/Blk
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Solid, Grn/Brn
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Solid, Light Grn
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Undetermined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FIELD_06_V
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FIELD_02_V
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BED_DENSITY
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.len
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Distribution_Information:
Resource_Description: Connectcut Eelgrass Beds 2006 Poly
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: Shapefile, Feature Class
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS
File_Decompression_Technique: Zip
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: http://www.ct.gov/deep
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20120119
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Contact_Person: Herb Bergquist
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist/Biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
300 Westgate Center Drive
City: Hadley
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 01035
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 413-253-8621
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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