Metadata (GIRAS)
1:250,000 Scale Quadrangles of Land use / Land cover GIRAS Spatial Data of CONUS in BASINS
- Identification Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Text Version
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- USGS GIRAS users guide (41 pp, 113K)
- BASINS model and data
- Originator: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water/OST
- Publication_Date: 1998
- Title:
- 1:250,000 Scale Quadrangles of Land use / Land cover GIRAS Spatial Data of CONUS in BASINS
- Online_Linkage:
- Description:
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- Abstract:
- This is land use/land cover digital data collected by USGS and converted to ARC/INFO by the EPA. This data which resides in EPA's Spatial Data Library (ESDLS), is useful for environmental assessment of land use patterns with respect to water quality analysis, growth management, and other types of environmental impact assessment. GIRAS LU/LC is being used in EPA's, Office of Water/OST BASINS water quality assessment model.
- Purpose:
- To use the GIRAS land use / land cover spatial data in BASINS.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 1977
- Ending_Date: 1980 (early 1980's)
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: unknown
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -125.0000
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.0000
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 50.0000
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.0000
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: land
- Theme_Keyword: land use
- Theme_Keyword: landcover
- Theme_Keyword: GIRAS
- Theme_Keyword: digital
- Theme_Keyword: geographic
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
- Place_Keyword: Conterminous United States of America (CONUS)
- Place_Keyword: Alabama AL
- Place_Keyword: Arizona AZ
- Place_Keyword: Arkansas AR
- Place_Keyword: California CA
- Place_Keyword: Colorado CO
- Place_Keyword: Connecticut CT
- Place_Keyword: Delaware DE
- Place_Keyword: District of Columbia DC
- Place_Keyword: Florida FL
- Place_Keyword: Georgia GA
- Place_Keyword: Idaho ID
- Place_Keyword: Illinois IL
- Place_Keyword: Indiana IN
- Place_Keyword: Iowa IA
- Place_Keyword: Kansas KS
- Place_Keyword: Kentucky KY
- Place_Keyword: Louisiana LA
- Place_Keyword: Maine ME
- Place_Keyword: Maryland MD
- Place_Keyword: Massachusetts MA
- Place_Keyword: Michigan MI
- Place_Keyword: Minnesota MN
- Place_Keyword: Mississippi MS
- Place_Keyword: Missouri MO
- Place_Keyword: Montana MT
- Place_Keyword: Nebraska NE
- Place_Keyword: Nevada NV
- Place_Keyword: New Hampshire NH
- Place_Keyword: New Jersey NJ
- Place_Keyword: New Mexico NM
- Place_Keyword: New York NY
- Place_Keyword: North Carolina NC
- Place_Keyword: North Dakota ND
- Place_Keyword: Ohio OH
- Place_Keyword: Oklahoma OK
- Place_Keyword: Oregon OR
- Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania PA
- Place_Keyword: Rhode Island RI
- Place_Keyword: South Carolina SC
- Place_Keyword: South Dakota SD
- Place_Keyword: Tennessee TN
- Place_Keyword: Texas TX
- Place_Keyword: Utah UT
- Place_Keyword: Vermont VT
- Place_Keyword: Virginia VA
- Place_Keyword: Washington WA
- Place_Keyword: West Virginia WV
- Place_Keyword: Wisconsin WI
- Place_Keyword: Wyoming WY
- Access_Constraints:
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None.
- Use_Constraints:
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None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be appreciated.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: Arcview Shapefile format for Windows 95 PC
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
- James R. Anderson, Ernest E. Hardy, John T. Roach, and Richard E. Witmer
- Publication_Date: 1976
- Title:
- A Land Use and Land Cover Classification System for Use with Remote Sensor Data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 964
- Online_Linkage: GIRAS; a geographic information retrieval and analysis system for handling land use and land cover data <https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1059 > (PDF file)
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication_Date: 1990
- Title:
- USGeoData 1:250,000 and 1:100,000 Scale Land Use and Land Cover and Associated Maps Digital Data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Publication_Date: 1994
- Title:
- Metadata for 1:250,000 Scale Quadrangles of Land use / Land cover GIRAS Spatial Data in the Conterminous United States
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Washington, DC
- Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Online_Linkage: <URL:http://www.epa.gov/nsdi/projects/giras.htm>
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: quadname.SHP
- Entity_Type_Definition: GIRAS Land use / Land cover polygons
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS GIRAS
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SHAPE
- Attribute_Definition: ArcView internal field
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID value
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: AREA
- Attribute_Definition: area of polygon
- Attribute_Definition_Source: calculated by ArcView
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating value
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
- Attribute_Definition: area of polygon
- Attribute_Definition_Source: calculated by ArcView
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating value
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: quadname_
- Attribute_Definition: ArcView internal field
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID value
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: quadname_ID
- Attribute_Definition: ArcView internal field
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID value
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LUCODE
- Attribute_Definition: Anderson land use classification code number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: GIRAS
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Codeset_Domain:
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- Codeset_Name: Anderson land use classification codes
- Codeset_Source: see Publication_Information U.S.G.S. paper 964
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LEVEL2
- Attribute_Definition: Anderson land use classification name
- Attribute_Definition_Source: GIRAS
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Codeset_Domain:
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- Codeset_Name: Anderson land use classification name
- Codeset_Source: see Publication_Information U.S.G.S. paper 964
- Overview_Description:
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: See the attached attribute list.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See Entity_and_Attribute_Information.
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: USEPA/Office of Water/OST
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: District of Columbia
- Postal_Code: 20460
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-566-0400
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-566-0409
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
- Distribution_Liability:
- Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at Tetra Tech, Inc., no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency nor Tetra Tech, Inc. shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name:
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcView Shapefile
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
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- Online_Option:
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- Computer_Contact_Information:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: BASINS model and data
- Offline_Option:
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- Offline_Media: CD-ROM
- Recording_Format: ISO 9660
- Fees: None
- Ordering_Instructions:
- When requesting data by phone or mail, please inquire about spatial data sets that work with Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS). The BASINS web page has instructions for downloading datasets. It also has a link to The National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI), from which BASINS CD-ROMs may be ordered. Each CD-ROM contains the BASINS v2.0 Application and this data set along with others covering the spatial extent of an EPA Region.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20070611
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: USEPA/OW/OST
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: District of Columbia
- Postal_Code: 20460
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-566-0400
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-566-0409
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608
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giras text version (txt)