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Corporate Resource Inventory 2000

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What does this data set describe?

Title: Corporate Land Use Inventory 2000
Abstract: PEI Corporate Land Use Inventory
  1. How should this data set be cited?

     

    PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Resource Inventory , 2000, Corporate Land Use Inventory 2000.

     

     

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

     

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.423950
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -61.959233
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.063329
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.939908

     

  3. What does it look like?

     

     

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

     

    Calendar_Date: 2000
    Currentness_Reference: 2000 Aerial Photography

     

  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 (184136)

       

    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 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?

     

    Corporate Land Use Inventory 2000

     

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

     

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Coordinates defining the features.

     

    FIELDID
    Unique Polygon Number

     

     

    LANDUSE
    Dominant Land Use (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    SUBUSE
    Land Use Subcategory (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    COVER1
    Dominant Land Cover Type (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    PER1
    Percentage of the Dominant Land Cover in the Polygon

     

     

    COVER2
    Land Cover Type Which is Second Most Abundant (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    PER2
    Percentage of Second Land Cover Type

     

     

    COVER3
    Land Cover Type Which is Third Most Abundant (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    PER3
    Percentage of Third Land Cover Type

     

     

    COVER4
    Land Cover Type Which is Fourth Most Abundant (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    PER4
    Percentage of Fourth Land Cover Type

     

     

    COVER5
    Land Cover Type Which is Fifth Most Abundant (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    PER5
    Percentage of Fifth Land Cover Type

     

     

    COVER6
    Cover Type Which is Sixth Most Abundant (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    PER6
    Percentage of Sixth Land Cover Type

     

     

    COVER7
    Cover Type Which is Seventh Most Abundant (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    PER7
    Percentage of Seventh Land Cover Type

     

     

    HEIGHT
    Average Height of Trees in Metres

     

     

    CROWN
    Percentage Density of Tree Crowns in Polygon

     

     

    SITE
    Type of Site on Which Forest is Located (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    HISTORY1
    Interpreted Historical Land Use (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    HISTORY2
    Interpreted Historical Land Use (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    DEFOILIATI
    Percentage of Trees Which are Defoliated

     

     

    UPDATED
    Indication of Change in Polygon Boundary Since the 1990 Inventory

     

     

    WETLAND_CO
    Wetland Cover Type (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    INTERSPERS
    Degree of Vegetation Interspersion in the Polygon (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    IMPOUNDMEN
    Type of Impoundment on a Wetland (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    ACTIVE_BEA
    Number of Visibly Active Beaver Dams in a Wetland

     

     

    INACTIVE_B
    Number of Visibly Inactive Beaver Dams in a Wetland

     

     

    GPS
    Indicates a Polygon/Plantation was Captured Using GPS

     

     

    GROUND_CHE
    Polygon was Ground Verified

     

     

    NO_WET_SUB
    Number of Vegetation SubClasses in a Wetland (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    COVERTYPE
    Generalized Forest Cover Type (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/CLUI2000.htm>)

     

     

    NEWKEY
    Polygon Number in 2000

     

     

    OLDKEY
    Polygon Number in 1990

     

     

    MAP
    1:10 000 Forest Map Number in 1990

     

     

    STAND
    1990 Forest Stand

     

     

    YEAR
    Inventory Year

     

     

    HECTARES
    Polygon Size in Hectares

     

     

     

     

 

Who produced the data set?

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

     

    • PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Resource Inventory and Modeling Section

     

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

     

     

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

     

    PEI Dept of Environment, Energy and Forestry
    c/o Mary Lynn McCourt
    GIS Supervisor
    440 University Avenue
    Charlottetown, PE Canada

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

     

Why was the data set created?

To create a comprehensive geographic layer of land use / land cover for Prince Edward Island in 2000

 

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

     

    (source 1 of 1)
    Type_of_Source_Media: Colour Infrared aerial photography
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 17 500

     

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

     

    Date: July-Sept 2000 (process 1 of 5)
    Colour infrared aerial photography flown at 1:17 500

     

    Date: 2000 (process 2 of 5)
    Plotting of 1990 forest inventory lines on clear film at same scale of aerial photography (17 500)

     

    Date: 2000 (process 3 of 5)
    Scanning of aerial photography at 75cm ground resolution and creation of digital orthomaps at 10 000

     

    (process 4 of 5)
    Manual overlay of clear film on aerial photography and visual interpretation of land use / land cover change since 1990 Attribute entry into external database.

     

    Date: 2000 (process 5 of 5)
    Digital overlay of 1990 land cover lines on 2000 orthomaps with heads-up digitizing to accomodate changes indicated by air photo interpreters.

     

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

     

    ,.

     

 

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

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    85%

     

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    1-5 Metres

     

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

    N/A

     

  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 License Agreement
Use_Constraints: See Digital Data License Agreement

 

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

     

    Sandra Jamieson
    PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry
    GIS Technician
    440 University Avenue
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N6
    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?

     

  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 ArcMap 8.3 , MapInfo 7.0) Size: 175.933
      Network links:  

       

    • Cost to order the data: 0.03 $ / hectare ($17,018 Provincial Coverage)

       

    • Special instructions:

       

      contact Sandra Jamieson sljamieson@gov.pe.ca

       

    • How long will it take to get the data?

       

      1-2 weeks

       

     

  5. Is there some other way to get the data?

     

    Contact Sandra Jamieson 902.368.5634 PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Resource Inventory and Modeling Section

     

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

     

    GIS Mapping Software

     

 

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 30-Nov-2010
Metadata author:
PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry
c/o Mary Lynn McCourt
GIS Supervisor
440 University Avenue
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N6

(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 08:55:40 2010

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