PADUS_v1_No_Water

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: US Geological Survey National Gap Analysis Program
Publication_Date: 20090406
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: PADUS_v1_No_Water
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publisher: USGS National Gap Analysis
Online_Linkage:
<ftp://ftp.gap.uidaho.edu/outgoing/PADUS_v1/PADUS_v1_No_Water.zip>
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Citation_Information:
Originator: USGS National Gap Analysis Program
Publication_Date: 20090406
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Protected Area Database of the United States (PAD-US_v1)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Publication_Information:
Publisher: USGS National Gap Analysis Program
Online_Linkage: <http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov/PADUS/>
Description:
Abstract:
The Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is a digital map of steward boundaries that combines attributes of ownership, management, and a measure of intent to manage for biodiversity. The map includes: 1) Geographic boundaries of public land ownership and voluntarily provided private conservation lands (e.g., Nature Conservancy Preserves) 2) Combination of land owner/ manager, management designation descriptor, parcel name, and source of geographic information of each mapped land unit 3) GAP Status Code conservation measure of each parcel based on USGS National Gap Analysis Program (GAP) protection level categories which are intended to provide a measurement of management commitment for long-term biodiversity conservation derived from land management plans or land manager interviews 4) IUCN category for a protected area's inclusion into UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre's World Database for Protected Areas. IUCN protected areas are defined as, "A clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values" and are categorized following a classification scheme available through USGS GAP.
Purpose:
The USGS National Gap Analysis Program (GAP) aggregated the Protected Areas Database of the United States version one (PAD-USv1) for the PAD-US Steering Committee and a variety of stakeholders. This first demonstration of the PAD-US Partnership seeks to improve efficiency and leverage resources in protected areas data aggregation and maintenance. Conservation Biology Institute and The Nature Conservancy provided valuable data and expertise for PAD-USv1, additional work and data partners will be incorporated in future updates. The mission of the USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is to provide state, regional and national assessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types and to facilitate the application of this information to land management activities. The PAD-US geodatabase is required to organize and assess the management status (i.e. apply GAP Status Codes) of elements of biodiversity protection. The goal of GAP is to keep common species common by identifying species and plant communities not adequately represented in existing conservation lands. Common species are those not currently threatened with extinction. By identifying their habitats, Gap Analysis gives land managers and policy makers the information they need to make better-informed decisions when identifying priority areas for conservation. In cooperation with UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, GAP ensures PAD-US also supports global analyses and policy decisions by maintaining World Database for Protected Areas (WDPA) Site Codes and data for International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categorized protected areas in the United States.
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Calendar_Date: 20090409
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Planned
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.000000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.000000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.000000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 4.621149
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: Protected Area
Theme_Keyword: Land Manager
Theme_Keyword: Gap Status Code
Theme_Keyword: Land Stewardship
Theme_Keyword: Land Ownership
Theme_Keyword: Gap Analysis
Theme_Keyword: Biodiversity
Theme_Keyword: Conservation
Theme_Keyword: Protection Status
Theme_Keyword: Protected Areas
Theme_Keyword: IUCN
Place:
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: Hawaii
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Stratum:
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword: 2005
Temporal_Keyword: 2006
Temporal_Keyword: 2007
Temporal_Keyword: 2008
Temporal_Keyword: 2009
Access_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS National Gap Analysis Program
Contact_Person: Lisa Audin
Contact_Position: Stewardship Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: University of Idaho
Address: P.O. Box 30003, MSC 4901
City: Moscow
State_or_Province: Idaho
Postal_Code: 83843
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3013
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-885-3618
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: laudin@uidaho.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT
Data_Set_Credit:
PAD-USv1: USGS National Gap Analysis Program in cooperation with the University of Idaho, 530 S Asbury St, Suite 1, Moscow, ID 83843. GAP Program: Kevin Gergely, 208-885-3565, gergely@usgs.gov. Stewardship Coordinator: Lisa Audin, 208-885-3013, laudin@uidaho.edu.
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Entity_Type:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute_Definition:
Unique Id for each simple polygon in dataset. This is a core attribute for the CEC's North American PA Database to enable PAD-US updates. GUID code to be introduced in PAD-USv2
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Attribute_Label: WDPA_Code
Attribute_Definition:
Site Id assigned by UNEP- World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC) to multi-part polygons of same Protected Area in the World Database for Protected Areas (WDPA). Maintained in PAD-US to facilitate updates.
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Attribute_Definition:
Temporary site Id assigned to all multi-part polygons in new Protected Areas for submission to WCMC. WCMC assigns WDPA Site Codes
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Attribute_Definition:
General land owner description (e.g. Federal, Tribal, State, Private) standardized for nation. See geodatabase coded domain descriptions for details.
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
Primary agency or entity responsible for managing parcel (e.g. USFS, BLM, State Fish and Game, TNC) standardized for nation. See geodatabase coded domain descriptions for details.
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Attribute_Definition:
Primary land management description or designation expected to overlap another designation, standardized for nation (e.g. Area of Critical Environmental Concern (BLM) resides in this field while Named BLM District resides in Secondary Manager Description. See geodatabase coded domain descriptions for details.
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Attribute_Definition:
Primary land management description or designation as provided by data source. Not standardized for nation.
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
Overarching management or a polygon under which another may overlap (e.g. Clearwater National Forest is listed here, while Wilderness Area (USFS) is listed in standardized Manager field and Frank Church Wilderness Area is the original Local Designation (and likely the parcel name too). This field also includes proclamation boundaries, they should be named as such (e.g. A FWS proclamation boundary would have "Proclamation Boundary" as part of the description to enable searches for all Proc boundaries at this stage of PAD-US development.
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
Name of parcel, refuge, area, etc. as provided from source. Not standardized for nation.
