FGDC Metadata for VEGPY

Identification_Information Abstract Purpose Supplemental Information Data_Quality_Information Spatial_Data_Organization_Information Entity_and_Attribute_Information Detailed Description Overview Distribution_Information Metadata_Reference_Section

Identification_Information

Citation_Information Originator: McMahan, Craig A., Roy G. Frye and Kirby L. Brown Publication_Date: 19840900 Title: The Vegetation Types of Texas -- Including Cropland Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Format: Map Publication_Information Publication_Place: Austin, Texas Publisher: Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Other_Citation_Details: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Online_Linkage: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/admin/veg/

Description Abstract Vegetation types of Texas - including cropland as delineated from Landsat MSS satellite imagery and ground survey. Purpose To provide generalized vegetation types of Texas for regional and/or statewide analysis. Supplemental_Information Procedures_Used Digitized by Lori Erickson of Texas A&M University using a digitizing tablet. Revisions N/A Reviews_Applied_to_Data In-house review by TPWD GIS Lab data librarian. Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets N/A References_Cited McMahan, Craig A., Roy G. Frye, and Kirby L. Brown, 1984, The Vegetation Types of Texas -- Including Cropland, TPWD, Austin, TX., PWD Bulletin 7000-120. Notes Time_Period_of_Content Range_of_Dates/Times Beginning_Date: 1972 Ending_Date: 1976 Currentness_Reference Data acquired between 1972 - 1976. Status Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency N/A Spatial_Domain Bounding_Coordinates West_Bounding_Coordinate: -106.97627765 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.13150229 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.35981855 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.70611069

Keywords Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Texas, Vegetation, Landsat MSS, Remote Sensing Place Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: State of Texas Stratum Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Temporal Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword:

Access_Constraints N/A Use_Constraints This data is not appropriate for large scale, site specific analysis. Point_of_Contact: See Distribution_Information for contact information.

Data_Set_Credit Carl Frentress and Don McCarty of TPWD, and Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas. Security_Information Security_Classification_System: None Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Security_Handling_Description: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.1.2

Cross_Reference Originator: McMahan, Craig A., Roy G. Frye and Kirby L. Brown Publication_Date: 1984 Publication_Time: Title: The Vegetation Types of Texas -- Including Cropland Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Series_Information Series_Name: Issue_Identification: Publication_Information Publication_Place: Austin, Texas Publisher: Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Other_Citation_Details: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Online_Linkage: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/admin/veg/ Larger_Work_Citation:

Data_Quality_Information

Attribute_Accuracy Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Entity_Attribute_Information

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment Attribute_Accuracy_Value: See Explanation Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Attribute accuracy is described, where present, with each attribute defined in the Entity and Attribute Section.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon and chain-node topology present.

Completeness_Report See report. Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Lineage: See Supplemental_Information for overview.

