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Frost Map (partial coverage)

Frequently-anticipated questions:

What does this data set describe?

Title: Frost Risk Survey of Prince Edward Island
Abstract: Digital Outline of Areas of First Frost
  1. How should this data set be cited?

     

    PEI Dept of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wil, 1996, Frost Risk Survey of Prince Edward Island:, Ottawa, Ontario.

     

    Other_Citation_Details:
    Digital Version Covers Only Partial Area of Prince Edward Island

     

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

     

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: 65
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: 61
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45

     

  3. What does it look like?

     

     

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

     

    Calendar_Date: 1980
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

     

  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):

      • String (4188)

       

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

       

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000000
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000000
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

       

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983 (CSRS).
      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?

     

    Frost Map Partial Coverage

     

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

     

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Coordinates defining the features.

     

    NAME
    Date of First Frost

     

     

    INDEX
    N/A

     

     

    NUMBER
    N/A

     

     

    Z
    Elevation

     

     

    TYPE
    Geometry Type

     

     

     

     

 

Who produced the data set?

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

     

    • PEI Dept of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wildlife Division

     

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

     

     

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

     

    PEI Dept of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wildlife Division
    c/o Mary Lynn McCourt
    GIS Development Coordinator
    PO Box 2000
    Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N8
    Canada

    902-569-7598 (voice)
    902-368-4713 (FAX)
    mlmccourt@gov.pe.ca

     

Why was the data set created?

To show areas at risk of first frost for applications such as farming and land use planning

 

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

     

    (source 1 of 1)
    Type_of_Source_Media: Historical orthomaps
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 10 000

     

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

     

    (process 1 of 4)
    Climatological information gathered throughout province

     

    (process 2 of 4)
    Isolines were drawn on the orthomaps showing those areas having the same average frost date of the first autumn frost.

     

    Date: 1980 (process 3 of 4)
    Lines were transferred to 125 000 for creation of a hardcopy map

     

    Date: 1996 (process 4 of 4)
    10 orthomaps were digitized

     

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

     

    PEI Dept of Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture Canada, 1980, Frost Risk Survey of Prince Edward Island.

     

 

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

     

     

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

     

     

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

     

     

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

     

     

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

     

 

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

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)

     

    PEI Dept of Environment, Energy & Forestry
    c/o Sandra Jamieson
    GIS Technician
    PO Box 2000
    Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N8
    Canada

    (902)368-5634 (voice)
    9902)368-5661 (FAX)
    sljamieson@gov.pe.ca

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

    Downloadable Data

     

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

     

  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: 4.375
      Network links: www.gov.pe.ca/gis
      Media you can order: CD-ROM

       

       

    • Cost to order the data:

     

  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

     

    GIS Mappping Software

     

 

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 02-Dec-2010
Metadata author:
Mary Lynn McCourt
PEI Dept of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wildlife Division
GIS Development Coordinator
PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N3
Canada

902-569-7598 (voice)
902-368-5661 (FAX)
mlmccourt@gov.pe.ca

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Metadata extensions used:

 

Generated by mp version 2.9.6 on Fri Dec 10 08:55:54 2010

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