WPC non-protected sites


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Publication_Date:20040330
Title:
WPC non-protected sites
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:vector digital data
Online_Linkage: http://www.paconserve.org/rc/acp.html
Online_Linkage: http://www.pasda.psu.edu/
Description:
Abstract:
Final export of all aquatic sampling sites from the Pennsylvania Aquatic Database (PAD) at the completion of Phase I of the Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification project that had no datarelease restrictions (approximately 14% of all stations).  This project was undertaken by the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program.
Purpose:
For use in the Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification Project.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date:20040330
Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Status:
Progress:Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate:-83.555660
East_Bounding_Coordinate:-74.258900
North_Bounding_Coordinate:42.851030
South_Bounding_Coordinate:35.580290
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:none
Theme_Keyword:Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification
Theme_Keyword:Pennsylvania Aquatic Database
Theme_Keyword:Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Theme_Keyword:Fish
Theme_Keyword:Freshwater Mussels
Theme_Keyword:Water Chemistry
Theme_Keyword:Stream Habitat
Theme_Keyword:Streams
Theme_Keyword:Rivers
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:none
Place_Keyword:Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword:Ohio River Basin
Place_Keyword:Susquehanna River Basin
Place_Keyword:Deleware River Basin
Place_Keyword:Potomac River Basin
Access_Constraints:None.
Use_Constraints:
NOTICE:  The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program policies.  THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  The GIS Data were developed by the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program for its own internal business purposes.  The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate.  You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features.  If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, the GIS Data must include a copy of this disclaimer.

The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program shall have no liability for any claim of infringement or rights by third parties based on any use of the Licensed Dataset in compination with programs, software, hardware, or equipment not designated by the WPC, without prior written approval by Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, if such infringement could have been avoided had the Licensed Dataset not been so used.

While Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program warrants that the data in the Licensed Dataset has been reviewed to ensure compliance with quality control standards, WPC shall have no liability or responsibility to the data users, or any other person or entity with respect to any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the Licensed Dataset, including but not limited to any interruption of service, loss of business, anticipatory profits or indirect, special, or consequential damages resulting from the use or operation of the Licensed Dataset.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy)
Contact_Person:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Position:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing and physical address
Address:
209 Fourth Avenue
City:Pittsburgh
State_or_Province:PA
Postal_Code:15222
Country:USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone:412-288-2777
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:jdeeds@paconserve.org
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
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Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
ESRI point geometry exists.
Completeness_Report:
Complete.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
Publication_Date:20040331
Title:
Pennsylvania Aquatic Database
Other_Citation_Details:
All sites were compiled from a number of datasources which can be found in the "source" table of the PAD.
Type_of_Source_Media:digital database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date:20040330
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
PAD
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
All sites with Latitude and Longitude values in the PAD were exported as a dbf and opened as an event theme, and then saved as this shape file.
Process_Date:20040331
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
C:\DOCUME~1\DHomans.WPC\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml1D.tmp
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset moved.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
C:\LocalGISfiles\DDnad27\Final\finalphase1stations
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
C:\DOCUME~1\DHomans.WPC\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml151.tmp
Process_Date:Unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset moved.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
C:\LocalGISfiles\DDnad27\Final\nonprotectedsites
Process_Date:Unknown
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:2636
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution:0.000000
Longitude_Resolution:0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units:Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name:North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name:Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis:6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:294.978698
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label:nonprotectedsites
Entity_Type_Definition:
all aquatic sampling sites from the Pennsylvania Aquatic Database (PAD) at the completion of Phase I of the Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification project that had no datarelease restrictions
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:FID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:Shape
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:LAT_DEC_OR
Attribute_Definition:
Site Latitude in Decimal Degrees
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Original Report
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:LONG_DEC_O
Attribute_Definition:
Site Longitude in Decimal Degrees 
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:STATIONID
Attribute_Definition:
Unique station ID for each sampling site in the PAD.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Station ID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:FISH_
Attribute_Definition:
Were fish sampled at this site?
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Fish were sampled at this site.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Fish were not sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:BENTHICMAC
Attribute_Definition:
Were benthic macroinvertebrates sampled at this site?
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
benthic macroinvertebrates were not sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:MUSSELS_
Attribute_Definition:
were freshwater mussels (Unionidae) sampled at this site?
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
freshwater mussels (Unionidae) were sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
freshwater mussels (Unionidae) were not sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:HABITAT_
Attribute_Definition:
Were stream habitat metrics sampled at this site?
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
stream habitat metrics were sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
stream habitat metrics were not sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:CHEM_
Attribute_Definition:
Was water chemistry sampled at this site?
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
water chemistry was sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
water chemistry was not sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:STRMCHAR_
Attribute_Definition:
Were descriptive stream characteristics sampled at this site?
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
descriptive stream characteristics were sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
descriptive stream characteristics were not sampled at this site
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:DATAPROTEC
Attribute_Definition:
The level of dataprotection to be applied to this sites and all records referencing this site.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
PAD
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Unrestricted datasource, no blocking of data.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Restricted datasource; all records and spatial information should be blocked in any publicly accessible version of the PAD.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Site contains species of special concern and thus locational information should be blocked in any publicly accessible versions of the PAD.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Unknown data restriction level, thus all records should be blocked until a new restriction level is confirmed  by the data source. 
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
PAD
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Attributes include what characteristics were sampled for at each site.
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Contact_Person:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Position:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing and physical address
Address:
209 4th Avenue
City:Pittsburgh
State_or_Province:PA
Postal_Code:15222
Country:USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone:866-250-2777
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:jdeeds@paconserve.org
Resource_Description:Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
NOTICE:  The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program policies.  THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  The GIS Data were developed by the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program for its own internal business purposes.  The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate.  You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features.  If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, the GIS Data must include a copy of this disclaimer.

The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program shall have no liability for any claim of infringement or rights by third parties based on any use of the Licensed Dataset in compination with programs, software, hardware, or equipment not designated by the WPC, without prior written approval by Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, if such infringement could have been avoided had the Licensed Dataset not been so used.

While Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program warrants that the data in the Licensed Dataset has been reviewed to ensure compliance with quality control standards, WPC shall have no liability or responsibility to the data users, or any other person or entity with respect to any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the Licensed Dataset, including but not limited to any interruption of service, loss of business, anticipatory profits or indirect, special, or consequential damages resulting from the use or operation of the Licensed Dataset.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name:ArcView SHP
Format_Version_Number:ESRI ArcView 3.2a
Format_Specification:
ArcView Shapefile
File_Decompression_Technique:no compression applied
Transfer_Size:0.070
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: not available
Fees:None.
Ordering_Instructions:
Contact the distributor.
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing address
Address:
115 Land and Water building
City:University Park
State_or_Province:Pennsylvania
Postal_Code:16802
Country:United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone:(814) 865 - 8792
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:pasda@psu.edu
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.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date:20100323
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Western Pennsylvania Coservancy; Natural Heritage Program
Contact_Person:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Position:Aquatic Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing and physical address
Address:
209 Fourth Avenue
City:Pittsburgh
State_or_Province:PA
Postal_Code:15222
Contact_Voice_Telephone:412-288-2777
Metadata_Standard_Name:FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention:local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage:
Profile_Name:ESRI Metadata Profile
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