Administrative Boundaries of National Park System Units 02/12/2015 - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) NPS National Parks Dataset

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Park Service
Publication_Date: 20150212
Title:
Administrative Boundaries of National Park System Units 02/12/2015 - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) NPS National Parks Dataset
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata>
Description:
Abstract: National Park Service unit boundaries.
Purpose:
Service wide boundary set for display and general analysis purposes.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20020201
Beginning_Time: unknown
Ending_Date: 20150212
Ending_Time: unknown
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Daily
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.594557
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.900174
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.654266
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.623624
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: National Park Service
Theme_Keyword: Boundary
Theme_Keyword: National Parks
Theme_Keyword: NPS
Theme_Keyword: NGDA Portfolio Theme
Theme_Keyword: NGDA
Theme_Keyword: Cadastre Theme
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Boundary
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NGDA Portfolio Themes
Theme_Keyword: NGDA Portfolio Themes
Theme_Keyword: NGDA
Theme_Keyword: Cadastre Theme
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: National Parks
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Continental US
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Department of Interior
Place_Keyword: National Park Service
Place_Keyword: NPS
Place_Keyword: DOI
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus
Place_Keyword: ADAM
Place_Keyword: BOAF
Place_Keyword: BOHA
Place_Keyword: BOST
Place_Keyword: JOFI
Place_Keyword: LONG
Place_Keyword: MIMA
Place_Keyword: NEBE
Place_Keyword: SAIR
Place_Keyword: SAMA
Place_Keyword: SPAR
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus
Place_Keyword: Adams National Historical Park
Place_Keyword: Boston African American National Historic Site
Place_Keyword: Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Place_Keyword: Boston National Historical Park
Place_Keyword: John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Place_Keyword: Longfellow National Historic Site
Place_Keyword: Minute Man National Historical Park
Place_Keyword: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Place_Keyword: Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Place_Keyword: Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Place_Keyword: Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The data is intended for use as a tool for display and general GIS analysis purposes only. It is in no way intended for engineering or legal purposes. The data accuracy is checked against best available sources which may be dated. NPS assumes no liability for use of this data. Boundaries from the Land Resources Division have separate polygons for each type of unit. For example Denali National Park and Denali National Preserve are separate individual polygons.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Park Service
Contact_Position: Chief Cartographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 301 S. Howes St. Suite 208
City: Fort Collins
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80522
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-484-6428
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: roger_m_johnson@nps.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-Th 7-5:30 Mountain Time
Data_Set_Credit: National Park Service
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Park Service
Publication_Date: 20141208
Title:
Metadata for Administrative Boundaries of National Park System Units 02/12/2015
Online_Linkage: <http://nrdata.nps.gov/programs/lands/nps_boundary.xml>
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: A logical consistency report is not available for these data.
Completeness_Report:
The data set is complete but subject to continual updates to reflect boundary amendments, legislation, and acquisitions, and improved processing techniques. The data is being regularly updated with verified boundaries from NPS Land Resources Division. Please contact the data originator with corrections and update suggestions.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Dean Tucker, Water Resource Division
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: NPSUnits
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Park boundaries collected and digitized for the Horizon Project.
Type_of_Source_Media: None
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NPSUnits
Source_Contribution:
Source information used in support of the development of the dataset.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: David Duran, GIS Division
Publication_Date: unknown
Title: ParkDave
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details: Park boundaries collected from Parks and Regions in 2001.
Type_of_Source_Media: None
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ParkDave
Source_Contribution:
Source information used in support of the development of the dataset.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Roger Johnson
Publication_Date: 20150212
Publication_Time: unknown
Title: unit classification boundaries
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Land Resources Division has been creating hardcopy segment maps containing boundary data since the 1960's. This data is currently being converted to a digital vector format and added to the collection as it become available. Additionally as existing boundary data is modified and/or new parks units are acquired they are added to the collection.
Type_of_Source_Media: None
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: unit classification boundaries
Source_Contribution:
Source information used in support of the development of the dataset.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1. Boundary polygons for several units have been updated with data from the Lands Resources Division (LRD) according to the procedures defined in the Lands Acquisition Procedures Manual Chapter 5. Boundary data from LRD has separate polygons for individual types of units like Denali National Park and Denali National Preserve. Lands records in the dataset that can be identified by querying for [GIS_Notes] = "Lands" in the attribute table. LRD updated units are also identified in the place keywords of this metadata record but by alpha code and each units full name and designation.
