Delaware Water Gap landuse

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:US Geological Survey (USGS)

Publication_Date:2000

Title:

Delaware Water Gap landuse

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:vector digital data

Other_Citation_Details:

http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/global/research/drb/

Online_Linkage: https://www.pasda.psu.edu/

Description:

Abstract:

Landuse for the Delaware Water Gap and Surrounding watersheds and tributaries

Purpose:

to study forest fragmentation and water quality effects on the Delaware River tributary and watersheds around the Delaware Water Gap

Supplemental_Information:

Dataset:  Delgap_photointerp_landuse.shp   (from Photointerp_plus_attributes_alb83.shp) 

The polygons do not have a unique id (apart from the ones assigned by Arc)
Each is attributed by the following variables:
"	Dissolve:  a locally unique code  used simply to join polys that ran onto adjacent photos into a single poly  
"	Landuse:  the land use PI code as it was recorded by the interpreter.  See codes list to interpet codes.
"	Hse_inch:  the number of dots falling on houses in a 1 sq. inch area.  There were a total of 279 (?) dots per sq. inch.  
"	Hserdyd:  the land cover PI code as it was recorded by the interpreter - all residential polygons have this attribute
"	Bldg_percent:  the % of the land cover occupied by houses/buildings (first two digits of "hserdyd" value)
"	%road:  the % of the land cover occupied by roads (the second two digits of "hserdyd" value)
"	%grass:  the % of the land cover occupied by grass (the third two digits of "hserdyd" value)
"	%trees:  the % of the land cover occupied by trees (subtracting the 3 previous values from 100)
"	F_N_background:  low-low, low, and medium density residential areas were additionally coded as having a primarily forested or primarily nonforest background.  This is the last digit of the land use code.  Here that value is split out.
Notes:  In some instances a polygon attributed as relatively high density residential may have a seemingly unusually low % houses or low % roads value.  Or vice versa with a relatively low density residential polygon.  In general the interpreter found the % cover values to be more consistently applied than the land use labels.  

Projection:  UTM18 NAD83

Minimum Mapping Units (mmu):   see details following land use codes

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Land Use codes
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Each residential class is attributed with: 
(a)	the number of houses per square mile, and 
(b)	(b) the % that is occupied by houses, roads, grass, and forest.  
Both are estimated using a (16 x 16 dpi) dot grid overlaid on the interpreted area.

 
Urban (1)
10	roaded for development (no buildings built yet)
11	Residential
 11.4		--Multi-family (apartments)
 11.3		--high density (up to 1/4 acre)
 11.2		--medium density (up to 1 acre)
	1		-with primarily forest land cover 
	2		-with primarily grass land cover 
  11.1		--low density (up to 5 acre)
	1		-with primarily forest land cover 
	2		-with primarily grass land cover 
  11.0		--low-low density (> 5 acres) and < 20*
	1		-with primarily forest land cover 
	2		-with primarily grass land cover 
12.1	Commercial/industrial
12.2	commercial/industrial that doesn't meet the approx 75% impervious surface criteria (often 'rural commercial.)
13.1	Urban open - assumes approx 75% grass or tree cover
13.2	Urban open  -- when there are more buildings and impervious surfaces
14	Transportation
15	Powerlines
16	Recreation

Agriculture (2)
21	Pasture
22	Crop
23	Orchard

Rangeland (3)
31	Shrub and herbaceous

Forest (4)

Water (5)
51	River
52	Lake
(53	Pond)
54	Estuary
55	Marsh/wetland

Barren (7)
71	Cleared for development
72	Bare soil/mining


 

Minimum mapping unit decisions:
1 acre mmu -- nothing is mapped that is < 1 acre in size and < 120 feet in width.  
5 acre mmu - is applied for inclusions inside developed landuses (urban and ag).  Also applied is a minimum width of 330 feet for these inclusions (derived from a 1:2 long:short axis for the minimum 5 acre area).  Examples of such inclusions would be:  forest area within residential, forest within transportation, commercial within residential, agriculture within residential, transportation within commercial, etc.  

Defaults:  areas less than the required mmu were grouped with its most similar neighbor.  E.g. roads (which are typically < 120 ft in width) with forest on one side and residential on the other were grouped with the residential land use.  

*Minimum:  A minimum had to be defined for the low-low density residential land use class.  This was defined as:  5 houses in the polygon/cluster, where the houses are no more than 1000 feet (1 inch) apart from each other.  -i.e. isolated houses in forest are not mapped as residential but left as part of the forest polygon.
This rule applies for houses built into a forest matrix.  For houses surrounded by grass/yard  > 1acre in size, the area can classed as residential with no minimum # of houses if it's not an agricultural land use.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date:2000

Currentness_Reference:

publication date

Status:

Progress:Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.353790

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.995867

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 56.856312

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 56.129195

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword:inlandWaters

Theme_Keyword:environment

Theme_Keyword:land use

Place:

Place_Keyword:Pennsylvania

Place_Keyword:New York

Place_Keyword:Delaware

Place_Keyword:New Jersey

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_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person:Rachel Riemann

Contact_Organization:USDA Forest Service

Contact_Position:Research Forester/Geographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:mailing address

Address:

425 Jordan Road

City:Troy

State_or_Province:New York

Postal_Code:12180

Country:United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:518-285-5607

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:rriemann@fs.fed.us

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:U.S. Geologicial Survey

Publication_Date:2000

Title:

Delaware Water Gap Color Infra-Red Photos

Online_Linkage: www.pasda.psu.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

E:\UCI\delaware\delaware.xml

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:Vector

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type:Pixel

Row_Count:5390

Column_Count:5643

Vertical_Count:1

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name:Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Albers Conical Equal Area

Standard_Parallel:20.000000

Standard_Parallel:60.000000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:-96.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:40.000000

False_Easting:0.000000

False_Northing:0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution:0.000128

Ordinate_Resolution:0.000128

Planar_Distance_Units:meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name:North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name:Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis:6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: delgap_photointerp_landuse2

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:AREA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:PERIMETER

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:PHOTOINTER

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:PHOTOINT_1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:DISSOLVE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:LAND_USE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:HSE_INCH

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:HSERDYD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:BLDG_PERCE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:ROAD_PERCE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:GRASS_PERC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:TREE_PERCE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:FN_BACKGRO

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label:Order_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:Value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label:Count

Attribute:

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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:16801

Country:United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:(814) 865 - 8792

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:pasda@psu.edu

Resource_Description:Downloadable Data

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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Format_Name:IMAGINE Image

Transfer_Size:96.934

Digital_Transfer_Option:

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Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: www.pasda.psu.edu

Access_Instructions:

Local area network

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:20050628

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

Contact_Person:James Spayd

Contact_Position:Metadata Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:mailing address

Address:

115 Land and Water Building

City:University Park

State_or_Province:Pennsylvania

Postal_Code:16801

Country:United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:(814) 865 - 8792

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:pasda@psu.edu

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