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1935 Forest Outline

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Title: 1935 Forest Outline

Abstract:

Digital outline of forest stands taken from the 1935 aerial photography. Data on forest cover types removed.

1. How should this data set be cited?

   DAF, Mary Lynn McCourt, 1993, 1935 Forest Outline.

   Online Links:

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.415994

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -61.959769

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.057662

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.950853

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Calendar_Date: 1935

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • G-polygon (5911)

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Double Stereographic.

      Projection parameters:

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000512
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000512
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is D_North_American_1983_CSRS98.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   1935 Forest Outline

   FID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   Shape

   Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

   Coordinates defining the features.

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • DAF, Mary Lynn McCourt

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Department of Agriculture and Forestry
   c/o Bill Glen, Mary Lynn McCourt
   Manager Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Department of Agriculture and Forestry
   PO Box 2000
   Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
   Canada
   

   (902)368-4700 (voice)
   (902)368-4713 (FAX)
   wmglen@gov.pe.ca
   

To provide an outline of the forest cover in 1935

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   (source 1 of 1)

   Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

   Source_Scale_Denominator: 15 000

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   (process 1 of 1)

   Interpretation of 1935 Aerial Photography. Data transferred from aerial photography to maps then digitized. Data generalized to provide outline only.

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Department of Agriculture and Forestry
   PO Box 2000
   Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
   Canada
   

   (902)368-4700 (voice)
   (902)368-4713 (FAX)
   wmglen@gov.pe.ca
   

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

   .

1. How well have the observations been checked?

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

   20-50 metres

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

   Provincial Coverage

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: See Digital Data Agreement

Use_Constraints: See Digital Data Agreement

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

   Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Department of Agriculture and Forestry
   c/o Sandra Jamieson, Mary Lynn McCourt
   GIS
   PO Box 2000
   Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
   Canada
   

   (902)368-5634 (voice)
   (902)368-5661 (FAX)
   sljamieson@gov.pe.ca
   

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   Downloadable Data, CD-Rom

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   See Digital Data License Agreement

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	ESRI Shapefile, MapInfo MID/MIF (version ESRI ArcGIS 8.3, MapInfo Pro 7.0) Size: 12.763
     Network links:

   • Cost to order the data: Free to Download, $25/CD minimum

Dates:

Last modified: 31-Dec-2003

Metadata author:

Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Department of Agriculture and Forestry
c/o Bill Glen, Mary Lynn McCourt
Manager
PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Canada

(902)368-4703 (voice)
(902)368-4713 (FAX)
wmglen@gov.pe.ca

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

Metadata extensions used: