Delaware Valley Land Cover 1993


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:American Forests
Publication_Date:March 2003
Title:
Delaware Valley Land Cover 1993
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:remote-sensing image
Online_Linkage: ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/amerforest/amerfor-tm93_cls7_final1.zip
Description:
Abstract:
AMERICAN FORESTS conducted an urban ecosystem analysis of the Delaware Valley region to provide community leaders with detailed information about the region's tree cover and its environmental and economic impacts. The analysis documents what landscape changes have occurred over time and how these changes have impacted the environmental services the urban forest provides to the region. The study used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to connect image analysis of the area to ecological assessment of tree cover change trends over the last 15 years. 
Purpose:
As community leaders plan for future regional development and urban revitalization, the information and tools provided in this project will become even more useful. The data from Urban Ecosystem Analysis along with the GIS software, provided by American Forests, offers green infrastructure planning as a strategy for calculating the benefits of the Green City Strategy, implementing the Clean Water Act at the watershed level, and visualizing the smart growth goals of DVRPC's Projected 2025 Plan.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date:1993
Currentness_Reference:
ground condition
Status:
Progress:Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:None planned
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West_Bounding_Coordinate:-76.151420
East_Bounding_Coordinate:-74.381169
North_Bounding_Coordinate:40.609183
South_Bounding_Coordinate:39.508766
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword:Trees
Theme_Keyword:Landcover
Theme_Keyword:Forest
Theme_Keyword:planningCadastre
Place:
Place_Keyword:Philadelphia
Place_Keyword:Delaware Valley
Place_Keyword:Bucks County
Place_Keyword:Chester County
Place_Keyword:Glouscester County
Place_Keyword:Mercer County
Place_Keyword:Camden County
Place_Keyword:Montgomery County
Place_Keyword:Delaware County
Place_Keyword:Burlington County
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword:1985
Access_Constraints:None
Use_Constraints:
None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:American Forests
Contact_Person:Ken Gorton
Contact_Position:GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing address
Address:
PO Box 2000
City:Washington
State_or_Province:DC
Postal_Code:20013
Country:USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone:202-955-4500
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:202-955-4588
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:kgorton@amfor.org
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Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
P:\Philadelphia\ClassificationRevisited\1985\tm85_cls7_final1.img.xml
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Raster_Object_Type:Pixel
Row_Count:4264
Column_Count:5255
Vertical_Count:1
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Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number:18
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Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:-75.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:0.000000
False_Easting:500000.000000
False_Northing:0.000000
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Ellipsoid_Name:WGS_1984
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Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:298.257224
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Spaital 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
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date:20080611
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:American Forests
Contact_Person:Tim Tarvin
Contact_Position:GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing address
Address:
PO Box 2000
City:Washington
State_or_Province:DC
Postal_Code:20013
Contact_Voice_Telephone:202-955-4500
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:202-955-4588
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:ttarvin@amfor.org
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Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention:local time
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Profile_Name:ESRI Metadata Profile
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