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1980 Forest Inventory

Frequently-anticipated questions:

What does this data set describe?

Title: 1980 Forest Inventory
Abstract:
Interpretation of Forest Stands based on 1980 Aerial Photography, Includes data on forest species.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

     

    PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wil, 1981, 1980 Forest Inventory.

     

     

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

     

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.424007
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -61.959046
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.063348
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.939878

     

  3. What does it look like?

     

     

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

     

    Calendar_Date: 1980
    Currentness_Reference: 1980 Aerial Photography

     

  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 (173344)

       

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

       

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000000
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000000
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

       

      The horizontal datum used is D_North_American_1983_CSRS98.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

       

     

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

     

    1980 Forest Inventory

     

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

     

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Coordinates defining the features.

     

    KEY
    Combined polygon number, map number, year

     

     

    ID
    n/a

     

     

    MAP
    Forest Map

     

     

    POLYGON
    Polygon number - unique to map

     

     

    CELL10KM
    UTM Grid Cell (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    COUNTY
    County (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    DISTRICT
    Forest District (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    LOT
    Land Lot Designation (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    OWNERSHIP
    Property Ownership (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    BIOZONE
    PEI Biophysical Zone (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    LANDTYPE
    General land type (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    SPEC1
    Major land type or species (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    PER1
    percentage of species1 *10% (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    SPEC2
    Second most common species (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    PER2
    percentage of species2 *10% (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    SPEC3
    Third most common species (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    PER3
    percentage of species3 *10% (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    HEIGHT
    Height in metres

     

     

    CROWN
    crown closure (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    SITE
    Type of site under polygon (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    HISTORY1
    History of polygon if evident (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    HISTORY2
    History of polygon if evident (Source: <http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/1980ForestInventoryCodes.htm>)

     

     

    CUTYEAR
    Year harvested

     

     

    PLANTYEAR
    Year planted (Plantations)

     

     

    THINYEAR
    Year thinned (Plantations)

     

     

    HERBICYEAR
    Year herbicide was applied

     

     

    STRATUM
    volume stratum three per covertype (i.e. SS:L:M:H)

     

     

    AREA
    Polygon area in hectares

     

     

    NAME
    n/a

     

     

    HECTARES
    Area in hectares

     

     

     

     

 

Who produced the data set?

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

     

    • PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wildlife Division

     

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

     

     

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

     

    PEI Dept of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wildlife Division
    c/o Mary Lynn McCourt
    GIS Supervisor
    PO Box 2000
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
    Canada

    902-569-7598 (voice)
    902-368-4713 (FAX)
    mlmccourt@gov.pe.ca

     

Why was the data set created?

To show landtype, species breakdown, height, and area of forest polygons on PEI for the 1980 State of the Forest Report.

 

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)

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Dept. of Agriculture & Forestry
    c/o Bill Glen
    PO Box 2000
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
    Canada

    903-368-4700 (voice)
    902-368-4713 (FAX)
    wmglen@gov.pe.ca

  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?

     

     

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

     

     

  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)

     

    Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Dept. of Agriculture & Forestry
    c/o Bill Glen
    Manager
    PO Box 2000
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
    Canada

    902-368-4700 (voice)
    902-368-4713 (FAX)
    wmglen@gov.pe.ca

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

    Downloadable Data, CD-Rom

     

  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: 258.332
      Network links:  
      Media you can order: CD-ROM

       

       

    • Cost to order the data: 0.5 cents/hectare, $2836 Provincial coverage

       

    • Special instructions:

       

      Contact Sandra Jamieson sljamieson@gov.pe.ca

       

    • How long will it take to get the data?

       

      1 week

       

     

  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

     

    GIS Mapping Software

     

 

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 04-Nov-2010
Metadata author:
PEI Dept of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wildlife Division
c/o Mary Lynn McCourt
GIS Supervisor
PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Canada

902-569-7598 (voice)
902-368-4713 (FAX)
mlmccourt@gov.pe.ca

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

 

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