# sample_points

## Metadata:

- Identification_Information
- Data_Quality_Information
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
- Spatial_Reference_Information
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information
- Distribution_Information
- Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Keith T. Weber, GIS Training and Research Center, 208-282-2757
Publication_Date: February 2001
Title: sample_points
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://giscenter.isu.edu>

Description:

Abstract:
  Vector-Point coverage of the sample points used in the vegetation change study.
Purpose:
  This data was created to look at the large-scale vegetation changes for the AOC between 1987 and 1997.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Jan-Dec, 1987

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Jan-Dec 1997

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 565274.687500
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 810531.187500
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 437998.156250
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 117736.609375

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: Sample Points

Place:

Place_Keyword: Area Of Concern
Place_Keyword: Sample Points

Access_Constraints: Unknown
Use_Constraints: Unknown
Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Keith T. Weber
Contact_Organization: GIS Training and Research Center

Contact_Position: GIS director
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
  Campus Box 8104 Idaho State University
City: Pocatello
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83209-8104
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-282-2757
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-282-5802
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webekeit@isu.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm M-F

Data_Set_Credit:
  Keith T. Weber, ISU-GIS Training and Research Center, 208-282-2757
Security_Information:

Security_Classification: Unclassified

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:
  Keith T. Weber, ISU-GIS Training and Research Center, 208-282-2757
Publication_Date: Feb 2001
Title: sample_points
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector data set
Publication_Information:

Publisher: `

Online_Linkage: <http://giscenter.isu.edu>

Data_Quality_Information:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: 30mx30m (1 pixel)

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: unknown

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 48

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: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Idaho Transverse Mercator
Idaho Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -114 deg west
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42 deg north
False_Easting: 500000
False_Northing: 100000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: .000128
Ordinate_Resolution: .000128

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sample_points.pat

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Point, Line, or Polygon---(S, 7, N/A, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA
If a polygon, this will give the area within the polygon in square meters.---(N, 10, 3, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Distance around a polygon in meters---(N, 10, 3, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLE_POINTS#
Software generated identifier numbers.---(N, 10, 0, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLE_POINTS-ID
Software generated identifier numbers.---(N, 10, 0, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SAMPLE_ID
Unique identifier number assigned to each point in order to access data associated with it.---(N, 2, 0, 23-192, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE
The actual date that data was collected in the field.---(N, 8, 0, 05012000-09052000, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: JURIS
Jurisdiction:The name of the political entity that manages the area where sample point is located. Names will be those of National Forests, Dept. of Energy lands (INEEL), National Parks (YNP), or Bureau of Land Management lands.---(S, 7, N/A, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PAIR
Each point belongs to a set. The set of associated points will have the same juris name and the same pair number.---(N, 2, 0, 1-17, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID
ID number: This number differentiates the points in a pair.Each pair will have two points with different Id numbers.---(N, 2, 0, 1-35, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GPS_ACC
GPS accuracy: Describes whether the GPS point was collected with a Trimble Pro-XR and differentially corrected (=1) or by a hand held Garmin unit (=2) and not differentially corrected---(N, 1, 0, 1-2, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMMENT
This is the name given to the point when it was entered into a Trimble GPS unit in the field.---(S, 8, 0, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: XVAL
The X coordinate of the sample point in Idaho Transverse Mercator---(N, 14, 6, 560000-820000, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YVAL
The Y coordinate of the sample point in Idaho Transverse Mercator---(N, 14, 6, 100000-440000, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CH_TYPE
Change Type: describes whether there was a predicted gain or loss in vegetation cover.---(S, 10, N/A, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHOTO_PT
Photo Point: describes the path to a group of four photos taken at the sample point. Photos face in the north, south, east, and west directions. These photos are hotlinked.---(S, 30, N/A, N/A, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNSUP_VEG
Unsupervised classification value: A value assigned to vegetation types by an unsupervised classification using IDRISI software. Points with identical numbers were assumed to have similar vegetation characteristics in 1987.---(N, 1, 0, 0-6, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBS_GAP
Observed GAP code: An ocular estimate of the vegetation type at a sample point using Idaho GAP codes.---(N, 3, 0, 1-3, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EXP_GAP
Expected GAP code: The actual GAP code assigned to the vegetation type at a sample point by Idaho GAP.---(N, 3, 0, 1-3, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCT_WOOD
Percent woody species: The amount of a 25m X 40m grid established at the sample point estimated to be covered by woody species using line-transect data.---(N, 6, 2, 0-200, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCT_GRASS
Percent graminoid species: The amount of a 25m X 40m grid established at the sample point estimated to be covered by graminoid species using line-transect data.---(N, 6, 2, 0-200, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCT_HERB
Percent herbaceous species: The amount of a 25m X 40m grid established at the sample point estimated to be covered by herbaceous species using line-transect data.---(N, 6, 2, 0-200, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCT_DEAD
Percent deadfall: The amount of a 25m X 40m grid established at the sample point estimated to be covered by deadfall using line-transect data.---(N, 6, 2, 0-200, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCT_LITTER
Percent litter: The amount of a 25m X 40m grid established at the sample point estimated to be covered by litter using line-transect data.---(N, 6, 2, 0-200, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCT_BARE
Percent bare ground: The amount of a 25m X 40m grid established at the sample point estimated to be covered by bare ground using line-transect data.---(N, 6, 2, 0-200, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCT_ROCK
Percent rock: The amount of a 25m X 40m grid established at the sample point estimated to be covered by rock using line-transect data.---(N, 6, 2, 0-200, -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUM_ACRE
Animal Units per Acre: A value reflecting the number of livestock that can forage per acre of land with vegetation characteristics similar to those of the sample point. AUM was calculated using the AUM Analyser CD developed by the Montana State University Extension Service.---(N, 5, 5, 0-1 -99)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Forage
Estimated amount of usable forage for livestock based on AU values. Units are in pound per acre.---(N, 6, 1, 0-10000, -99)

