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Original Vegetation Cover (Points) Wisconsin, 1800s
- Identification Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Data Quality Information
- Distribution Information
- Spatial Representation Information
- Metadata Reference Information
Identification Information
- Citation
- Title
- Original Vegetation Cover (Points) Wisconsin, 1800s
- Originator
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Creation Date
- 1990-01-01
- Publication Date
- 1990-01-01
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- mapDigital
- Collection Title
- Statewide
- Abstract
- This is a polygon shapefile derived from a 1:500,000-scale map showing the original, pre-settlement vegetation cover in Wisconsin. The original vegetation cover data was digitized from a 1976 map created from land survey notes written in the mid-1800s when Wisconsin was first surveyed. Linework representing lakes and other hydrographic areas in other data sets were subsequently merged with the original vegetation cover data set to more closely match the source map.
- Purpose
- This digital version of the original vegetation cover map can be used to identify regional changes in land cover since the time when the state was first surveyed. This data is not intended for landscape-scale analysis.
- Supplemental Information
- Augmented original metadata with UW-Madison specific elements.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 1990-01-01T00:00:00
- Bounding Box
- West
- -92.963754
- East
- -86.707114
- North
- 47.083467
- South
- 42.459887
- Bounding Box
- West
- -92.967509
- East
- -86.700913
- North
- 47.079237
- South
- 42.457782
- ISO Topic Category
- environment
- Place Keyword
-
Wisconsin
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GNIS
- Theme Keyword
-
Point
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- FGDC
- Theme Keyword
- land cover
- environment
-
vegetation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword
-
Vegetation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Resource Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Refer to
- Legal Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Refer to http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/legal/WebSiteLegalInformation.html
- Legal Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
- Status
- completed
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- notPlanned
- Language
- eng
- Credit
- WDNR
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- Wisconsin DNR Enterprise Data Management Section
- Position Name
- GIS Data Specialist
- Delivery Point
- P.O. Box 7921
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- WI
- Postal Code
- 53707-7921
- Country
- US
- John.Laedlein@dnr.state.wi.us
- Phone
- (608) 264-8916
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- Wisconsin DNR Enterprise Data Management Section
- Position Name
- GIS Data Specialist
- Delivery Point
- P.O. Box 7921
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- WI
- Postal Code
- 53707-7921
- Country
- US
- John.Laedlein@dnr.state.wi.us
- Phone
- (608) 264-8916
Spatial Reference Information
- Reference System Identifier
- Code
- 3071
- Code Space
- EPSG
- Version
Data Quality Information
- Lineage
- Process Step
- Description
- Digitizing was carried out by students at the UW-Madison under the direction of Professor Steve Ventura of the UW-Madison Institute for Environmental Studies and Earth Science. Because the digitized data set did not identify hydrographic features, this information was added by the DNR Geographic Services Section from the 1:250,000-scale Land Use and Land Cover data layer. Portions of the Wisconsin state boundary were also added to the digitized data set using the 1:100,000-scale state boundary coverage. GEO Services projected the data from the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection to WTM and carried out limited quality control review and edits to assure topological integrity of the data.
- Process Date
- 1990-01-01T00:00:00
- Process Step
- Description
- Changed name of file from 'ovgxpoin.shp' to 'WI_OrigVeg_Cover_Points_1990.shp'.
- Process Date
- 2017-02-20T00:00:00
- Source
- Title
- Original Vegetation Cover of Wisconsin; Compiled from U.S. General Land Office Notes
- Publication Date
- 1976-01-01
- Originator
- Robert W. Finley
Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Format Version
- 1.0
- Distributor
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Distributor
- Wisconsin DNR Enterprise Data Management Section
- Online Access
- https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/WI_OrigVeg_Cover_Points_1990.zip
- Protocol
- WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
- Name
- GeoData@Wisconsin
- Function
- download
Spatial Representation Information
- Vector
- Topology Level
- geometryOnly
- Vector Object Type
- point
- Vector Object Count
- 308365
Metadata Reference Information
- Hierarchy Level
- dataset
- Metadata File Identifier
- C2FCBC76-B1FF-43E8-AE81-CC419A6F5B8A
- Metadata Point of Contact
- Name
- Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
- Position Name
- metadata technician
- Delivery Point
- 550 N. Park Street
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- WI
- Postal Code
- 53706
- Country
- US
- askmap@library.wisc.edu
- Phone
- (608) 262-1471
- Metadata Date Stamp
- 2018-05-15
- Metadata Standard Name
- ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
- Metadata Standard Version
- 2007
- Character Set
- utf8