METADATA FOR Malawi, Cropland Use
Malawi Digital Map Data files
Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information
FGDC-Compliant Metadata for MICUI
Citation:
Originator: United States Geological Survey (USGS)/EROS Data Center (EDC)
Publication_Date: 1986-1988
Title: Landsat 1, 2, 4 MSS Composite
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Publisher: EDC
Other_Citation_Details: Scale - 1:200,000 / 20 sheets
Online_Linkage:
Description: CUI, Crop Use Intensity, Malawi, MI, Africa, Sahel region
Abstract:
This coverage was created to allow for the accumulation
and graphic presentation of data linked to cropped lands
in the African country of Malawi.
Malawi is associated with the South Region.
Purpose:
This data set was developed as a tool and is to be used
to monitor crop conditions and crop production. It was
designed to be used in conjunction with Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. In addition,
the data may be used to disaggregate agricultural and/or
population statistics spatially.
Supplemental_Information:
Procedures_Used:
The agricultural overlay was prepared through interpretation
of Landsat 5 Mulitspectral Scanner (MSS). Landsat MSS bands
1, 2 and 4, corresponding to multispectral bands green, red
and near infra-red, are represented by the primary colors
blue, green and red respectively (standard false-color composite).
The data is subjectively based upon the interpreters
knowledge and ancillary data. The data lacks complete
ground truth by field checking.
Revisions:
This data set has been altered to conform to the standard boundary
file chosen for Malawi, Africa. The ARC IDENTITY utility was used
to conform the CUI data set to the country's ADMIN1 boundary file.
The resulting file was then processed to eliminate un-labeled
polygons along the international boundary using the ARC ELIMINATE
command.
Reviews_Applied_to_Data:
Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets:
Other_References_Cited:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)/EROS Data Center (EDC),
"Landsat MSS Composite." EDC, Sioux Falls, SD, USA. 1986-1988.
20 map sheets. Scale - 1:200,000.
USGS/EDC, "Malawi Crop Use Intensity," Series: CUI. EDC, Sioux
Falls, SD, USA. August 13, 1992. Scale - 1:250,000.
USGS/EDC, "MSS Imagery." EDC, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
Scale - 1:250,000.
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), "Digital
Chart of the World," "International Boundary." ESRI,
Redlands, CA, USA. 1992. Scale - 1:1.000.000.
Notes:
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Currentness_Reference:
The MSS Imagery was from 1986-1988. The development of this
data set was August 13, 1992.
Status:
Progress: completed
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
As needed.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.674
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.9168
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -9.3838
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -17.125
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword:
CUI, Crop Use Intensity, Malawi, MI, Africa, South region.
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Malawi, Africa
Access_Constraints:
There are no constraints on access so long as the user
cites this source.
Use_Constraints:
This data should not be used for navigation or for producing
maps requiring high geodetic accuracy.
The data is subjectively based upon the interpreters
knowledge and ancillary data. The data lacks complete
ground truth by field checking.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact Person: Ron Smith
Contact_Organization: EROS Data Center - USGS
Contact_Position: Data Base Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: EROS Data Center
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: South Dakota
Postal_Code: 57198
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (605) 594-6522
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (605) 594-6568
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rsmith@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0730 - 1615 CDT
Data_Set_Credit:
Security Information:
Security_Classification_System: Public
Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Security_Handling_Description: None
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Operating System: UNIX, ARC/INFO Version 7.0.3,,(Mon
Mar 13 22:21:55 PST 1995)
Cross_Reference:
Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
Publication_Date: 1992
Title: Digital Chart of the World, International Boundary
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: see Title
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, CA, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Other_Citation_Details: Scale - 1:1,000,000
Online_Linkage:
Cross_Reference:
Originator: USGS/EDC
Publication_Date: August 13, 1992
Title: Malawi Crop Use Intensity Scale
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: CUI
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Publisher: EDC
Other_Citation_Details: Scale - 1:250,000
Online_Linkage:
Cross_Reference:
Originator: EDC
Title: MSS Imagery
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Publisher: EDC
Other_Citation_Details: Scale - 1:250,000
Online_Linkage:
Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present.
