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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"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