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United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas, 2012
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Title
- United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas, 2012
- Edition
- 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Data Maps for ArcGIS
- Issue Identification
- 2012 - World, Europe, and United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2012_us_wateratlas.zip
- Abstract
- United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas is a polygon theme that represents the water feature areas (for example, bays, glaciers, lakes, and swamps) of the United States.
- Purpose
- United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas provides the water feature areas for geographic display and analysis at regional and national levels.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:1,000,000.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Time Period
- Beginning
- 1995
- End
- 2002
- Bounding Box
- West
- -178.063889
- East
- 179.670784
- North
- 71.398190
- South
- 17.681852
- Theme Keyword
- polygon
- hydrography
- water
- bays
- glaciers
- lakes
- reservoirs
- streams
- swamps
- inlandWaters
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- inlandWaters
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Puerto Rico
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1995
- 2002
- 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 1; Esri ArcCatalog 9.1.0.706
- 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. Data completeness generally reflects the content of the original Digital Line Graph (DLG) files.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The geospatial part of this data set was originally extracted from the individual 1:2,000,000-scale State boundary Digital Line Graph (DLG) files produced by the U.S. Geological Survey which have a positional accuracy of 1,720 meters. It was updated several times using various sources whose horizontal positional accuracies are unknown.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 200301
- Title
- Streams and Waterbodies of the United States, 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia, USA
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Online Linkage
- http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html
- Source Scale Denominator
- 2000000
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- 1995
- Ending Date
- 2002
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- 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
- 14488
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000009
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000009
- 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
- hydroply
- Entity Type Definition
- The polygons represent the water feature areas within United States.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- 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
- FEATURE
- The type of water feature.
- Canal
- An artificial open waterway constructed to carry water, to irrigate or drain land, to connect two or more bodies of water, or to serve as a waterway for water craft.
- Glacier
- A field of ice.
- Lake
- A standing body of water with a predominately natural shoreline surrounded by land.
- Lake Dry
- An area that at one time contained a standing body of water.
- Lake Intermittent
- A standing body of water that contains water for only part of the year.
- Reservoir
- A constructed basin formed to contain water.
- Reservoir Intermittent
- A constructed basin formed to contain water for only part of the year.
- Stream
- A body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse.
- Swamp or Marsh
- A noncultivated, vegetated area that is inundated or saturated for a significant part of the year.
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- NAME
- The water feature name. (Names for the features.)
- Definition Source
- National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
- STATE
- The two-letter abbreviation for each state where the water feature is located. (Federal Information Processing Standards 5-2National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- SQMI
- The area of the water feature 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
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