Process_Steps Process_Step Process_Description: IMPORT COVER VEGYCOV VEGCOV Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19910815 Process_Time: 1255 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: BUILD VEGCOV LINE Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19910815 Process_Time: 1306 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: IMPORT COVER VEGCOV VEGCOV Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930715 Process_Time: 1006 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: PROJECT COVER VEGCOV VEGCOVPRJ /HOME/TRAVIS/LMARIE/GEO2LAMBERT.PRJ Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930715 Process_Time: 1024 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: BUILD VEGCOVPRJ POLY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930715 Process_Time: 1036 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: RENAME VEGCOVPRJ VEGCOV Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930715 Process_Time: 1039 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: AP Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930824 Process_Time: 1125 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: COPY VEGCOV VEGCOVBD Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930824 Process_Time: 1132 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: BUILD VEGCOVBD POLY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930824 Process_Time: 1138 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: COPY VEGCOVBD VC Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19930824 Process_Time: 1349 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: RENAME VC VEGCOV Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19931006 Process_Time: 1337 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: RENAME VEGCOV VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19931006 Process_Time: 1338 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: ARCEDIT /GIS/VEG/VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19931008 Process_Time: 1118 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: ARCEDIT /GIS/VEG/VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19931008 Process_Time: 1301 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: JCHANG LABELERRORS VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19940913 Process_Time: 1704 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: JCHANG ARCEDIT /HOME/TRAVIS/JANE/VEG/VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19940913 Process_Time: 1713 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: JCHANG ARCEDIT /HOME/TRAVIS/JANE/VEG/VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19940913 Process_Time: 1727 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: JCHANG ARCEDIT /HOME/TRAVIS/JANE/VEG/VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19940914 Process_Time: 1149 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: JCHANG ARCEDIT /HOME/TRAVIS/JANE/VEG/VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19940914 Process_Time: 1358 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS COPY VEG /IMAGE_4/GIS/TEXAS/BIO/COVERS/VEG Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960215 Process_Time: 1516 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS RENAME VEG VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960318 Process_Time: 1202 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS INDEX VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960510 Process_Time: 1425 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS BUILD VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960514 Process_Time: 1341 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: EXTERNALALL Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960515 Process_Time: 1034 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS INDEX VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960515 Process_Time: 1328 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER VEGPY /LAB2/TEXAS/BIO/EXPORT/VEGPY.E00 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960715 Process_Time: 1155 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS DOCUMENT VEGPY CREATE CBANKS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960813 Process_Time: 1507 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER /LAB2/TEXAS/BIO/COVERS/VEGPY VEGPY.E00 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960813 Process_Time: 1550 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER VEGPY VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960906 Process_Time: 811 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER VEGPY /LAB2/TEXAS/BIO/EXPORT/VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19960910 Process_Time: 953 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER VEGPY /LAB2/TEXAS/BIO/EXPORT/VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19961011 Process_Time: 1120 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS DOCUMENT VEGPY UPDATE CBANKS Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19970219 Process_Time: 936 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER VEGPY /STAFF/CYN/WORK/TNRIS2/VEGPY.E00 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19970618 Process_Time: 1331 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER /ARCHIVE1/TEXAS/BIO/COVERS/VEGPY VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19970922 Process_Time: 1314 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER VEGPY /ARCHIVE1/TEXAS/BIO/EXPORT/VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19970929 Process_Time: 1551 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None Process_Step Process_Description: CBANKS EXPORT COVER /ARCHIVE1/TEXAS/BIO/COVERS/VEGPY VEGPY Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:None Process_Date: 19980115 Process_Time: 1024 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Cloud_Cover Unknown.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1534 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4756 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains' Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1534

Spatial_Reference_Information

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition

Planar Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: LAMBERT Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -100 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 31.16666666666 Latitude_of_First_Standard_Parallel: 34.91666666666 Latitude_of_Second_Standard_Parallel: 27.41666666666 False_Easting: 1000000.00000 False_Northing: 1000000.00000 Geodetic Model Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980

Entity_and_Attribute_Information

Detailed_Description Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: VEGPY.PAT Entity_Type_Definition: Vegetation Cover Types and Coding Entity_Type_Definition_Source: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Attribute: Attribute_Label: - Attribute_Definition: Vegetation Cover Types and Coding Attribute_Definition_Source: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: VEGPY# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: VEGPY-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: VEGCOVER Attribute_Definition: Vegetation Type Attribute_Definition_Source: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Vegetation Type names Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: CODENUM Attribute_Definition: Number corresponding to vegetation type Attribute_Definition_Source: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1.0 through 47.0 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: COLOR Attribute_Definition: Colors used in map composition Attribute_Definition_Source: TPWD shadeset veg.shd Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 through 130 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: CODE Attribute_Definition: Vegetation type code Attribute_Definition_Source: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 through 47 some are alpha-numeric Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: C1 Attribute_Definition: Redefined item for Codenum Attribute_Definition_Source: PWD Bulletin 7000-120 Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 through 47 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: VEGPY.AAT Entity_Type_Definition: N/A Entity_Type_Definition_Source: N/A Attribute: Attribute_Label: - Attribute_Definition: N/A Attribute_Definition_Source: N/A Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: FNODE# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of from-node Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: TNODE# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of to-node Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: LPOLY# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of poly to left of arc Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: RPOLY# Attribute_Definition: Internal number of poly to right of arc Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: LENGTH Attribute_Definition: Length of arc in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: VEGPY# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: VEGPY-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values Enumerated_Domain Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Overview_Description Entity_and_Attribute_Overview The attribute table contains vegetation cover type names and corresponding numeric and alphanumeric codes. It also contains integer color codes. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available

Distribution_Information


Metadata_Reference_Section

Metadata_Date: 19970219
Metadata_Contact:
 
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version:  19940608
Metadata_Time_Convention:  Local Time
Metadata_Security_Information:
    Metadata_Security_Classification_System:  None
    Metadata_Security_Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
    Metadata_Security_Handling_Description:  None

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