National Park Boundaries

Frequently-anticipated questions:

• What does this data set describe?
  1. How should this data set be cited?
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
• Who produced the data set?
  1. Who are the originators of the data set?
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
• Why was the data set created?
• How was the data set created?
  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
• How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the data, including topology?
• How can someone get a copy of the data set?
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  2. Who distributes the data?
  3. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
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  5. How can I download or order the data?
• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How should this data set be cited?

   Land Resources Office, New River Gorge National River, and Bureau of Transportation Statis, version 2.0, release 0, Unknown, National Park Boundaries.

   Online Links:

   • <http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=57>

   Other_Citation_Details:

   Existing or proposed boundaries for Bluestone National Scenic River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and New River Gorge National River originated from deed descriptions located at the Land Resources Office, New River Gorge National River. The Harpers Ferry National Historical Park boundary was extracted from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) 2000 National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD-2000), version 2.0, release 0. This GIS coverage was originally created in November 2000.

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.159729

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.708222

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.392153

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.473661

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Calendar_Date: 01-Sep-2003

   Currentness_Reference: publication date

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • G-polygon (8)

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

      UTM_Zone_Number: 17

      Transverse_Mercator:

      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000

      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

      False_Easting: 500000.000000

      False_Northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000512
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000512
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

   This dataset contains seven attributes: Park name, park type, perimeter in meters, perimeter in miles, area in square meters, area in acres, area in hectares

   Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: no information

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Land Resources Office, New River Gorge National River
   • Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) 2000 National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD-2000), version 2.0, release 0

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   Laura Pickens
   National Park Service
   GIS Specialist
   New River Gorge National River
   Glen Jean, WV 25846
   

   304-763-3145 (voice)
   Laura_Pickens@nps.gov
   

Why was the data set created?

This dataset was created in order to publish the approximate proclamation boundaries of the National Parks that fall within the state of West Virginia.

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   WVGISTC (source 1 of 1)

   West Virginia GIS Technical Center, 200309, West Virginia National Parks: WVGISTC, Morgantown, WV.

   Type_of_Source_Media: digital files

   Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

   Source_Contribution: boundaries

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   Date: 01-Jan-2000 (process 1 of 3)

   Collection of boundary for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park boundary.

   Data sources used in this process:

   • WVGISTC

   Date: 01-Jan-2000 (process 2 of 3)

   Collection of boundaries for Bluestone National Scenic River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and New River Gorge National River.

   Data sources used in this process:

   • WVGISTC

   Date: Sep-2003 (process 3 of 3)

   Boundaries for Bluestone National Scenic River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and New River Gorge National River were updated in September 2003

   Data sources used in this process:

   • WVGISTC

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

1. How well have the observations been checked?

   No attribute accuracy report has been completed.

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

   No horizontal accuracy report has been completed.

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

   No vertical accuracy report has been completed.

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

   All National Park Service lands within the State of West Virginia are included in the dataset.

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

   No logical consistency report has been completed.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
   West Virginia GIS Technical Center
   West Virginia University
   Morgantown, WV 26506-6300
   USA
   

   (304) 293-5603 x4339 (voice)
   (304) 293-6522 (FAX)
   kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu
   

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   Downloadable Data

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   None

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	ARCE Size: 0.077
     Network links:	<http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=57>

   • Cost to order the data: None

   • Special instructions:

     Please visit <http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php> to download data.

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 27-Jun-2005

Metadata author:

West Virginia GIS Technical Center
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6300

(304) 293-5603 x4339 (voice)
(304) 293-6522 (FAX)
kurt.donaldson@mail.wvu.edu

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

Metadata extensions used:

• <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>