Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Publication_Date: 20051231 Title: Accuracy Assessment Points used to Assess the Association-Level Vegetation Map of Friendship Hill National Historic Site Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/frhi/index.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: The Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Publication_Date: 20051231 Title: Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Friendship Hill National Historic Site Description: Abstract: Location of thematic accuracy assessment sampling points used in the vegetation classification and mapping of Friendship Hill National Historic Site. Purpose: To identify the locations of sampling points used assess the thematic accuracy of the Friendship Hill National Historic Site vegetation association map. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20051231 Currentness_Reference: 20051231 Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Friendship Hill National Historic Site and environs Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.934016 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.914467 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.785866 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.763899 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: thematic accuracy assessment Theme_Keyword: vegetation community classifcation Theme_Keyword: vegetation association map Theme_Keyword: National Park Service Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Frienship Hill National Historic Site Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Johnstown Flood National Memorial Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania Taxonomy: Keywords/Taxon: Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Taxonomic_Keywords: Standardized National Vegetation Classification System Taxonomic_Keywords: vegetation classification Taxonomic_Keywords: alliance Taxonomic_Keywords: community association Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom Taxon_Rank_Value: Plantae Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: The Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy Contact_Position: Ecologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 208 Airport Drive City: Middletown State_or_Province: Pennsylvania Postal_Code: 17055 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (717) 948-3962 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (717) 948-3957 Data_Set_Credit: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: ESRI point geometry. Completeness_Report: Each accuracy assessment point is representaed by one point in the shapefile. All points fall within vegetation association polygons. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: The USGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping Program protocols were followed to assess the thematic accuracy of the Friendship Hill National Historic Site vegetation map. A stratified random sampling approach was used, distributing the sampling effort across seven vegetation associations. Polygons labeled with modified Anderson level II categories and the polygons representing managed grasslands were not included in the thematic accuracy assessment sampling. The number of samples per association varied according to the rarity of the vegetation type, both in terms of number of polygons and polygon size. The distribution of sampling points among vegetation types was adjusted slightly from that recommended by the protocol to fit park-specific conditions. In general, the adjustments tended to weight the area covered by an association more heavily than the number of polygons contained in that association. In order to randomly determine the location of these sampling points in the polygons, the random number generator function in Microsoft Excel was used to create 900 sets of random x,y coordinates that fell within the boundaries of Friendship Hill National Historic Site. These coordinates were imported into ArcView 3.2 and overlaid onto the vegetation map. The first pair of coordinates listed in the table of coordinates to fall within a polygon at least 50 m from the polygon boundary was selected. All other points that fell within that polygon were deleted. This procedure was carried out until all points were assigned. Each accuracy assessment point was then located in the field using a Trimble Geo XM GPS unit during May and June 2005. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\NPS 6 Parks\NPS 6 parks GIS\FONE GIS\WPC data points\fone_aa_points.shp.xml Process_Date: 20050630 Process_Step: Process_Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\C-SPER~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml48.tmp Process_Date: 20050630 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: 47 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 17 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000004 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000004 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: frhi_veg_aa_2005 Entity_Type_Definition: attributes of shapefile table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program 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: AA_Obs_ID Attribute_Definition: accuracy assessment point number Attribute_Definition_Source: NPS four letter park code plus unique number Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: NPS four letter park code plus unique number Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS Center for Biological Informatics Contact_Position: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: United States Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics Address: MS 302, Bldg 810, Room 8000 Address: Denver Federal Center City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80225 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303 202-4220 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303 202-4219 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303 202-4229 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Distribution_Liability: The U.S. Geological Survey and 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 (if available) 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. Any related graphics (if available) are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not approriate to use the related graphics as data. The U.S. Geological Survey and 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 U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers 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 U.S. Geological Survey, 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. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey and National Park Service. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: HTML Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/frhi/index.html Access_Instructions: Internet Access Fees: None Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20051215 Metadata_Review_Date: 20071105 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics, MS 302, Room 8000, Building 810, Denver Federal Center City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80225 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4219 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, 1998 Part 1: Biological Data Profile, 1999 Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://metadata.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Toolkit/Metadata/FGDC_Metadata/ Profile_Name: Biological Data Profile FGDC-STD-001.1-1999