Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jacquelyn M. Strager
Originator: Charles B. Yuill
Originator: Petra Bohall Wood
Originator: Ree Brannon
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: wvlandcovgclp
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Morgantown, WV
Publisher:
Natural Resource Analysis Center and West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, West Virginia University
Description:
Abstract:
Gap Analysis is a broad-scale conservation effort focused on identifying wildlife habitats and species under-represented in current conservation lands. As part of the West Virginia Gap Analysis project, vegetation and land cover information were derived from classified Landsat TM satellite imagery obtained in 1993 and 1994. Training data for image classification included vegetation points identified from aerial videography flights. Ancillary data used in classification and in final data set (in some cases) includes National Wetlands Inventory data, USGS DLG roads data, and EPA MRLC land use/land cover data.
Purpose:
This dataset serves as a key input to the West Virginia Gap Analysis vertebrate wildlife distribution modeling process.
Supplemental_Information: See WV-GAP Final Report for more details.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19920806
Ending_Date: 19940422
Currentness_Reference: Landsat TM scene dates for source imagery
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Uncertain at this time
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.65
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.73
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.64
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.2
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
Theme_Keyword:
Theme_Keyword: Land cover
Theme_Keyword: Land use
Theme_Keyword: Vegetation
Theme_Keyword: Habitat
Theme_Keyword: Forest
Place:
Place_Keyword: West Virginia
Place_Keyword: WV
Place_Keyword: Appalachians
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: Please cite West Virginia Gap Analysis Project
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Natural Resource Analysis Center
Contact_Person: Jacquelyn Strager
Contact_Position: Research Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 6108
City: Morgantown
State_or_Province: WV
Postal_Code: 26506-6108
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 304-293-4832 ext.4456
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 304-293-3752
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jrowe@wvu.edu
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of this data set is analyzed in the WV GAP final report and accompanying documents.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
More information is available in WV-GAP final report
Completeness_Report:
More information is available in WV-GAP final report
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Land cover was mapped from Landsat TM imagery using methods described in Yuill et. al (forthcoming).
Process_Date: 2000
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Charles Yuill
Contact_Organization: Natural Resource Analysis Center
Contact_Position: Principal Investigator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Room 2008
Address: Agricultural Sciences Building
Address: PO Box 6108
City: Morgantown
State_or_Province: WV
Postal_Code: 26506-6108
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 304-293-4832
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 304-293-3752
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cyuill@wvu.edu
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
Landsat Thematic Mapper scenes were registered to locations identified on 1:24,000 and 1:100,000 scale USGS topographic maps. National Wetlands Inventory data for West Virginia (1:24,000 scale) were also obtained from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 12710
Column_Count: 14226
Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 17
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0
False_Easting: 0
False_Northing: 0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 30.007172
Ordinate_Resolution: 30.007172
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 1.003402
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Band_1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ObjectID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Value
Attribute_Definition: grid cell value (original WV-GAP values), see
Attribute_Definition_Source: results of image classification
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Count
Attribute_Definition: Count of cells
Attribute_Definition_Source: Calculated
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Covertypecode
Attribute_Definition: code for land cover type
Attribute_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No Data
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Major power lines
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Major roads
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Populated areas
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16002
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Light intensity urban
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16003
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Moderate intensity urban
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16004
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Intensive urban
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Planted grassland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20002
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Conifer plantation
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 21001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Row crop agriculture
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 21002
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pasture/grassland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 32001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shrubland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 32002
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Woodland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floodplain forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40002
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cove hardwood forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40003
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Diverse/mesophytic hardwood forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40004
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hardwood/conifer forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40005
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Oak dominant forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40006
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mountain hardwood forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40007
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mountain hardwood/conifer forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 40008
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mountain conifer forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 50001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Surface water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 61001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Forested wetland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 62002
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shrub wetland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 62003
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Herbaceous wetland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 70001
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Barren land, mining, construction
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Covertypename
Attribute_Definition: name of land cover type
Attribute_Definition_Source: WV-GAP
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Natural Resource Analysis Center
Contact_Person: Jacquelyn Strager
Contact_Position: Research Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 6108
City: Morgantown
State_or_Province: WV
Postal_Code: 26506-6108
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 304-293-4832 ext.4456
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 304-293-3752
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jrowe@wvu.edu
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the BRD, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a BRD server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the content of the metadata file associated with these data. The Biological Resources Division shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data were compiled with regard to the following standards. Please be aware of the limitations of the data. These data are meant to be used at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller (such as 1:250,000 or 1:500,000) for the purpose of assessing the conservation status of vertebrate species and vegetation types over large geographic regions. The data may or may not have been assessed for statistical accuracy. Data evaluation and improvement may be ongoing. The Biological Resources Division makes no claim as to the data's suitability for other purposes. This is writeable data which may have been altered from the original product if not obtained from a designated data distributor.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARC/INFO
Format_Version_Number: 8.0.2
Transfer_Size: 22.693
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.gap.uidaho.edu>
Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.nrac.wvu.edu>
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees: None, or small fees for media and processing
Ordering_Instructions:
Contact NRAC at WVU or follow links to WV-GAP through <http://www.gap.uidaho.edu> for more information
Technical_Prerequisites:
Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software is helpful
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20020220
Metadata_Review_Date: 20001031
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Natural Resource Analysis Center
Contact_Person: Jacquelyn Strager
Contact_Position: Research Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 6108
City: Morgantown
State_or_Province: WV
Postal_Code: 26506-6108
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 304-293-4832 ext.4456
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 304-293-3752
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jrowe@wvu.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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