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1980 Forest Inventory
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- What does this data set describe?
- How should this data set be cited?
- What geographic area does the data set cover?
- What does it look like?
- Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
- What is the general form of this data set?
- How does the data set represent geographic features?
- How does the data set describe geographic features?
- Who produced the data set?
- Why was the data set created?
- How was the data set created?
- How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
- How can someone get a copy of the data set?
- Who wrote the metadata?
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.
- How should this data set be cited?
PEI Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry, Forests, Fish & Wil, 1981, 1980 Forest Inventory.
- 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
- What does it look like?
- Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
- Calendar_Date: 1980
- Currentness_Reference: 1980 Aerial Photography
- What is the general form of this data set?
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- How does the data set represent geographic features?
- 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)
- 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 metersThe 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.
- How are geographic features stored in the data set?
- How does the data set describe geographic features?
- 1980 Forest Inventory
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- 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?
- 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
- Who also contributed to the data set?
- 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?
- From what previous works were the data drawn?
- How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
- (process 1 of 1)
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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
- What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
- How well have the observations been checked?
- How accurate are the geographic locations?
- How accurate are the heights or depths?
- Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
- 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
- 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 - What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
Downloadable Data, CD-Rom
- What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
See Digital Data Agreement
- 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
- Availability in digital form:
- 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:
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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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