Northampton County --- Virginia Coast Reserve - Long Term Ecological
Research (VCR/LTER) Digital Geospatial Metadata
1. Identification Information
1.1 Citation
8.1 Originator: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long Term Ecological
Research (VCR/LTER) in cooperation with Northampton County,
Virginia.
8.2 Publication Date: 19950502
8.4 Title: BIRD NESTING SITES - NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1993
* 8.5 Edition (version): 1.0
8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form: view
8.8 Publication Information
8.8.1 Publication Place: Charlottesville, VA.
8.8.2 Publisher: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long Term
Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
8.9 Other Citation Details: Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality grant DEQ-??????? with computational support from NSF
support grants BSR-8702333-06 and DEB-9211772.
Data sources: College of William and Mary
The Nature Conservancy
University of Virginia
US Fish and Wildlife Service
VA Dept. Conservation and Recreation
VA Dept. Game and Inland Fisheries
Computational and database support was provided by the Virginia
Coast Reserve Long-term Ecological Reasearch project at the Dept.
of Enviromental Sciences Univ. of Virginia through Grant DEB-9211772.
This map was funded, in part, by the Virginia Council on the
Environment's Coastal Resources Management Program through Grant
NA270Z0312-01 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, under the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 as ammended.
1.2 Description
1.2.1 Abstract: Bird nesting sites for 1993. Information includes
location; species; common name; number of adults, chicks, eggs
and nests; land owner; and management area. Plover species
were included in this data set but are not available in this
version.
1.2.2 Purpose: Northampton County planning and environmental
management.
1.3 Time Period of Content
9.1 Single Date
* 9.1.1 Calendar Date: 1993
1.3.1 Currentness Reference: publication date
1.4 Status
1.4.1 Progress: Complete
* 1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
1.5 Spatial Domain
1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate (longitude): -76.2
1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate (longitude): -75.6
1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate (latitude): 37.6
1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate (latitude): 37.1
1.6 Keywords
1.6.1 Theme
1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Gulls
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Terns and skimmers
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Wading birds
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Pelicans
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Nesting sites
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Bird habitat
1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Bird populations
1.6.2 Place
1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
1.6.2.2 Place Keyword: Northampton County
1.6.2.2 Place Keyword: Virginia
1.7 Access Constraints: None.
1.8 Use Constraints: This is one piece of a GIS database presently
being developed for Northampton County's planning purposes. If you
use VCR/LTER-generated data in a publication, please acknowledge
the VCR/LTER in addition to the originator, and cite support from
the above listed NSF grants. We would also like to receive a copy
of your publication(s), sent to the contact below.
1.9 Point of Contact
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long
Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.3 Contact Position: Data Manager
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Clark
Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (804) 924-8999
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: jporter@lternet.edu or
jhp7e@virginia.edu
1.10 Browse Graphic
1.10.1 Browse Graphic File Name: birds.gif
1.10.2 Browse Graphic Description: Snapshot of BIRDS ArcView coverage.
OUTLINE was used as a BACKCOVERAGE.
1.10.3 Browse Graphic File Type: GIF
1.10 Browse Graphic
1.10.1 Browse Graphic File Name: birdst.gif
1.10.2 Browse Graphic Description: Small graphic of birds.gif.
1.10.3 Browse Graphic File Type: GIF
1.11 Data Set Credit: Primary data attributed to:
College of William and Mary
The Nature Conservancy
University of Virginia
US Fish and Wildlife Service
VA Dept. Conservation and Recreation
VA Dept. Game and Inland Fisheries
Addition help provided by John H. Porter at the Dept. of Environmental
Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA. ArcView
coverage for this project processed by Anne L. Halpin, also at UVA.
1.13 Native Data Set Environment: ARC/INFO 6.1 running under SunOS
4.1 on a SUN SPARC station 1.
