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1990 Wetland Inventory

Frequently-anticipated questions:

What does this data set describe?

Title: wetlands_region
Abstract:
Digital outline of PEI freshwater wetlands taken from 1990, 1: 17 500 CIR aerial photography
  1. How should this data set be cited?

     

    Dibblee, Randy, 1990, wetlands_region.

    Online Links:

    • www.gov.ca/gis

     

     

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

     

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.421758
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -61.966452
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.055738
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.940435

     

  3. What does it look like?

     

     

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

     

    Beginning_Date: 1990
    Ending_Date: 1991
    Currentness_Reference: 1990

     

  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 (8386)

       

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

      The map projection used is Double Stereographic.

       

      Projection parameters:

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000512
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000512
      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?

     

    wetlands_region

     

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

     

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

     

    Coordinates defining the features.

     

    TYPE0

     

     

    WETLAND_92

     

     

    WETLAND_81

     

     

    PHOTO_NO

     

     

    AREA_HA0

     

     

    DOMINANT

     

     

    JUXTAPOSIT

     

     

    SURROUND

     

     

    SITE_TYPE

     

     

    IMPOUNDMEN

     

     

    ACTIVE

     

     

    INACTIVE

     

     

    COVER_TYPE

     

     

    INTERSPERS

     

     

    MANAGEMENT

     

     

    RATING

     

     

    DOMINANT1

     

     

    DOMINANT2

     

     

    NO

     

     

    SUBCLASS_1

     

     

    SUBCLASS_2

     

     

    SUBCLASS_3

     

     

    SUBCLASS_4

     

     

    SUBCLASS_5

     

     

    SUBCLASS_6

     

     

    SUBCLASS_7

     

     

    SUBCLASS_8

     

     

    SUBCLASS_9

     

     

    10

     

     

    11

     

     

    12

     

     

    13

     

     

    14

     

     

    15

     

     

    16

     

     

    LATITUDE0

     

     

    LONGITUD0

     

     

    EASTING

     

     

    NORTHING

     

     

    FORESTMA0

     

     

    METRICMA0

     

     

    GEOMAP0

     

     

     

     

Who produced the data set?

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

     

    • Randy Dibblee

     

  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
    11 Kent St.
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
    Canada

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

Why was the data set created?

To generate a digital map of PEI freshwater wetlands as rated by the Golet Wetland Classification System.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

     

    (source 1 of 1)
    Type_of_Source_Media: aerial photography, hardcopy maps
    Source_Scale_Denominator: 17 500

     

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

     

    Date: 1990 (process 1 of 2)
    Interpreted from 1:17,500 color infrared photography Manually transferred to 1:10 000 hardcopy maps Digitized using CARIS on a digitizing table.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Forestry & Land Resource Modeling, Department of Environment, Energy, and Forestry
    c/o Mary Lynn McCourt
    Land Imagery Analyst
    11 Kent St.
    Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
    Canada

    902-569-7598 (voice)
    902-368-5661 (FAX)
    mlmccourt@gov.pe.ca

    (process 2 of 2)
    Metadata imported.

    Data sources used in this process:

    • C:\DOCUME~1\MVANDE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml56.tmp

     

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

     

    Conservation and Management, Department of Environment, Energy, and For.

     

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

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    85%

     

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    10 to 20 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
    11 Kent St.
    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: 15.345
      Network links: www.gov.pe.ca/gis

       

    • Cost to order the data: Free for download

       

    • How long will it take to get the data?

       

      Download time varies

       

     

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 13-May-2005
Metadata author:
Conservation and Management, Environemnt, Energy, and Forestry
c/o Randy Dibblee
Wildlife Biologist
11 Kent St.
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 Fri May 13 12:27:33 2005
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