United States Major Parks is a polygon theme representing National Parks, National Forests, State and local parks and forests within the United States.
Purpose
U.S. Major Parks provides thousands of named parks and forests at National, State, and local levels.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:500,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Bounding Box
West
-167.535945
East
-67.131657
North
68.655492
South
18.910845
Theme Keyword
polygon
parks
national park or forest
state park or forest
local park or forest
environment
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
environment
society
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LIbrary of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1992
1997
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Esri
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
California
Postal Code
92373-8100
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
909-793-2853
Contact Facsimile Telephone
909-793-5953
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@esri.com
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; Esri ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then imported into a file geodatabase to verify, validate, and if needed repair the geometry.
Completeness Report
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The geospatial part of this data set was extracted from several sources at different scales. The positional accuracy is unknown.
Lineage
Source
Originator
National Park Service
Publication Date
Unknown
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Washington, DC, USA
Publisher
National Park Service
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
unknown
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
Publication Date
19921001
Title
ArcUSA™ 1:2M
Edition
1
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Esri
Source Scale Denominator
2000000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
19921001
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Source
Originator
TomTom North America, Inc.
Publication Date
199710
Title
Dynamap/2000 v7.3
Edition
Version 7.3
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
TomTom Dynamap/2000
Issue Identification
v7.3
Publication Information
Publication Place
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Publisher
TomTom North America, Inc.
Source Scale Denominator
100000
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
199710
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
6370
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000000
Longitude Resolution
0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
parks
Entity Type Definition
The polygons represent National Parks, National Forests, State and local parks and forests within the United States.
Entity Type Definition Source
Esri
Attributes
ObjectID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
Esri
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
NAME
The proper name of the park or forest. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
National Park Service; Esri; TomTom North America, Inc.
FCC
The Feature Classification Code of the park or forest. (Census Feature Classification Codes (also called "FCC")Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
SQMI
The area in square miles. (Calculated areas for the features.)
Definition Source
Esri
Distribution Information
Format Name
SDC
Distributor
Esri; Esri Offices
Online Access
http://www.ArcGIS.com
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20130205
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