Completeness_Report:
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 5.08m
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Resolution as reported
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
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Process_Date: 19920924
Process_Time: 1204
Process_Description: LABELERRORS REGCUIG6
Process_Date: 19920924
Process_Time: 1207
Process_Description: ARCEDIT REGCUIG7
Process_Date: 19920924
Process_Time: 1303
Process_Description: CLEAN REGCUIG7 REGCUIG8
Process_Date: 19920924
Process_Time: 1312
Process_Description: LABELERRORS REGCUIG8
Process_Date: 19920924
Process_Time: 1312
Process_Description: EXPORT COVER REGCUIG8 REGCUIG.E00
Process_Date: 19920924
Process_Time: 1332
Process_Description: ARCEDIT REGCUIG9
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Process_Time: 1405
Process_Description: CLEAN REGCUIG9 REGCUIG10
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Process_Time: 1533
Process_Description: LABELERRORS REGCUIG10
Process_Date: 19920924
Process_Time: 1534
Process_Description: COPY REGCUIG10 /DG4/DSB/KEINER/REGCUIG10
Process_Date: 19921117
Process_Time: 1026
Process_Description: COPY REGCUIG10 REGCUIGB
Process_Date: 19921117
Process_Time: 1026
Process_Description: WALKES IMPORT COVER REGCUIGB.E00 REGCUIGB
Process_Date: 19951201
Process_Time: 1107
Process_Description: WALKES PROJECT COVER REGCUIGB REGCUIGBP
/DGM/SAB/WALKES/WORK/PRJ/GEO2GEO.PRJ
Process_Date: 19951201
Process_Time: 1120
Process_Description: WALKES BUILD REGCUIGBP
Process_Date: 19951201
Process_Time: 1211
Process_Description: WALKES DOCUMENT REGCUIGBP CREATE WALKES
Process_Date: 19951201
Process_Time: 1407
Process_Description: WALKES IMPORT COVER REGCUIGBP.E00
/EDCSNW6/IPS2/WALKES/WORK/SOUTHCUI/COVERS/REGC
Process_Date: 19960422
Process_Time: 1343
Process_Description: WALKES PROJECT COVER REGCUIGBP REGCUIGBPP
/EDCSNW6/IPS2/WALKES/WORK/PRJ/GEO2GEO.PRJ.
Process_Date: 19960422
Process_Time: 1409
Process_Description: WALKES BUILD REGCUIGBPP
Process_Date: 19960422
Process_Time: 1426
Process_Description: WALKES RENAME REGCUIGBPP REGCUIGBP
Process_Date: 19960422
Process_Time: 1532
Process_Description: WALKES RENAME REGCUIGBP SOUTHCUIP
Process_Date: 19960422
Process_Time: 1532
Process_Description: WALKES DOCUMENT SOUTHCUIP UPDATE WALKES
Process_Date: 19960430
Process_Time: 807
Process_Description: WALKES DOCUMENT SOUTHCUIP UPDATE WALKES
Process_Date: 19960430
Process_Time: 835
Process_Description: WALKES DOCUMENT SOUTHCUIP UPDATE WALKES
Process_Date: 19960430
Process_Time: 951
Process_Description: WALKES DOCUMENT SOUTHCUIP UPDATE WALKES
Process_Date: 19960430
Process_Time: 1137
Process_Description: WALKES DOCUMENT SOUTHCUIP UPDATE WALKES
Process_Date: 19960501
Process_Time: 826
Process_Description: RSMITH IMPORT COVER
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/AFRICA/ARC/AFREGIONS/LOGGER/SOUTHCUIP.E00 S
Process_Date: 19960501
Process_Time: 956
Process_Description: RSMITH RENAME SOUTHCUIP SOUTHCUI
Process_Date: 19960501
Process_Time: 1019
Process_Description: RSMITH EXPORT COVER SOUTHCUI
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/AFRICA/ARC/AFREGIONS/SOUTH/EXP/SOU
Process_Date: 19960501
Process_Time: 1026
Process_Description: RSMITH DOCUMENT SOUTHCUI DELETE RSMITH
Process_Date: 19960502
Process_Time: 1030
Process_Description: RSMITH DOCUMENT SOUTHCUI COPY
/EDCSNW6/IPS2/WALKES/WORK/SOUTHCUI/COVERS/SOUTH
Process_Date: 19960502
Process_Time: 1030
Process_Description: RSMITH EXPORT COVER SOUTHCUI
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/AFRICA/ARC/AFREGIONS/SOUTH/EXP/SOU
Process_Date: 19960502
Process_Time: 1035
Process_Description: RSMITH CLIP SOUTHCUI
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/COUNTRY/FEWS_CNT_ADMIN/MIADMIN1 /EDCSNW6/I
Process_Date: 19960520
Process_Time: 753
Process_Description: RSMITH COPY
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/COUNTRY/MI/ARC/MICOVS/MICUI MICUI
Process_Date: 19960520
Process_Time: 918
Process_Description: RSMITH EXPORT COVER MICUI
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/COUNTRY/FEWS_CNT_CUI/EXP/MI
Process_Date: 19960520
Process_Time: 922
Process_Description: RSMITH ARCEDIT
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/COUNTRY/FEWS_CNT_CUI/MICUI
Process_Date: 19960520
Process_Time: 1002
Process_Description: RSMITH ARCEDIT
/EDCSNW6/IPSARCH/COUNTRY/FEWS_CNT_CUI/MICUI
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Process_Time: 1004
