IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Lehigh Earth Observatory
      Publication_Date: 2000
      Title: Inactive Railroad Lines in counties surrounding the Lehigh
        River Watershed
      Edition: Version 1
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Bethlehem, Pa
        Publisher: Lehigh Earth Observatory
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      Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.lehigh.edu/~inees/LEO_main/LEO_main.html
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  Description:
    Abstract:
      Location of inactive rail lines in Pennsylvania, digitized
      from 1:24,000
      USGS topographic maps on a stable mylar base.
    Purpose:
      educational
    Supplemental_Information:
      For use at scales of 1:24,000 or smaller.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
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        Ending_Date: unknown
    Currentness_Reference:  none
      none
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
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    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: 0.0000
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -1.0000
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: -1.0000
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 0.0000
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: inactive railroads
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
  Access_Constraints:
    none
  Use_Constraints:
    For educational/demonstration purposes only. The Originator,
    Publisher and Distributor exclude any and all implied
    warranties and make no warranty
    or representation with respect to the data files or
    accompanying documentation,
    including quality, performance, merchantability or fitness
    for a particular purpose. These
    data files and documentation are provided 'as is' and the
    User assumes the entire risk as
    to their quality and performance.
    These data are not to be redistributed for commercial
    profit. Reproduction or
    redistribution of this digital data set without permission
    of the Originator/Publisher is
    expressly forbidden. The Originator and Publisher should be
    clearly cited in any product
    derived from this data. Any modifications to this data must
    be described in any digital or
    hardcopy product derived from this data.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Environmental Resources Research Institute
        Contact_Person: George Baumer
      Contact_Position: 
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: Land and Water Building
        City: University Park
        State_or_Province: Pa
        Postal_Code: 16802
        Country: 
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (814) 863-5541
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gmb@psu.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    Arc/Info coverage format
    /disk3/leo/pennsylvania/patrans/patrans_utm/inactrr_utm
 
DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

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      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
          Publication_Date: 1992
          Title: Active Railroads
          Edition: 
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
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      Type_of_Source_Media: cd-rom
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 
            Ending_Date: 1995
        Source_Currentness_Reference: Telephone call to Dwight MacLean at
          PennDot, GIS Specialist, 717-787-6036
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none
      Source_Contribution:
        Data digitized from USGS 7.5 minute topographic
        maps and supplemented with information from regional maps
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Converted Intergraph Microstation files to ARCINFO
        format. CD-rom titled Pennsylvania Carto/GIS contains both
        Intergraph and
        ESRI formatted files
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Date: 1995
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 
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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

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      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 199

SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
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      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
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          UTM_Zone_Number:  18
          Transverse_Mercator:
            Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000
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            False_Easting: 500.000000
            False_Northing: 0.000000
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    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378.2064000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
          Protection
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      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: P.O. Box 2063
        City: Harrisburg
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 17105
        Country: 
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 717-783-2300
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  Resource_Description:
  Distribution_Liability:
    not for commercial use or resale.
    The User shall save the Commonwealth and the Lehigh
    University harmless from any suits, claims or actions
    arising out of the use of the data files or accompanying
    documention, or arising out of any defect in data files or
    accompanying documention. The Commonwealth and the Lehigh
    University excludes any and all implied warranties and
    makes no warranty or representation with respect to
    preformance, merchantability , or fitness for a particular
    purpose. These data files and documentation are provided
    -as is- and the User assumes the entire risk as to their
    quality and performance.

METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

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        Contact_Organization: Lehigh Earth Observatory
        Contact_Person: Carl Moses
      Contact_Position: 
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
        Address: 402 WILLIAMS HALL 31
        City: Bethlehem
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 18015
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-4907
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: com0@lehigh.edu
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  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998