2002 Land-cover Analysis of the Greater Puget Sound Region - King County portion

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Title:

2002 Land-cover Analysis of the Greater Puget Sound Region - King County portion

Abstract:

2002 landcover analysis of the greater Puget Sound region with 17 classes or categories; King County portion only. The datasets cover the full map extent of the Greater Puget Sound Region and the full spatial extent of twelve Washington counties, including Whatcom, San Juan, Skagit, Island, Snohomish, Jefferson, Kitsap, King, Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston and Pierce. Large portions of other counties are also covered.

Supplemental_Information:

<http://www.metrokc.gov/gis/sdc/raster/landcover/Final_PRISM_report02.doc>

<http://www.metrokc.gov/gis/sdc/raster/landcover/Note_on_data_use_March05.rtf>

1. How should this data set be cited?

   University of Washington; Department of Urban Design and Planning University of Washington; Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington; Urban Ecology Research Laboratory University of Washington; Keck Sprectral Remote Sensing Lab, 200406, 2002 Land-cover Analysis of the Greater Puget Sound Region - King County portion: University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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   Other_Citation_Details:

   Principle Investigator Marina Alberti, Department of Urban Design and Planning

   Co-Principle Investigators Robin Weeks, Department of Earth and Space Sciences Jeff Hepinstall, Department of Urban Design and Planning

   Research Staff/Remote Sensing Analysts Camille Russell, Urban Ecology Research Laboratory Stefan Coe, Urban Ecology Research Laboratory Bill Gustafson, Keck Spectral Remote Sensing Lab

   Urban Ecology Research Laboratory Department of Urban Design and Planning University of Washington

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.500000

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.100000

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: +47.800000

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: +47.100000

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Beginning_Date: Jul-2002

   Ending_Date: Jul-2002

   Currentness_Reference: Ground condition

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster

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7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • University of Washington; Department of Urban Design and Planning

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   Mike Leathers
   KC GIS Center
   Data Coordinator
   201 S Jackson
   Seattle, WA 98104
   USA
   

   206-263-4867 (voice)
   

Landcover classification as input to the Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM);a major University of Washington, inter-disciplinary project that models the inter-related dynamics of regional atmosphere, land-surface processes, marine environment,biological reserves, urbanization and information technologies. Detailed information is included in documents linked through Supplemental_Information

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Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

   Mike Leathers
   KC GIS Center
   GIS Data Coordinator
   201 S Jackson St
   Seattle, WA 98104
   USA
   

   206-263-4867 (voice)
   

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   reg_02lndc098 grid; reg_02lndc coverage and reg_02lndc.shp shapefile; all resources are located in Plibrary3 keyregion landcover folder

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   This data is not be redistributed without permission of Publisher

4. How can I download or order the data?

Dates:

Last modified: May-2005

Metadata author:

Mike Leathers
KC GIS Center
Data Coordinator
201 S Jackson St
Seattle, WA 98104
USA

206 263-4867 (voice)
firstname.lastname@metrokc.gov

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)