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Process_Time: 1059
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/EDCSNW6/IPS2/WALKES/WORK/PRJ/GEO2GEO.PRJ
Process_Date: 19960522
Process_Time: 1059
Process_Description: WALKES BUILD MICUIP
Process_Date: 19960522
Process_Time: 1100
Process_Description: WALKES DOCUMENT MICUIP COPY
/EDCSNW6/IPS2/WALKES/WORK/FEWS_CNT_CUI/COVS/CUI
Process_Date: 19960522
Process_Time: 1101
Cloud_Cover:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 259
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 761
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 260
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 5.08m
Longitude_Resolution: 5.08m
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 5.08m
Ordinate_Resolution: 5.08m
Planar_Distance_Units: DD
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: UNKNOWN
Ellipsoid_Name: CLARKE1880
Semi-major_Axis: UNKNOWN
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: UNKNOWN
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: MICUIP.REF
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS)/EROS Data
Center (EDC)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: -
Attribute_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table
Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS)/EROS Data Center
(EDC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MICUIP#
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MICUIP-ID
Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CUILEVEL
Attribute_Definition: Unique CUI classification
Attribute_Definition_Source: EROS Data Center (EDC)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Character
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CUINUM
Attribute_Definition: Unique numeric CUI identifier
Attribute_Definition_Source: EDC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The item (CUILEVEL) defines the unique CUI classification.
The item (CUINUM) defines the unique numeric CUI identifier.
A.........Alluvial
DI........Developed, irrigated
HB........Hilly, Broken
99........No data available
RC........Flood recessional agriculture
S.........Sandy (Usually dune formations are present)
U.........Uplands
UR........Urban
W.........Open Water
WA........Water and Alluvial
WL........Wetlands
1 = 70 - 100 Pct.
2 = 50 - 69 Pct.
3 = 30 - 49 Pct.
4 = 5 - 29 Pct.
5 = 0 - 4 Pct.
CUILEVEL CUINUM
0
A3...............3
A4...............4
A5...............5
DI 1.............1
DI 2.............2
DI 3.............3
H3...............3
H4...............4
H5...............5
U2...............2
U3...............3
U4...............4
U5...............5
W5...............0
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact Person: Ron Smith
Contact_Organization: EROS Data Center - USGS
Contact_Position: Data Base Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: EROS Data Center
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: South Dakota
Postal_Code: 57198
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (605) 594-6522
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (605) 594-6568
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rsmith@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0730 - 1615 CDT
Distribution_Liability: none
Standard_Ordering_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCE ARC/INFO Export format
Format_Version_Number: 7.0.3
Format_Version_Date: 1995
Format_Specification: Export
File_Decompression_Technique:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Access_Instructions: written correspondence, phone, e-mail or Fax
Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: SUN, Data General, Silicon Graphics, UNIX,
PC DOS and Windows
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: 3480, 8mm, 4mm, 9track, 1/4", 3.5" disk, QIC-80
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 0.0
Recording_Density_Units:
Recording_Format: tar
Compatibility_Information: Low, Medium, High Density
Fees: nominal
Ordering_Instructions: written correspondence, phone, e-mail or Fax
Turnaround: ASAP
Custom_Order_Process: written correspondence, phone, e-mail or Fax
Technical_Prerequistes: Workstation or PC ARC/INFO or compatible software
Available_Time_Period:
Beginning_Date/Time: current
Metadata_Date: 19960522
Metadata_Contact:
Metadata_Standard_Name:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608
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