*2. Data Quality Information
2.1 Attribute Accuracy
2.1.1 Attribute Accuracy Report:
2.2 Logical Consistency Report:
2.3 Completeness Report:
2.4 Positional Accuracy
2.4.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy
2.4.1.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
2.4.2 Vertical Positional Accuracy
2.4.2.1 Vertical Positional Accuracy Report:
* 2.5 Lineage
2.5.1 Source Information (repeat this section as often as needed)
2.5.1.1 Source Citation
8.1 Originator:
8.2 Publication Date: YYYYMMDD
8.4 Title:
8.5 Edition (version):
8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form*: (choose one)
atlas, diagram, globe, map, model, profile, remote-sensing
image, section, view
8.8 Publication Information
8.8.1 Publication Place:
8.8.2 Publisher:
8.9 Other Citation Details:
* 2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator (1:???): xxxxx
2.5.1.3 Type of Source Media: (choose one) paper,
microfiche, chart, filmstrip, videocassette, computer
program, disc, magnetic tape, online, CD-ROM, electronic mail
system
* 2.5.1.4 Source Time Period of Content (*choose either single
or range)
9.1 Single Date/Time*
9.1.1 Calendar Date*: YYYMMDD
9.3 Range of Dates/Times*
9.3.1 Beginning Date*: YYYYMMDD
9.3.2 Ending Date*: YYYYMMDD
2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference*: (choose one)
ground condition, publication date
2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation (for reference hereafter):
2.5.2 Process Step
2.5.2.1 Process Description:
2.5.2.2 Source Used Citation Abbreviation:
2.5.2.3 Process Date (completed): YYYYMMDD
2.5.2 Process Step
2.5.2.1 Process Description: Plovers were deleted from coverage.
Attributes were checked and spaces removed for
compatibility with PC ArcView.
2.5.2.3 Process Date (completed): 19950502
2.5.2.5 Source Produced Citation Abbreviation* (for
significant intermediate data sets used in later processing
steps): None
2.5.2.6 Process Contact (processor)
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve -
Long Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.1.1 Contact Person: Anne L. Halpin
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences,
Clark Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: alh5w@virginia.edu
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
3.2 Direct Spatial Reference Method : Point
3.3 Point and Vector Object Information
3.3.1 SDTS Terms Descriptions: point
3.3.1.2 Point Count: 217 (Four points are legend symbols)
4. Spatial Reference Information
4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition *(choose Geographic or
Planar, PLUS Geodetic Model)
4.1.1 Geographic*
4.1.1.1 Latitude Resolution (decimal degrees): x.x
4.1.1.2 Longitude Resolution (decimal degrees): x.x
4.1.1.3 Geographic Coordinate Units *: (choose one) Decimal
degrees; Degrees and decimal minutes; Degrees, minutes, and
decimal seconds
4.1.2 Planer
4.1.2.2.1 Grid Coordinate System Name: State Plane
Coordinate System 1983
4.1.2.2.4 State Plane Coordinate System (SPSC)
4.1.2.2.4.1 SPCS Zone Identifier: Virginia, south zone
: -4502 NOS, 5576 USGS
4.1.2.4 Planar Coordinate Information
4.1.2.4.1 Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair
4.1.2.4.4 Planar Distance Units: international feet
4.1.4 Geodetic Model
4.1.4.1 Hoizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
4.1.4.2 Ellipsoid Name: Clarke 1866
5. Entity and Attribute Information
5.1 Detailed Description
5.1.1 Entity Type
5.1.1.1 Entity Type Label: POINT
5.1.1.2 Entity Type Definition: A point with a set of attributes
which represent features of each nesting site.
5.1.1.3 Entity Type Definition Source (authority): VCR-LTER
5.1.2 Attributes: There are twelve attributes that have
been added to the standard ARC coverage attributes. The lists and charts
below identify these attributes and their relationships.
Attribute Definitions:
Group1 : Common name of genus
Comname: Common name of species
Species: Abbrieviated scientific name for genus and species
Symbol1: Unique number representing genus. The numbers were chosen from
ArcInfo Markerset mineral.mrk.
