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Kachemak Bay 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: 
      Publication_Date: 16 February 2000
      Title: Kachemak Bay Watershed Boundary
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information
        Publication_Place: Homer, AK
        Publisher: Cook Inlet Keeper
      Larger_Work_Citation
        Citation_Information
          Originator: Cook Inlet Keeper
          Publication_Date:  1998
          Title: Kachemak Bay Watershed Boundary
          Publication_Information
            Publication_Place: Homer, AK
            Publisher: Cook Inlet Keeper
          Other_Citation_Details:
  Description
    Abstract:
    Purpose:
      to show the boundary of the Kachemak Bay watershed
      (catchment basin) for general watershed assessment and education purposes.
  Time_Period_of_Content
    Time_Period_Information
      Range_of_Dates/Times
        Beginning_Date: 1998
        Ending_Date: 2000
    Currentness_Reference: current
  Status
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: sporadic
  Spatial_Domain
    Bounding_Coordinates
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -151.8966
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -150.2506
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.0817
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.2642
  Keywords
    Theme
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: watershed boundary
    Place
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Kachemak Bay
      Place_Keyword: Homer
      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:\mikesmap\watersheds\kbay watershed.shp

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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

  Attribute_Accuracy
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      This theme is patched together
      from a variety of sources, then edited.  The shoreline and island feat
      are form the Cook Inlet Environmental Sensitivity mapping project available at:
      http://www.asgdc.state.ak.us/metadata/evos/esi.html.  This theme 
      maps shoreline by type and sensitivity to oil spills at 1:80,000.
      A small portion of the watershed boundary at the head of Jakolof Bay is from
      the Hydrologic Units map of the State of Alaska available at:
      http://agdc.usgs.gov/data/usgs/water/metadata/ak_huc.html.  This is a coverage
      of broad hydrologic units at 1:250,000.  The rest has been edited heads up from
      overlays on digital 1:25,000 and 1:63,360 USGS topographic quadrangles.
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
      This theme has been edited
      numerous times, using segments from other themes described in the attribute
      accuracy report, then edited  using the vertex edit tool and an underlay of
      1:25,000 USGS topographic quadrangles, except where this scale has not
      been published, then 1:63,360 quads were used.  Probably all dangling nodes
      and overlaps are absent.
  Completeness_Report:
      Will be updated sporadically, as more photo interpretation and/or
      site visits warrant
  Positional_Accuracy
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        as accurate as 1:25,000 and 1:63,360 scale USGS quadrangles contour intervals
 allow
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
  Lineage
    Source_Information
      Source_Citation
        Citation_Information
          Originator: Mike Gracz
          Publication_Date: January 2000
          Title: Kachemak Bay Watershed Boundary
          Edition:  
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information
            Publication_Place: Homer, Alaska
            Publisher: Cook Inlet Keeper
      Source_Scale_Denominator:  25,000, 250,000 or 63,360
      Type_of_Source_Media: digital
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
         Time_Period_Information:
           Range_of_Dates/Times:
             Beginning_Date: 1998
             Ending_Date: 2000
         Source_Currentness_Reference: current
       Source_Citation_Abbreviation:  
      Source_Contribution:
         underlays of USGS topographic quadrangles 
    Process_Step
      Process_Description:
        This theme has been assembled and edited 
        as described under the attribute accuracy report.  The processes
        used in ArcView: edit ESI theme to obtain the shoreline (line splt tool);
	Convert this to a polygon using ArcView Avenue script: cvtplply.ave.
        The HUC theme was used to obtain a rough outline of the basin boundary
	(polygon select- convert to shapefile), then vertex edit was used to refine the boundary.
      Process_Date: 1998-2000
      Process_Contact
        Contact_Information
          Contact_Person_Primary
            Contact_Organization: Cook Inlet Keeper
            Contact_Person: Michael 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

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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:  
        Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
    Geodetic_Model
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: unknown
      Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System, 1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4 (?- generated by metadata collector using clarke 1866)
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98 (?- generated by metadata collector using clarke 1866)

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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

  Detailed_Description
    Entity_Type
      Entity_Type_Label: kbay 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: 0
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 0

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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 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
  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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