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
Name of parcel standardized for WDPA (IUCN categorized and GAP3): English_Name. Standard includes all acronyms spelled out in lower case with the first letter of each word capitalized (eg. Big Bear NP becomes Big Bear National Park). Multiple unit descriptions of same PA removed (e.g. Star WMA - Unit 1, Star WMA - Unit 2, etc. becomes Star Wildlife Management Area). Any unknown names standardized to field left blank.
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
FIPS Code and Name of state spelled out. See geodatabase coded domain descriptions for details.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GIS_Acres
Attribute_Definition: Acres calculated from polygons-calculate geometry command
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GAP_Status
Attribute_Definition:
Measure of long-term biodiversity protection according to GAP 1-4 scale. Status 1: An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover and amandated management plan in operation to maintain a natural state within which disturbance events (of natural type, frequency, intensity, and legacy) are allowed to proceed without interference or are mimicked through management. Status 2: An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover and a mandated management plan in operation to maintain a primarily natural state, but which may receive uses or management practices that degrade the quality of existing natural communities, including suppression of natural disturbance. Status 3: An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover for the majority of the area, but subject to extractive uses of either a broad, low-intensity type (e.g., logging) or localized intense type (e.g., mining). It also confers protection to federally listed endangered and threatened species throughout the area. Status 4: There are no known public or private institutional mandates or legally recognized easements or deed restrictions held by the managing entity to prevent conversion of natural habitat types to anthropogenic habitat types. The area generally allows conversion to unnatural land cover throughout. GAP0 id parcels where GAP codes are currently unavailable. GAP codes in AK and MN were standardized into GAP1-4 schema.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: IUCN_Categ
Attribute_Definition:
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) established 8 categories of protected areas (<http://www.unep-wcmc.org/protected_areas/categories/index.html>). The descriptions are intentionally vague to allow flexibility for global application. IUCN Categories in this dataset where applied following the definition source as: 1a: Strict Nature Reserves, 1b: Wilderness Areas, II: National Park, III: Natural Monument or Feature, IV: Habitat or species management, V: Protected landscape or seascape, VI: Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources
Attribute_Definition_Source:
WCPA (2008); Guidelines for applying protected area management categories, Third draft of revised guidelines. location unknown.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GAPCodeSrc
Attribute_Definition:
The organization that applied the GAP Status Code to the polygon (e.g. GAP, CBI or TNC). GAP: USGS Gap Analysis Program, CBI: Conservation Biology Institute, TNC: The Nature Conservancy. Each organization use different methods to categorize GAP codes.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GAPCodDate
Attribute_Definition:
The year the Gap Status Code was assigned to the polygon based on publication date of the data source unless other information is available.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Agg_Source
Attribute_Definition: PAD-US Data Partner that provided record of data.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GIS_Source
Attribute_Definition:
Source of GIS spatial and attribute information aggregator obtained
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SourceDate
Attribute_Definition:
Date GIS information was published according to source field metadata
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Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS National Gap Analysis Program
Contact_Person: Lisa Audin
Contact_Position: Stewardship Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: University of Idaho
Address: 530 South Asbury Street, Suite 1
City: Moscow
State_or_Province: Idaho
Postal_Code: 83843
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3013
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-885-3618
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: laudin@uidaho.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for General or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
All information is created with a specific end use or uses in mind. This is especially true for GIS data, which is expensive to produce and must be directed to meet the immediate program needs. However, these data were created with the expectation that they would be used for other applications; therefore, we list below both appropriate and inappropriate uses. This list is in no way exhaustive but should serve as a guide to assess whether a proposed use can or cannot be supported by these data. For many uses, it is unlikely that PAD-US will provide the only data needed, and for uses with a regulatory outcome, field surveys should verify the result. In the end, it will be the responsibility of each data user to determine if these data can answer the question being asked, and if they are the best tool to answer that question. While it is impossible to predict all the uses of these data we have listed several possible appropriate and inappropriate uses from GAP's perspective.
Appropriate uses of the data: primarily as a coarse map for a large area such as a county or to provide context for finer-level maps. A general list of possible applications include:
-Statewide biodiversity planning -Regional (Councils of Government) planning -Regional habitat conservation planning -County comprehensive planning -Large-area resource management planning -Coarse-filter evaluation of potential impacts or benefits of major projects or plan initiatives on biodiversity, such as utility or transportation corridors, wilderness proposals, regional open space and recreation proposals, etc. -Determining relative amounts of management responsibility for specific biological resources among land stewards to facilitate cooperative management and planning. -Basic research on regional distributions of plants and animals and to help target both specific species and geographic areas for needed research. -Environmental impact assessment for large projects or military activities. -Estimation of potential economic impacts from loss of biological resource-based activities. -Education at all levels and for both students and citizens.
Inappropriate Uses: It is far easier to identify appropriate uses than inappropriate ones, however, there is a "fuzzy line" that is eventually crossed when the differences in resolution of the data, size of geographic area being analyzed, and precision of the answer required for the question are no longer compatible. Examples include:
-Using the data to map small areas (less than thousands of hectares), typically requiring mapping resolution at 1:24,000 scale and using aerial photographs or ground surveys. -Combining these data with other data finer than 1:100,000 scale to produce new hybrid maps or answer queries. -Generating specific areal measurements from the data finer than the nearest thousand hectares (minimum mapping unit size and accuracy affect this precision). -Establishing exact boundaries for regulation or acquisition. -Establishing definite occurrence or non-occurrence of any feature for an exact geographic area -Determining abundance, health, or condition of any feature. -Establishing a measure of accuracy of any other data by comparison with GAP data. -Altering the data in any way and redistributing them as a GAP data product. -Using the data without acquiring and reviewing the metadata and this report.
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