Symbol2: Unique number representing species. The numbers were chosen from
ArcInfo Markerset mineral.mrk.
ATTRIBUTES:
GROUP1 COMNAME SPECIES SYMBOL1 SYMBOL2
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"Gulls" "Great_Black-Backed_Gull" LRSMRN 419 419
"Herring_Gull" LRSARG 419 404
"Laughing_Gull" LRSATR 419 221
"Pelicans" "Brown_Pelican" PLCOCC 208 210
"Wading_Birds" "Cattle_Egret" BBLIBS 204 202
"Great_Egret" CSMALB 204 204
"Snowy_Egret" EGRTHL 204 219
"Black-Crowned_Night_Heron" NYCNYC 204 402
"Great_Blue_Heron" ARDHRD 204 421
"Green-Backed_Heron" BTRSTR 204 419
"Little_Blue_Heron" EGRCRL 204 410
"Tricolored_Heron" EGRTRC 204 408
"Yellow-Crowned_Night_Heron" NYCVLC 204 219
"Glossy_Ibis" PLGPLC 204 404
"White_Ibis" EUDALB 204 221
"Terns_and_Skimmers" "Black_Skimmer" RUNNGR 402 421
"Caspian_Tern" STRCSP 402 419
"Common_Tern" STRHRN 402 410
"Forster's_Tern" STRFRS 402 204
"Gull-Billed_Tern" STRNLT 402 408
"Least_Tern" STRANT 402 202
"Royal_Tern" STRMXM 402 219
"Sandwich_Tern" STRSND 402 404
Attribute Definitions:
ADULTS, CHICKS, EGGS, NEST : Count of bird community features for each
specified point (location).
List of OWNERS : Commonwealth_of_VA
The_Nature_Conservancy
Ben_Mears_Estate
Walkley_Johnson
VA_Dept.Game_&_Inland_Fish
Va_Dept_Conservation_&_Rec
US_Fish_&_Wildlife_Service
List of MAN_AREA : Commons
Virginia_Coast_Reserve
Private
Mockhorn_Island_WMA
Va_Natural_Area_Preserve
Fishermans_Island_NWR
6. Distribution Information
6.1 Distributor
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long
Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.3 Contact Position: Data Manager
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Clark
Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (804) 924-8999
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: jporter@lternet.edu or
jhp7e@virginia.edu
6.3 Distribution Liability: None
6.4 Standard Order Process
6.4.2 Digital Form
6.4.2.1 Digital Transfer Information
6.4.2.1.1 Format Name: ARCE
6.4.2.1.6 File Decompression Technique:
6.4.2.1.7 Transfer Size (MB):
6.4.2.2 Digital Transfer Option
6.4.2.2.2 Offline Option
6.4.2.2.2.1 Offline Media: For information about
available offline media and how to obtain them, please
first obtain the permission of Northampton County
before contacting the above distribution contact party.
6.4.3 Fees: A fee may be assessed for non-digital and offline
digital formats of the dataset(s) covering reasonable costs
entailed in the distribution of the data. Any additional fees
are the prerogative of Northampton County alone.
7. Metadata Reference Information
7.1 Metadata Date: 19950310
7.4 Metadata Contact
10.2 Contact Organization Primary
10.1.2 Contact Organization: Virginia Coast Reserve - Long
Term Ecological Research (VCR/LTER)
10.3 Contact Position: Data Manager
10.4 Contact Address
10.4.1 Address Type: mailing and physical address
10.4.2 Address: LTER, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Clark
Hall, University of Virginia
10.4.3 City: Charlottesville
10.4.4 State or Province: VA
10.4.5 Postal Code: 22903
10.4.6 Country: USA
10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (804) 924-8999
10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address: jporter@lternet.edu or
jhp7e@virginia.edu
7.5 Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital
Geospatial Metadata
7.6 Metadata Standard Version: 19940608