IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Lehigh Earth Observatory
      Publication_Date: 
      Title: Township Boundaries in the Vicinity of the Lehigh River Watershed
      Edition: 
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Bethlehem, Pa
        Publisher: Lehigh Earth Observatory
      Other_Citation_Details:
      Online_Linkage: www.leo.lehigh.edu
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: 
          Publication_Date: 
          Title: Lehigh River Watershed GIS Project
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: 
            Publisher: 
          Online_Linkage: 
  Description:
    Abstract:
      A list of all the major townships and boroughs within and
      around the Lehigh River Watershed.
    Purpose:
      Educational
    Supplemental_Information:
      This data is intended for use at
      1:24,000 or smaller scale.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 
        Ending_Date: 
    Currentness_Reference: 
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.7368
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.6929
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.9980
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.9631
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: townships
      Theme_Keyword: municipalitiess
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
      Place_Keyword: Lehigh River Watershed
  Access_Constraints:
    none
  Use_Constraints:
    The user shall indemnify, save harmless, and, if requested,
    defend the
    University, their officers, agents, and employees from
    and against any suits, claims,
    or actions for injury, death, or property damage arising
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    FILES or any accompanying documentation.
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    merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
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    The University will not be liable for any direct,
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    THIS IS NOT A PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVED
    FILE. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RETAINS THE MASTER FILES.
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    data.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Lehigh Earth Observatory
        Contact_Person: Margie Barry
      Contact_Position: LU Earth Observatory Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 406B Williams Hall 31
        City: Bethlehem
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 18015
        Country: United States
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-5411
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmt1@lehigh.edu
      Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    Arc/Info coverage format
    /disk3/leo/pennsylvania/miscboundaries/miscboundaries_utm/township_utm
 
DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      Original was verified visually by comparison
      against source materials.
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    Topology exists
  Completeness_Report:
    Contains all officially recognized townships in
    the vicinity of the watershed.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        Digitized from
        sources conforming to National Mapping Accuracy
        Standards for 1:24,000 scale maps.
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
 Bureau of Planning and Research, Cartographic Information
 Division
          Publication_Date:19990109 
          Title:PennDOT - Township boundaries, 1999
          Edition: 
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Harrisburg, PA
            Publisher: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
          Other_Citation_Details:
          Online_Linkage: 
          Larger_Work_Citation:
            Citation_Information:
              Originator: Pennsylvania Department of          Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Cartographic Information Division
              Publication_Date: 1999
              Title: 1999 Cartographic/GIS Information CD-ROM
                                
              Publication_Information:
                Publication_Place: Harrisburg, PA
                Publisher: 
              Online_Linkage: 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 
      Type_of_Source_Media: online
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 
            Ending_Date: 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Source_Contribution: Boundaries of all USGS 7.5' quadrangles within Pennsylvania
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:Pennsylvania Department of                                Transportation
          Publication_Date:1999 
          Title: Type 10 general highway map
          Edition: 
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Harrisburg, PA
            Publisher: Pennsylvania Dept. of                                    Transportation
          Other_Citation_Details:
          Online_Linkage: 
          Larger_Work_Citation:
            Citation_Information:
              Originator: 
              Publication_Date: 
              Title: 
              Publication_Information:
                Publication_Place: 
                Publisher: 
              Online_Linkage: 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 
            Ending_Date: 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Type 10 maps
      Source_Contribution: features for digitization
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Retrieve large townships of pennsylvania and clipped to
        smaller county map. Then named townships within that map.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Date: 
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: Lehigh Earth Observatory
            Contact_Person: Margie Barry
          Contact_Position: LU Earth Observatory Manager
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing and physical address
            Address: 406B Williams Hall 31
            City: Bethlehem
            State_or_Province: PA
            Postal_Code: 18015
            Country: United States
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-5411
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmt1@lehigh.edu
          Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time

SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

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    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 472

SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
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      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: 
          Ordinate_Resolution: 
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      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 80
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.26

ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Lehigh Earth Observatory
        Contact_Person: Margie Barry
      Contact_Position: LU Earth Observatory Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 406B Williams Hall 31
        City: Bethlehem
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 18015
        Country: United States
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-5411
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmt1@lehigh.edu
      Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time
  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 documentation, or
    rising out of an defect in data files or accompanying
    documentation. The commonwealth and the Lehigh University
    excludes any and all implied warranties and makes no
    warranty or representation with respect to performance,
    merchantability, or fitness for particular purpose. These
    data files and documentation are provided-as is-and the

METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

  Metadata_Date: 20001109
  Metadata_Review_Date: 
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Lehigh Earth Observatory
        Contact_Person: Margie Barry
      Contact_Position: LU Earth Observatory Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
        Address: 406B Williams Hall 31
        City: Bethlehem
        State_or_Province: PA
        Postal_Code: 18015
        Country: United States
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 610-758-5411
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mmt1@lehigh.edu
      Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998