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Color Infrared Orthorectified Photomosaic (ERDAS Imagine IMG and Mr. SID formats) Metadata

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: North Carolina State University, Center for Earth Observation
Publication_Date: 20040915
Title:
Friendship Hill National Historic Site Color Infrared Orthorectified Photomosaic (ERDAS Imagine IMG and MrSID formats)
Edition: 20040915-Final
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Online_Linkage: <http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/frhi/index.html>
Description:
Abstract:
Orthorectified color infrared ERDAS Imagine image of Friendship Hill National Historic Site. Produced from 18 color infrared photos taken April 13, 2003. Orthorectification accomplished with Imagine Orthobase v8.6 software. RMSE is 1.453 meters meeting class 1 NMAS.
Purpose:
The dataset was developed for use by Friendship Hill National Historic Site as a GIS component and for digital monoplotting and mapping.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20030413
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Friendship Hill National Historic Site and environs
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.944760
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.907062
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.805468
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.748819
Local_Bounding_Coordinates:
Left_Bounding_Coordinate: 590404.617576
Right_Bounding_Coordinate: 593558.551007
Bottom_Bounding_Coordinate: 4400449.372540
Top_Bounding_Coordinate: 4406699.883507
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Orthorectified
Theme_Keyword: Color Infrared
Theme_Keyword: mosaic
Theme_Keyword: aerial photo
Theme_Keyword: CIR
Theme_Keyword: image
Theme_Keyword: leaf-off
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword: National Park
Place_Keyword: Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Temporal_Keyword: 20030413
Temporal_Keyword: spring
Temporal_Keyword: April
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Nathan Piekielek
Contact_Position: Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 208 C Ferguson Building
City: University Park
State_or_Province: Pennsylvania
Postal_Code: 16802
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (814) 863-2320
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Nathan_Piekielek@nps.gov
Data_Set_Credit: Bill Millinor
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ERDAS Imagine IMG File and MrSID Compressed File

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: Raster Data
Completeness_Report: Friendship Hill National Historic Site and surrounding area
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Overall positional accuracy of 1.453 meters based on root mean square error (RMSE). Horizontal accuracy was assessed on the basis of 34 field survey points distributed throughout the image. The actual field coordinates for these points were recorded with a Trimble ProXRS GPS unit with real-time differential correction with a minimum of 120 (180 unless poor field conitions) fixes per point. The field coordinates were then post-processed using differential correction. The field coordinates were then compared to the image mosaic coordinates for these points, determined in ESRI ArcView 3.3 software.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: USGS <http://seamless.usgs.gov>
Publication_Date: unknown
Title:
30 Meter Digital Elevation Model- USGS National Elevation Dataset
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: model
Source_Scale_Denominator: 30 meter
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20040320
Source_Currentness_Reference: 20040320
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: dem
Source_Contribution: elevation
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Kucera International, Inc
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: Aerial photographs of Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Source_Scale_Denominator: 6000
Type_of_Source_Media: color ir aerial transparencies
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20030413
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: photos
Source_Contribution: Aerial view of Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The photos (18 total) were used to create an orthorectified mosaic using ERDAS Imagine. The photos were scanned at 1200 dpi and imported into Imagine. A DEM was downloaded from the seamless dataset website (seamless.usgs.gov). The 30 meter DEM was resampled to 10 meter resolution in Imagine. The images were orthorectified using ERDAS Imagine Orthobase software. Airborne GPS and IMU data were used in the aerial triangulation procedure. Aerial triangulation produced a single RMSE of less than 1 meter for the entire block of photos. The orthorectified images were then mosaiced within Er Mapper to form one seamless basemap image for Friendship Hill National Historic Site. The mosaic was compressed using MrSID software at a 20:1 target compression ratio.
Process_Date: 200403
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NCSU, Center for Earth Observation
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
NCSU, Center For Earth Observation
NCSU Campus Box 7106
City: Raleigh
State_or_Province: NC
Postal_Code: 27695-7106
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-515-3430
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-515-3439

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

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: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.320424
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.320424
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:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Dataset consists of a raster 3 band color image. The bands are blue, green and near infrared. Each pixel contains a value between 0 - 255.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

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
Resource_Description:
Orthorectified 3 band color infrared image of Hopewell Furnace NHS.
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.

Custom_Order_Process:
Contact Contact Natthan Piekielek 208 C Ferguson Building University Park, PA 16802 814-863-2320 Nathan_Piekielek@nps.gov
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: 20060626
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

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