Regional landscape ecosystems of Michigan - Ecoreg100

 

Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: D. A. Albert
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: Ecoreg100 - Regional landscape ecosystems of Michigan
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Description:
Abstract:
This Ecoregion database was delineated by Dennis Albert for Michigan. Hierarchial units include Section, Subsection, and Sub_subsection. Ecosystem components used to distinguish major landscapes are macroclimate, physiography, soil and vegetation. In Michigan, long-term climatic records were a primary component in delineating the larger hierarchical units - sections and subsections. Physiography was used in conjustion with climatic data to refine section and subsection boundaries. At the sub-subsection level, the primary determinants of boundaries were physiography and soil conditions.
Purpose:
Ecoregional boundaries were designed for wide usage in scientific studies, resource inventories on an ecological basis, and a wide range of management activities. This includes strategic planning on a multi-forest, statewide and multi-agency basis.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: unknown
Currentness_Reference: unknown
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.052353
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.072975
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.197796
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.633936
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Ecoregion
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Michigan
Access_Constraints: This database is not to be released to anyone at this time.
Use_Constraints:
USE WITH CAUTION....at this time the linework is in question due to projection parameter questions and the unknown original sources of the databases used to create these lines. The 1:500,000-scale geology database was used as one of the sources, so the largest spatial error can be similar to 500K databases.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: PO Box 30444
City: Lansing
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48909
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 517-373-1552
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcInfo 8.1.0.415
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: D.A. Albert, S.R. Denton, and B.V. Barnes
Publication_Date: 1986
Title: Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Ann Arbor, MI
Publisher: University of Michigan School of Natural Resources
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: D.A. Albert
Publication_Date: 1995
Title:
Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A Working Map and Classification
Edition: Fourth Revision
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Paul, MN
Publisher: USDA Forest Service North Central Forest Experiment Station
Other_Citation_Details: General Technical Report NC-178
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attribute accuracy has been reviewed.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present.
Completeness_Report: An number of the islands were not mapped.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
At this time the linework is in question due to projection questions and the unknown original sources of the databases used to create these lines. The 1:500,000-scale geology was used as one of the sources, so the largest spatial error can be similar to 1:500,000 scale databases.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Unknown
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: Unknown
Edition: Unknown
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Unknown
Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000
Type_of_Source_Media: unknown
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: Unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference: unknown
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: unknown
Source_Contribution: unknown
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Process steps are unknown.
Process_Date: Unknown
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2842
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 249
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 249
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 81
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Oblique Mercator
Oblique_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Center_Line: 0.9996
Oblique_Line_Azimuth:
Azimuthal_Angle: 337.25556
Azimuth_Measure_Point_Longitude: 86° 00' 00" W
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45° 18' 33" N
False_Easting: 2546731.496
False_Northing: -4354009.816
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001024
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001024
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ecoreg100.pat
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon attribute table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ArcInfo
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TEXT
Attribute_Definition:
Character field combining section, sub_section, and sub_subsection
Attribute_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Landscape Ecosystem Hierarchy
Codeset_Source:
D.A. Albert, 1995, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A working Map and Classification.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECTION
Attribute_Definition: Section part of the TEXT attribute
Attribute_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southern Lower Michigan
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan...1995
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Northern Lacustrine-Influenced Lower Michigan
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan...1995
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Northern Lacustrine-Influenced Upper Michigan and Wisconsin
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan...1995
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Northern Continental Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan...1995
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBSEC
Attribute_Definition: Subsection part of the TEXT attribute
Attribute_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Landscape Ecosystem Hierarchy
Codeset_Source:
D.A. Albert, 1995, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A working Map and Classification.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBSUBSEC
Attribute_Definition: Sub_subsection part of the TEXT attribute
Attribute_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Landscape Ecosystem Hierarchy
Codeset_Source:
D.A. Albert, 1995, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A working Map and Classification.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBSUBSEC-OR
Attribute_Definition: Decimal value describing "subsection.sub_subsection"
Attribute_Definition_Source: D.A. Albert, MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Landscape Ecosystem Hierarchy
Codeset_Source:
D.A. Albert, 1995, Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A working Map and Classification.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA-MI
Attribute_Definition: area in square miles
Attribute_Definition_Source: MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5051.37
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Square Miles
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA-AC
Attribute_Definition: area in acres
Attribute_Definition_Source: MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3232879.25
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Acres
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UP_LP
Attribute_Definition: Upper or Lower penninsula designator
Attribute_Definition_Source: MNFI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Upper Penninsula
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Part of Michigan's Upper Penninsula
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MNFI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lower Penninsula
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Part of Michigan's Lower Penninsula
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: MNFI
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Polygon and arc attribute tables are present.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
D.A. Albert. 1995. Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A working Map and Classification. USDA Forest Service North Central Forest Experiment Station General Technical Report NC-178.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20000901
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Contact_Person: Helen Enander
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: PO Box 30444
City: Lansing
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48909
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 517-373-2073
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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