METADATA FOR UNDEVELOPED COASTLINE OF RHODE ISLAND


A.  Identification and Description

1.	RIGIS-CAT-ID	
2.	DATA-SET-IDENT	uncoast
3.	DISTRIB-NOTES	
4.	THEME-KEYWORDS	undeveloped coastline, habitat resources
5.	DATA-SET-DESC	Undeveloped coastline of Rhode Island.  USGS 1:24,000 hydrologic data, 1988 
landuse data, and 1990 Census data were used to identify undeveloped 
coastlines.  Coastlines (90m wide) with 100% natural land and at least 500m in 
length were considered to be undeveloped coastlines.
6.	ACC-REV-DATE	
7.	DATA-STRUCTURE	poly topological with feature attributes
8.	COORD-PRECISION	arc/info single precision
9.	INTENDED-USE	Overlay analysis with environmentally sensitive areas for use with Rhode Island 
Resource Protection Project
10.	INTENDED-SCALE	24,000
11.	TRANSFER-FORMAT	arc/info export
12.	TRANSFER-SIZE	0.8 megabytes


B.	Spatial And Geographic Parameters

13.	SPL-OBJ-TYPE	poly
14.	RESOLUTION	not applicable
15.	SPL-OBJECT-COUNT	256
16.	AREA-EXT-BND	State of Rhode Island
17.	AREA-EXCL-BND	
18.	PROJECTION	transverse mercator
19.	COORDSYS-UNITS	utm_19_meters
20.	HORIZ-DATUM	nad27
21.	VERT-DATUM	navd29


C.	Relational Database And Attribute Information

22.	REL-DB-ID	uncoast.pat
23.	REL-DB-ORG	US EPA, Region 1
24.	FIELD-NAME1	GRID-CODE
25.	FIELD-CHAR1	B-4-8
26.	FIELD-DESC1	flag indicating undeveloped coastlines
27.	FIELD-DOMAIN1	positive integers indicate undeveloped coastline, -9999 indicates areas which are 
not undeveloped coastline
28.	FIELD-ASSC1	none





D.	Data Set Source And Automation History

29.	SOURCE-CRTR	US EPA (Region 1)
30.	SOURCE-ORIG	USGS 1:24,000 hydrologic data, 1988 landuse data, and 1990 Census data were 
used to identify undeveloped coastlines.  Coastlines (90m wide) with 100% 
natural land and at least 500m in length were considered to be undeveloped 
coastlines.
31.	BIBLIOG-REF	
32.	SOURCE-SCAL	24,000
33.	SOURCE-DATE	1988
34.	DATA-DATE	1995
35.	AUTO-EQPT	Data General, workstation arc/info
36.	AUTO-PROC	GRID analysis; 15 meter cell size
37.	PROC-TOL	
38.	PROC-DATE	0995
39.	POS-ACCU	
40.	POS-ACCUCK	
41.	ATTRIB-ACCU	
42.	ATT-ACCUCK	
43.	DATA-INTEGRITY	topologically complete arc/info coverage

E.	Data Set And Metadata Primary Contact

44.	META-DATA-LIST	1096-mac
45.	CONTACT-TITLE	GIS Coordinator
46.	CONTACT-ORG	US EPA, Region 1
47.	CONTACT-ADDR	JFK Federal Building MIR
48.	CONTACT-CTYST	Boston, MA  02203
49.	CONTACT-PHONE	(617) 565-9170
50.	CONTACT-EMAIL	internet gcharest@pepe.r01.epa.gov


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