Watersheds, Tompkins County NY, 1991

This is a human-readable view of the FGDC XML metadata.

static map preview

Identification_Information

Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Tompkins County Planimetric Project
Publication_Date: 1991
Title: Watersheds, Tompkins County NY, 1991
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tompkins County
Publisher: Tompkins County IT/GIS Program
Online_Linkage: https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007500
Description:
Abstract: The Tompkins County Planning Department utilized inter-departmental mapping expertise of the Tompkins County Information Technology Services GIS Division to produce defined watershed boundaries for surface water features for Tompkins County, NY. The need for this data set has been identified by various county departments, local municipal agencies, and other not-for-profit organizations.
Purpose: To produce boundaries for watersheds as they were defined for the Tompkins County Planimetric Hydrography data set.
Supplemental_Information: Hydrography data originating from the Tompkins County 1991-92 Planimetric project at a scale of 1:4800 was organized into watersheds. Boundaries were created using an automated technique which interpolated the direction of flow of individual grid cells of a DEM. This was used as a rough guideline to refine the boundaries using the water features in the planimetric hydrography data set, the DEC - Water Index Maps, NHD data, and field checks (particularly in perched wetlands that divide watersheds). CUGIR also has Watershed data from the New York State DEC <http://cugir2.mannlib.cornell.edu/buckets/Display.jsp?id=491>
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1991
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.696267
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.237364
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.627418
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.262698
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: watersheds
Theme_Keyword: surface water
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH
Theme_Keyword: Hydrography
Theme_Keyword: Hydrology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CUGIR Category
Theme_Keyword: inland waters
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH
Place_Keyword: Tompkins County (N.Y.)
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: The following statement must be included with any products that use or are derived from this data set: Data contained in this product was originally produced by the Tompkins County ITS GIS Division and may not be reproduced or redistributed without the express written consent of the originator. The originator does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information portrayed by the data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Contact_Person: Greg Potter
Contact_Person: Svetla Borovska
Contact_Person: Steve Horn
Contact_Position: GIS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 128 East Buffalo Street
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14850
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (607) 274-5418
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (607) 274-5420
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@tompkins-co.org
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/75/00/preview.png
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: preview of the dataset
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG
Data_Set_Credit: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Native_Data_Set_Environment: PATH: /DATA/ARCINFO/COUNTY/NYSP/PHYSICAL/HYDROGRAPHY SOFTWARE: WindowsNT 4.0 x86, Arc/Info Single Precision Coverage
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Title: Cayuga Lake
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tompkins County
Publisher: Tompkins County GIS Program

Data_Quality_Information

Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See "Source" and "Status" fields of Entity and Attribute Information
Completeness_Report: These data cover all water features within Tompkins County
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The assumption is made that the data used to draw the boundaries is good to at least plus or minus 30 feet.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: Hydrography
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DOQQ
Source_Contribution: Source information included in the "Source" field of the Attribute table
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Hydrography data originating from the Tompkins County 1991-92 Planimetric project at a scale of 1:4800 was organized into watersheds. Boundaries were initially created using an automated technique in ArcView which interpolated the direction of flow of individual grid cells of a DEM. The resulting ArcView shapefile was converted to a Coverage and used as a rough guideline to refine the boundaries of the watersheds. The remaining work was done in ArcInfo using on screen digitizing and editing techniques. The boundaries were refined using the water features in the planimetric hydrography data set, the DEC - Water Index Maps, NHD data, and field checks (particularly in perched wetlands that divide watersheds).
Process_Date: Nov. 1999 - Feb. 2001
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Tompkins County ITS GIS Division
Contact_Person: Greg Potter
Contact_Person: Svetla Borovska
Contact_Person: Steve Horn
Contact_Position: GIS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 128 East Buffalo Street
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14850
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (607) 274-5418
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (607) 274-5420
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@tompkins-co.org
Hours_of_Service: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cloud_Cover: 0

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 15

Spatial_Reference_Information

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 3102
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9999375
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -76.5833333334
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 40
False_Easting: 250000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 1
Ordinate_Resolution: 1
Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.9786982

Entity_and_Attribute_Information

Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Watersheds (arcs, Watersheds.aat)
Entity_Type_Definition: Watershed arc segments
Attributes:
Name Description Values
Acres Area in Acres of the portion of the watershed that is within the Tompkins County Boundary. 2794 to 48202 Acres
Length Arc length (Internal Software Attribute, in Map Units)
Watershed The name of watershed. Watersheds are typically defined by a line that divides two adjacent stream systems or groups of smaller streams that flow into Cayuga Lake.

Distribution_Information

Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Albert R. Mann Library
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Cornell University
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14853
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mann-ref@cornell.edu
Distribution_Liability: Cornell University provides these geographic data "as is". Cornell University makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Cornell University further makes no warranty either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully on computers at Cornell University, no warranty is made by Cornell University regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: Shapefile
Format_Information_Content: zipped shapefile
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 0.13
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: metadata
Format_Information_Content: FGDC XML metadata
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: HTML metadata
Format_Information_Content: FGDC HTML metadata
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: KML
Format_Information_Content: generated KML, via WFS
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: GeoJSON
Format_Information_Content: generated GeoJSON, via WFS
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: OGC:WMS
Format_Information_Content: WMS, from GeoServer
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information

Metadata_Date: 20190524
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Albert R. Mann Library
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Albert R. Mann Library
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14853
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mann-ref@cornell.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time