Cook Inlet Keeper

GIS Data Dictionary

Deep Creek Watershed Boundary

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Identification Information
Data Quality Information
Spatial Data Organization Information
Spatial Reference Information
Entity and Attribute Information
Distribution Information
Metadata Reference Information


IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

  Citation
    Citation_Information
      Originator: Michael Gracz, Cook Inlet Keeper
      Publication_Date:  16 February 2000
      Title: Deep Creek Watershed Boundary
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information
        Publication_Place: Homer, Alaska
        Publisher: Cook Inlet Keeper
      Larger_Work_Citation
        Citation_Information
          Originator: Cook Inlet Keeper
          Publication_Date: 199
          Title: Deep Creek Watershed Boundary
          Publication_Information
            Publication_Place: Homer, Alaska
            Publisher: Homer Soil and Water Conservation District and Cook Inlet Keeper
          Other_Citation_Details:
          Produced originally for "A preliminary water quality assessment
          of Lower Kenai Peninsula salmon streams"  January 2000, by Cook Inlet Keeper and
	  The Homer Soil and Water Conservation District
  Description
    Abstract:
      Watershed boundaries defined for water quality sampling and watershed assessment
      lower kenai peninsula salmon streams.  The boundaries were heads up digitized
      using 1:25,000 USGS topo map *.tif files as underlays where available, and 1:63,360	
      quads where the 1:25,000 are not published
    Purpose:
      to a show a generlized watershed boundary of Deep Creek based on 1:25,000 topographic maps
  Time_Period_of_Content
    Time_Period_Information
      Range_of_Dates/Times
        Beginning_Date: April 1999
        Ending_Date: February 2000
    Currentness_Reference:  
  Status
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: updated as new information becomes available
  Spatial_Domain
    Bounding_Coordinates
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -152
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -150.5
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.5
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.8
  Keywords
    Theme
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: watershed
    Place
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Deep creek
      Place_Keyword: kenai peninsula
      Place_Keyword: ninilchick
      Place_Keyword: seldovia
  Access_Constraints: none
  Use_Constraints: user assumes all interpretation responsibility
  Point_of_Contact
    Contact_Information
      Contact_Organization_Primary
        Contact_Organization:   Cook Inlet Keeper
        Contact_Person: Mike Gracz
      Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: POB 3269
        City: Homer
        State_or_Province: AK
        Postal_Code: 99603
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-235-4068
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907-235-4069
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike@inletkeeper.org
      Hours_of_Service: 0800-1700 AK Time
  Native_Data_Set_Environment
  ArcView version 3.0a
   d:\like a whip\Deep creek watershed.shp

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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

  Attribute_Accuracy
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Digitized heads up at a scale of around 1:9000 in an ArcView View, 
	Attributes are as accurate as can be determined from topographic lines on the 1:25,000 quads.     
  Logical_Consistency_Report: Originally digitized as a multi-part line theme, the vector ends were then snapped 	
	Manually, using 0.01 mile software set general snapping radius.  All lines were then merged, no dangling 
	Nodes or overlaps should exist.
  Completeness_Report:
      will be updated as better information (site visits or aerial photographic interpretation)
  Positional_Accuracy
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        watershed boundaries are difficult to determine accurately due to the nature of groundwater flow.
        boundary lines are drawn according to the contour lines present on 1:25,000 USGS topographic maps.
	These boundaries are most distinct on steep ground, and less distinct, or even conjectural on more level ground.
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
         Time_Period_Information:
           Range_of_Dates/Times:
             Beginning_Date: April 1999
             Ending_Date: February, 2000
         Source_Currentness_Reference:  
       Source_Citation_Abbreviation:  
Process_Step After lines were unioned as described under Logical consistency report, the polyline theme was 
	converted to a polygon theme using the ArcView Avenue sample script: cvtplply.ave

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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information
    SDTS_Terms_Description
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1

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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition
    Planar
      Map_Projection
        Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
        Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
          1st_Standard_Parallel: 55
          2nd_Standard_Parallel: 65
          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -154
          Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 50
          False_Easting: 0
          False_Northing: 0
      Planar_Coordinate_Information
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution:
          Ordinate_Resolution:
    Geodetic_Model
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System, 1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4 (?)
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 (?)

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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

  Detailed_Description
    Entity_Type
      Entity_Type_Label: Deep creek watershed.dbf
      Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
    Attribute
      Attribute_Label: Id
      Attribute_Definition: unique polygon ID
      Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
      Attribute_Domain_Values
       Range_Domain
          Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 1
    Attribute
      Attribute_Label: Watershed
      Attribute_Definition: name of watershed
      Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
      Attribute_Domain_Values
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
    Attribute
      Attribute_Label: Area
      Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
      Attribute_Domain_Values
       Range_Domain
          Range_Domain_Minimum: 560971899.784
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 560971899.784
    Attribute
      Attribute_Label: Perimeter
      Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
      Attribute_Domain_Values
       Range_Domain
          Range_Domain_Minimum: 143364.425
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 143364.425

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

  Distributor
    Contact_Information
      Contact_Organization_Primary
        Contact_Organization:  Cook Inlet Keeper
        Contact_Person:  Mike Gracz
      Contact_Position:  GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address
        Address_Type: mailing 
	Address:  POB 3269
        City: Homer
        State_or_Province: Alaska
        Postal_Code: 99603
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-235-4068
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907-235-4069
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike@inletkeeper.org
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5 AK Time
  Resource_Description:
        website
        
  Distribution_Liability:
        none assumed
        
  Standard_Order_Process
    Digital_Form
      Digital_Transfer_Information
      Digital_Transfer_Information
        Format_Name: digital
      Digital_Transfer_Option
        Offline_Option
          Offline_Media:  
          Recording_Format:  
            Compatibility_Information:  
    Fees:  media and time may apply

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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

  Metadata_Date: 16 February 2000
  Metadata_Review_Date:  
  Metadata_Contact
    Contact_Information
      Contact_Organization_Primary
        Contact_Organization:  Cook Inlet Keeper
        Contact_Person: Mike Gracz
      Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: POB 3269
        City: Homer
        State_or_Province: Alaska
        Postal_Code: 99603
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-235-4068
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907-235-4069
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike@inletkeeper.org
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5 AK Time
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608

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