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Wildlife Management Areas

WildlifeManagementAreas

Frequently-anticipated questions:


What does this data set describe?

Title: WildlifeManagementAreas
Abstract:
Digital outline of 9 existing Wildlife Management Areas consisting of 5431 ha, maintained for the protection, management and conservation of wildlife and its habitat.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Center, Geomatics Information , 2000, WildlifeManagementAreas.

    Online Links:

    • www.gov.pe.ca\GIS\data\WildlifeManagementAreas.shp

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate:
    REQUIRED: Western-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.
    East_Bounding_Coordinate:
    REQUIRED: Eastern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.
    North_Bounding_Coordinate:
    REQUIRED: Northern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.
    South_Bounding_Coordinate:
    REQUIRED: Southern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 2005
    Currentness_Reference: 2005

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • G-polygon (9)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    WildlifeManagementAreas

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    EntID

    Shape_Leng

    Shape_Area
    Area of feature in internal units squared. (Source: ESRI)

    Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

    • Geomatics Information Center

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Conservation and Management, Department of Environment, Energy, and Forestry
    c/o Randy Dibblee
    Wildlife Biologist
    PO Box 2000
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
    Canada

    902-368-4666 (voice)
    902-368-5830 (FAX)
    rldibblee@gov.pe.ca


Why was the data set created?

To generate a digital basemap of existing boundaries of Wildlife Management Areas.


How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    (process 1 of 1)
    Interpreted from 1:5000 digital property mapping database.

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?


How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    100%

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    2 to 5 metres

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?


How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: See Digital Data Agreement
Use_Constraints: See Digital Data Agreement

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Conservation and Management, Department of Environment, Energy, and Forestry
    c/o Randy Dibblee
    Wildlife Biologist
    PO Box 2000
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
    Canada

    902-368-4666 (voice)
    902-368-5830 (FAX)
    rldibblee@gov.pe.ca

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    See Digital Data Agreement

  4. How can I download or order the data?

    • Availability in digital form:

      Data format: ESRI Shapefile, MapInfo MID/MIF (version ESRI ArcGIS 8.3, MapInfo Pro 7.0) Size: 0.003
      Network links: www.gov.pe.ca\GIS

    • Cost to order the data: Free to download, $25/CD minimum

    • How long will it take to get the data?

      CD-ROM


Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 19-Apr-2005
Metadata author:
Consevation and Management, Department of Environment, Energy, and Forestry
c/o Randy Dibblee
Wildlife Biologist
PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Canada

902-368-4666 (voice)
902-368-5830 (FAX)
rldibblee@gov.pe.ca

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Metadata extensions used:


Generated by mp version 2.8.6 on Tue Apr 19 12:01:15 2005
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