Major Land Resource Areas for Hawaii

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dean Oman

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: Major Land Resource Areas for Hawaii

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: USDA/NRCS/NHQ/RAD

Other_Citation_Details: State of the Land Coverage

Online_Linkage: ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NHQ/pub/land/arc_export/hi2mlra.e00.zip

Description:

Abstract: Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA) boundaries for Hawaii

Purpose:

This coverage is intended as a basemap for US national level natural resource analysis.

Supplemental_Information:

Procedures_Used This coverage contains the Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) boundaries for Hawaii. MLRA boundaries were revised in the mid-1990s from earlier versions established in the 1970s and 1980s by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formerly the Soil Conservation Service (SCS). The revised MLRA boundary coverage was digitized at the Soil Survey Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, the most recent version of which was completed in January of 1997. Buffer polygons were added to the U.S. national boundaries and shoreline by NRCS National Cartography and Geospatial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, for use with NRCS National Resources Inventory (NRI) digitized sample sites. These buffered boundaries were later removed by the NRCS National Headquarters office, Resource Assessment Division (RAD) in May 2000, and the national shoreline and outer boundaries were made to conform to standard boundaries established for State of the Land series maps (<http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/>). Those standard U.S. national boundaries and shoreline are based on 1:2,000,000 scale 8-digit hydrologic unit coverage obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey, circa 1990, and were edited by the National Center for Resource Innovations (NCRI) in Washington, DC and subsequently by NRCS/NHQ/RAD.

Revisions The coverage was last updated in 2002. Reviews_Applied_to_Data This coverage has received no formal review. Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets This MLRA coverage is intended to have the same shoreline and outer boundaries as other coverages available in the NRCS State of the Land series (available online at <http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/>), although their precise correspondance has not been thoroughly verified. These coverages include counties, 8-digit hydrologic units, and Federal lands, derived from USGS coverages, circa 1990. References_Cited NRCS National Headquarters, Resource Assessment Division (RAD). See USDA Agriculture Handbook 296 "Land Resource Regions and Major Resource Areas of the United States" for a look at an earlier version of the map and an explanation of MLRA and LRR designations.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Not established

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -160.250626

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -154.732011

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.233156

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.893498

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Hydrologic Units

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Hawaii

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

This coverage is designed for national, regional and state level analysis. It may or may not be appropriate for use at larger scales. This map does not meet National Map Accuracy Standards. An improved version of the currently established MLRA lines is in development.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joan Delos Santos

Contact_Organization: GIS Program, Office of Planning, State of Hawaii

Contact_Position: Systems Analyst

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-587-2895

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-587-2899

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: JDelos_Santos@dbedt.hawaii.gov

Hours_of_Service: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. HST

Data_Set_Credit:

Sharon Waltman (swaltman@nssc.nrcs.usda.gov), USDA/NRCS National Soil Survey Cen boundary lines, excluding the U.S. national outline and lines immediately attached to it, which were replaced by later edits.

Kevin Grantham, USDA/NRCS National Cartographic and Geospatial Center added buffer polygons to the U.S. national boundaries.

Dean Oman (dean.oman@usda.gov), USDA/NRCS National Headquaters, Resource Assessment Division, replaced the U.S. national shoreline and outer boundaries (including buffer polygons added by Kevin Grantham) with boundaries established for State of the Land series maps. (<http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/>)

George Muehlbach, National Center for Resource Innovations (NCRI), Washington, DC, made the initial shoreline and national boundary adjustments to the 1:2,000,000 scale coverages obtained from the United States Geological Survey, which also serve as the shoreline and outer national boundaries for this MLRA coverage.

Native_Data_Set_Environment: SunOS UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.2.1

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

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: 49

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: 49

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 4

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -159.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001024

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001024

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: MajLandResAreas

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area of Polygon in Square Coverage Units

Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive Real Numbers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of Polygon in Coverage Units

Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive Real Numbers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HI2MLRA_

Attribute_Definition: Internal Feature Number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential Unique Positive Integer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HI2MLRA_ID

Attribute_Definition: User assigned feature number

Attribute_Definition_Source: User defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MLRA

Attribute_Definition: Major Land Resource Area code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MLRANAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of Major Land Resource Area

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MO

Attribute_Definition: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LRR

Attribute_Definition: Land Resource Region Code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LRRNAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of Land Resource Region

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

AREA: Area of poly/region in square coverage units. PERIMETER: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units. HI2MLRA_: Internal feature number. HI2MLRA_ID: User-assigned feature number. MLRA: Major Land Resource Area designation code. MLRANAME: Major Land Resource Area designation name. MO: LRR: Land Resource Region designation code. LRRNAME: Land Resource Region designation name.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: GIS Program, Office of Planning, State of Hawaii

Contact_Person: Joan Delos Santos

Contact_Position: Systems Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 2359

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: HI

Postal_Code: 96804-2359

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-587-2895

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-587-2899

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: JDelos_Santos@dbedt.hawaii.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: None

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Zipped ArcGIS Shapefile

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 0.918

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/gis

Fees: None

Ordering_Instructions: Download from www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/gis

Turnaround: None - download

Custom_Order_Process: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

Ability to read zipped files, ability to read ArcGIS shape files

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050215

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: GIS Program, Office of Planning, State of Hawaii

Contact_Person: Joan Delos Santos

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 2359

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: HI

Postal_Code: 96804-2359

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-587-2895.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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