Identification_Information:
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800/9.0; Erdas Imagine 8.7 Service Pack 2
  Description:
    Abstract: Detailed vegetation map for the island of guam; product from the Pacific Island Vegetation Mapping and Mornitoring Project by the Pacific Island Imagery Consortium
    Purpose: To provide detailed vegetation information for the pacific islands selected by the PIC, and to develop a stand vegetation mappping method for the islands
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: USDA Forest Service Region 5 State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection
      Publication_Date: June 2005
      Title: Vegetation (2004)
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
      Edition: 2nd
      Online_Linkage: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/spf/about/fhp-pacific-basin.shtml
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 20021111
        Ending_Date: 20050325
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.615270
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.961480
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.657195
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.232080
  Keywords:
    Place:
      Place_Keyword: Guam
      Place_Keyword: Pacific Islands
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword: vegetation mapping
      Theme_Keyword: land cover
  Access_Constraints: Public; Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, Forest Service, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular     system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
  Use_Constraints: Please set reference to the USDA Forest Service, Region 5, State and Private Forestry; this data will not be used for any commercial purpose without concent of the USDA Forest Service.
  Data_Set_Credit: USDA Forest Service.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Zhanfeng Liu
        Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service Region 5 State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection
      Contact_Position: GIS/RS Analyst/Programmer
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916.640.1278
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 916.620.1278
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 916.640.1291
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zliu@fs.fed.us
      Hours_of_Service: M-F:
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: physical address
        Address: 3237 PeaceKeeper Way, Suite 207
        City: McClellan
        State_or_Province: CA
        Postal_Code: 95652
        Country: US
  Security_Information:
    Security_Classification_System: Public
    Security_Classification: Unclassified
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Person: zhanfeng Liu
        Contact_Organization: USDA FS R5 SPF; Forest Health Protection
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.
        City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.
        State_or_Province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.
        Postal_Code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916.640.1278
      Contact_Position: GIS/RS Analyst/Programmer
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zliu@fs.fed.us
  Metadata_Date: 20081202
  Metadata_Review_Date: 20131010
Distribution_Information:
  Resource_Description: Downloadable Data/DVD
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Transfer_Size: 0.000
        Format_Name: ERDAS
        Format_Specification: Erdas Imagine .img; Arc/Info grid & shapefile
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: DVD
          Compatibility_Information: 4.7 G
    Fees: None
    Ordering_Instructions: email Zhanfeng Liu at zliu@fs.fed.us or Lisa Fischer at lisafischer@fs.fed.us
    Turnaround: 1~2 weeks
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: zhanfeng Liu
        Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Servive Region 5 SPF; Forest Health Protection
      Contact_Position: GIS/RS Analyst/Programmer
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: physical address
        Address: 3237 PeaceKeeper Way, Suite 207
        City: McClellan
        State_or_Province: CA
        Postal_Code: 95652
        Country: US
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916.640.1278
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zliu@fs.fed.us
  Distribution_Liability: users must assume reponsibility to determine the usability of the data
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
  Raster_Object_Information:
    Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
    Row_Count: 11679
    Column_Count: 9271
    Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
        Planar_Distance_Units: meters
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 4.000000
          Ordinate_Resolution: 4.000000
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
      Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: landcover_2004.img.vat
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: OID
      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: Value
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Count
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Red
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Green
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Blue
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Opacity
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Class
      Attribute_Definition: vegetation class
Data_Quality_Information:
  Completeness_Report: Complete
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: decided by the source IKONOS image data used to produce the vegetation classification
  Lineage:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Person: Zhanfeng Liu
            Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service Region 5 State and Private Forestry; Forest Health Protection
          Contact_Position: GIS/RS Analyst/Programmer
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916.640.1278
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zliu@fs.fed.us
      Process_Description:
        The IKONOS image was processed/classified using the Erdas Imagine 8.6/8.7 software. Classification methods used include unsupervised,supervided and modeling with ancillary data (dem, soil).  Ecognition 4.0 Professional was also used to refine previous classifications and to extract some detailed classes that were difficult to separate.  
        Classified image was filtered to an 1-acre minimum mapping unit (pixels of any ground feature smaller than 1 acre were filtered out and replaced by neighboring values).
        Urban pixels were put back into the filtered image based on the confidence in Urban classification accuracy.
        The final image classification was exported to Arc/Info grid and then converted to shapfile format.
      Process_Date: 2004 May - 2005 May ( actual time about 4 month)