Process_Date: 20141208
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Park Service
Contact_Position: Land Resources Division Chief Cartographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 301 S. Howes St. Suite 208
City: Fort Collins
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80522
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-484-6428
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: PPFL_LandsNET@NPS.GOV
Hours_of_Service: M-F 7:30-5:00 Mountain Time
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
2. Two sets of boundaries were collected and compared. The main set was obtained from David Duran, who collected boundaries from each region in the summer of 2001. The second set was obtained from Dean Tucker, who digitized boundaries for the Horizon Project. The main set from David Duran was determined to contain the most recent boundary information. Parks missing from David's set were added from Deans set. Those parks are..........Antietam NB Arlington House, Benjamin Franklin NMEM, Big Hole NB, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, Chimney Rock NHS, Fort Point NHS, Fredericksburg NC, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Green Springs, Harpers Ferry NHP, International Peace Garden, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kalaupapa NHP, Manassas NBP, Monocacy NB, National Capital Parks - Central and East, Olympic NP, Prince William Forest Park, Rock Creek Park, San Francisco Maritime NHP, Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMEM, and Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts. Park/Region staff were consulted for parks with major differences between the two sets.
Process_Date: 20020101
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Park Service
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist/Cooperator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1201 Oakridge Drive Suite 200
City: Fort Collins
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80525
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: Unknown
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: waso-nrpc_nrgis@nps.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8-5 Mountain Time
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
3. Boundaries were updated with data provided by National Parks or Regional Offices.
Process_Date: 20150212
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
4. The data were downloaded from the National Park Service website (https://irma.nps.gov/App/Portal/Home/FeaturedContent) by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management on April 22, 2015. In ArcGIS, the data were selected by attributes to select parks located in Massachusetts using the following expression: "STATE" = 'MA'. The selected features were projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters.
Process_Date: 20150424
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: CZM Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02114-2138
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Massachusetts Mainland FIPS 2001
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 41.71666666666667
Standard_Parallel: 42.68333333333333
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.5
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.0
False_Easting: 200000.0
False_Northing: 750000.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000008155898179040834
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000008155898179040834
Planar_Distance_Units: meter
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition:
Table containing attribute information associated with the dataset.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT_CODE
Attribute_Definition: Four letter code to define the National Park unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 16.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GIS_Notes
Attribute_Definition: Free text.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 254.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT_NAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of the National Park unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 254.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DATE_EDIT
Attribute_Definition: The last update or official review of the object
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Date.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE
Attribute_Definition: State where boundaries exist.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 2.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REGION
Attribute_Definition: Region.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 2.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GNIS_ID
Attribute_Definition: Geographic Names Information System ID.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 50.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT_TYPE
Attribute_Definition:
Type of unit boundary (i.e. Park, Preserve, Memorial, Monument...).
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 50.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CREATED_BY
Attribute_Definition: Section within NPS that created the boundary.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 10.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: METADATA
Attribute_Definition: Link to additional metadata.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 100.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PARKNAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of park.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text string of width 254.
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Attributes are as follows: Shape, GIS_Loc_ID, Unit_Code, Group_Code, Unit_Name, Unit_Type, Meta_MIDF, Lands_Code, Date_Edit, GIS_Notes
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: NPS
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Park Service
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 150
City: Fort Collins
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80525
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-267-2168
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: irma@nps.gov
Distribution_Liability:
The National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data. The National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an NPS server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Park Service, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SHP
Transfer_Size: 5.693
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Profile/2220235#Administrative Boundaries of National Park System Units 02/12/2015 - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) NPS National Parks Dataset
Fees: None
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20010301
Time_of_Day: unknown
Technical_Prerequisites:
Must have access to GIS software such as ESRI's ArcView or ArcInfo, or other compatible software, to view the data
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20150427
Metadata_Review_Date: 20150212
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NPS Land Resources Division
Contact_Person: Roger Johnson
Contact_Position: Chief Cartographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 301 S. Howes St. Suite 208
City: Fort Collins
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80522
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-484-6428
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 970-484-6432
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: roger_m_johnson@nps.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-Th 7-5:30 Mountain Time
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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