White Mountain National Forest Boundary

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Publication_Date: 20040624
Title: White Mountain National Forest Boundary
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Durham, New Hampshire
Publisher: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Online_Linkage: <http://www.hubbardbrook.org/research/gis/gisexe/wmnf.exe>
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset contains the White Mountain National Forest Boundary. The boundary was extracted from the National Forest boundaries coverage for the lower 48 states, including Puerto Rico developed by the USDA Forest Service - Geospatial Service and Technology Center. The coverage was projected from decimal degrees to UTM zone 19. This dataset includes administrative unit boundaries, derived primarily from the GSTC SOC data system, comprised of Cartographic Feature Files (CFFs), using ESRI Spatial Data Engine (SDE) and an Oracle database. The data that was available in SOC was extracted on November 10, 1999. Some of the data that had been entered into SOC was outdated, and some national forest boundaries had never been entered for a variety of reasons. The USDA Forest Service, Geospatial Service and Technology Center has edited this data in places where it was questionable or missing, to match the National Forest Inventoried Roadless Area data submitted for the President's Roadless Area Initiative.
Purpose:
To provide the public with spatial data from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest for use in research and educational activities.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20000915
Currentness_Reference: current
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.994689
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.766816
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.634149
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.787046
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: boundary
Theme_Keyword: property
Theme_Keyword: US Forest Service
Theme_Keyword: White Mountain National Forest
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Hubbard Brook
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: Not for legal use
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service
Contact_Person: John Campbell
Contact_Position: Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical address
Address: USDA Forest Service
Address: Northeastern Research Station
Address: 271 Mast Road
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03824
Country: USA
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: USDA Forest Service
Address: Northeastern Research Station
Address: Attn: John Campbell
Address: P.O. Box 640
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03801
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (603)868-7643
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (603)868-7604
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlcampbell@fs.fed.us
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://www.hubbardbrook.org/research/gis/coverages/wmnf.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: White Mountain National Forest Boundary
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.0.642

Data_Quality_Information:
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
USDA Forest Service - Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC)
Publication_Date: 20000915
Title: National Forest Boundaries (Lower 48)
Edition: second
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher: USDA Forest Service - GSTC
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:24000 to 1:2000000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19560501
Source_Currentness_Reference: current
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Most of the data editing tasks were performed using ARC/INFO software.

The data was first converted to an ARC/INFO line coverage, and then projected to Albers. It was then split into three portions, so three individuals could edit one portion each. For each of these portions, dangles that appeared to nearly connect were connected, using a very small tolerance. Where the gaps were larger, or where it appeared there was data missing, the GSTC SOC database was queried, using an ArcView browser, and the appropriate line segment copied if available (some line segments in the original CFF data may have been coded as other features, but may also have been the nf boundary). If it did not exist there, hard copy maps were referenced, and the necessary arcs digitized from the map or on screen using the 1:2,000,000-scale NF boundary data displayed as a reference. The maps used were generally a combination of paper or film prints of the 1:126,720-scale Forest Visitor maps and 1:24,000-scale Primary Base Series Forest Service quads. In some cases, the data was available in the GSTC PBS quad editing database, or online, if the quads were in the process of being revised, and the necessary portions of boundary were then taken from these, as they would be the most current. When all gaps were filled in, the coverages were used as backcoverages for reference when edgematching the IRA data from the National Forests.

Pseudo nodes were later removed, and polygon attributes were built after the three portions of the coverage were appended together. Additional corrections were made as necessary. The Proclaimed Forest Boundaries were disolved. The coverage was projected to geographic for analysis and display.

Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dan Thompson
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service - Geospatial Service and Technology Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2222 West 2300 South
City: Salt Lake City
State_or_Province: UT
Postal_Code: 84119
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (801) 975-3441
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (801) 975-3478
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thompson_dan/wo_gstc@fs.fed.us

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: 19
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 19
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000
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: 0.000256
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000256
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: wmnf.aat
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: FNODE#
Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the beginning of an arc (from-node).
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TNODE#
Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the end of an arc (to-node).
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LPOLY#
Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the left polygon.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RPOLY#
Attribute_Definition: Internal node number for the right polygon.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LENGTH
Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WMNF#
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: WMNF-ID
Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: wmnf.pat
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_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WMNF#
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: WMNF-ID
Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADMIN_FOREST
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NFB_ADM

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service
Contact_Person: John Campbell
Contact_Position: Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: USDA Forest Service
Address: Northeastern Research Station
Address: Attn: John Campbell
Address: P.O. Box 640
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03824
Country: USA
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical address
Address: USDA Forest Service
Address: Northeastern Research Station
Address: 271 Mast Road
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03824
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (603)868-7643
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (603)868-7604
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlcampbell@fs.fed.us
Distribution_Liability:
The USDA Forest Service manages resource information and derived data as a service to USDA Forest Service users of digital geographic data. The USDA Forest Service is in no way condoning or endorsing the application of these data for any given purpose. It is the sole responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data are suitable for the intended purpose. It is also the obligation of the user to apply the data in an appropriate and conscientious manner. The USDA Forest Service provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of these data.

Much of the USDA Forest Service data are compiled, processed, and maintained with ARC/INFO software developed by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Much of the information presented uses conventions and terms popularized by ARC/INFO and its user community. The mention of commercial firms or products is for clarity and identification of procedures and methods only, and no endorsements are implied by the USDA Forest Service.

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Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.hubbardbrook.org/research/gis/gis.htm>
Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20040624
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service
Contact_Person: John Campbell
Contact_Position: Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: USDA Forest Service
Address: Northeastern Research Station
Address: Attn: John Campbell
Address: P.O. Box 640
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03801
Country: USA
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical address
Address: USDA Forest Service
Address: Northeastern Research Station
Address: 271 Mast Road
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03801
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (603)868-7643
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (603)868-7604
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlcampbell@fs.fed.us
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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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