open_water.shp was created Aug. 17, 2001 by querying the lrwwtlnds.shp for open
water.  the OW classification in the attributes field.  Any questionis contact
Margie Barry
Lehigh Earth Observatory
31 Williams Drive
Bethlehem, Pa 18015
610-758-5411
mmt1@lehigh.edu

IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Wayne L. Myers, Joseph A. Bishop
      Publication_Date: 2000
      Title: Herbaceaous wetland areas in Pennsylvania 100 meters
      Edition:
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: University, PA
        Publisher: Pennsylvania Gap Analysis Program. Environmental Resources
          Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
      Other_Citation_Details:
      Online_Linkage:
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Environmental Resource Research Institute
          Publication_Date: 199807
          Title: Pennsylvania Gap Analysis Project
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: University Park, Pa
            Publisher: Environmental Resource Research Institute
          Online_Linkage:
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Shows 100 meter buffered areas around herbaceous wetlands
      as extracted from MRLC data
    Purpose:
      Part of the Pennsylvania Gap Analysis progression, this
      dataset was designed to facilitate the interpretation of
      Pennsylvania's surface vegetation and habitat models for
      vertebrate species in the Commonwealth.
    Supplemental_Information:
      For use at 1:100,000 or smaller scale.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 1993
        Ending_Date: 1995
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.1332
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.1239
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.3794
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.3722
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: gap analysis
      Theme_Keyword: conservation gap analysis
      Theme_Keyword: wetlands
      Theme_Keyword: Palustrine Herbaceous Wetlands
    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 rise 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: Lehigh Earth Observatory
        Contact_Person: Margie Barry
      Contact_Position: LEO Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 31 Williams Drive
        City: Bethlehem
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 18015
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-5411
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 610-758-3677
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmt1@lehigh.edu
      Hours_of_Service:
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    Arc/Info coverage format
    /disk3/leo/pennsylvania/pahydro/pahydro_utm/wetlnds_utm
 
DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      Verified visually through comparison with source materials
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    Gridded data
  Completeness_Report:
    Complete coverage for the state of Pennsylvania.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        Extracted from MRLC data, horizontal positional accuracy of
        the current data corresponds to the source data with
        limited visual verification through use with other layers
        involved in PA GAP habitat modelling
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
          Publication_Date:
          Title:
          Edition:
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
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            Publisher:
          Other_Citation_Details:
          Online_Linkage:
          Larger_Work_Citation:
            Citation_Information:
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          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date:
            Ending_Date:
        Source_Currentness_Reference:
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
      Source_Contribution:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory
          Publication_Date: unknowna
          Title: National Wetlands Inventory 7.5 minute quadrangle map
          Edition:
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Fla.
            Publisher: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory
          Other_Citation_Details:
          Online_Linkage:
          Larger_Work_Citation:
            Citation_Information:
              Originator:
              Publication_Date:
              Title:
              Publication_Information:
                Publication_Place:
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              Online_Linkage:
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: online
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 1981
            Ending_Date: present
        Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: nwi maps
      Source_Contribution:
        ancillary data assisting with classification
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Palustrine herbaceous wetlands, palustrine woody wetlands
        and open water were extracted from the MRLC data. MRLC used
        NWI maps to assist with classification of the original
        thematic mapper imagery.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: MRLC
      Process_Date: 1999
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
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          Hours_of_Service:

SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete Chain
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 19560

SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
        Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
          UTM_Zone_Number:  18
          Transverse_Mercator:
            Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
            False_Easting: 500000.000000
            False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 52.99529509449
          Ordinate_Resolution: 52.99529509449
        Planar_Distance_Units:
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
  Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
      Altitude_Resolution:
      Altitude_Distance_Units:
      Altitude_Encoding_Method: Implicit coordinate
    Depth_System_Definition:
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      Depth_Resolution:
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      Depth_Encoding_Method:

ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: wetlnds_utm.aat
      Entity_Type_Definition: Arc Attribute Table
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Fnode#
      Attribute_Definition: From-node identifier of linear feature
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          Software computed
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Tnode#
      Attribute_Definition: To-node identifier of linear feature
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          Software computed
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Lpoly#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal number of polygon to left of arc
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          Software computed
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Rpoly#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal number of polygon to right of arc
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          Software computed
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Length
      Attribute_Definition: Length of line
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          Software computed
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Wetlnds_utm#
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          Software computed
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Wetlnds_utm-id
      Attribute_Definition: Feature identification number
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          User Defined

DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Lehigh Earth Observatory
        Contact_Person: Margie Barry
      Contact_Position: LEO Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 31 Williams Drive
        City: Bethlehem
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 18015
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-5411
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 610-758-3677
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmt1@lehigh.edu
      Hours_of_Service:
  Resource_Description:
  Distribution_Liability:
    The USER shall indemnify, save harmless, and, if requested,
    defend those parties involved with the development and
    distribution of this data, their officers, agents, and
    employees from and against any suits, claims, or actions
    for injury, death, or property damage arising out of the
    use of or any defect in the FILES or any accompanying
    documentation. Those parties involved with the development
    and distribution excluded any and all implied warranties,
    including warranties or merchantability and fitness for a
    particular purpose and makes no warranty or representation,
    either express or implied, with respect to the FILES or
    accompanying documentation, including its quality,
    performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular
    purpose. The FILES and documentation are provided "as is"
    and the USER assumes the entire risk as to its quality and
    performance. Those parties involved with the development
    and distribution of this data will not be liable for any
    direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential
    damages arising out of the use or inability to use the
    FILES or any accompanying documentation.

METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

  Metadata_Date: 19980909
  Metadata_Review_Date: 19980911
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Lehigh Earth Observatory
        Contact_Person: Margie Barry
      Contact_Position: LEO Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
        Address: 31 Williams Drive
        City: Bethlehem
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 18015
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-5411
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 610-758-3677
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmt1@lehigh.edu
      Hours_of_Service:
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FDGC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998