Codes in parentheses represent the following: String(S), Numeric(N), or Boolean(B) values, # of characters allowed, # of decimal places allowed, the range of values possible, # representng a null value.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Keith T. Weber
Contact_Organization: GIS Training and Research Center

Contact_Position: GIS Director
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
  Campus Box 8104 Idaho State University
City: Pocatello
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83209-8104
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone:
  208-282-2757 GIS Director 208-282-3606 GIS Training and Research Center Office
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-282-5802
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webekeit@isu.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm M-F

Distribution_Liability:
  The information depicted in this GIS layer is the result of digital analyses performed on a database consisting of information from a variety of governmental and other credible sources. The accuracy of the information presented is limited to the collective accuracy of the database on the date of the analysis. The information is believed accurate and reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the data. However, the ISU-GIS Training and Research Center expressly disclaims responsibility for damages or liability that may arise from use of this data. This product is the property of the ISU-GIS Training and Research Center and its use is thereby restricted.
Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARC
File_Decompression_Technique: the file is compressed with winzip
Transfer_Size: 0.028

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://giscenter.isu.edu>

Access_Instructions: via the Alliance website

Fees: determined at time of order
Ordering_Instructions: download via the web at <http://giscenter.isu.edu>
Turnaround: n/a

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Jan-Dec 1987

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Jan-Dec 1997

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010208
Metadata_Review_Date: 20010207
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Keith T. Weber
Contact_Organization: GIS Training and Research Center

Contact_Position: GIS Director
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
  Campus Box 8104 Idaho State University
City: Pocatello
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83209-8104
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-282-2757
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-282-5802
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: webekeit@isu.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm M-F
Contact_Instructions:
  via telephone or e-mail or on the web at <http://giscenter.isu.edu>

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Generated by `mp` version 2.4.38 on Thu Feb 08 16:20:16 2001