USGS, Center for Biological Informatics 20030821 vector digital data http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/cong/congbdy.zip doi:10.5066/F70Z7161 Congaree National Park boundary.This dataset contains 340 National Park System unit boundaries. Under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS), these park units are located throughout the United States (U.S.) and its territories. Almost all the parks are located north of the equator in the western hemisphere; although a couple parks are south of the equator or in the eastern hemisphere. The dataset was compiled (and edited) from a variety sources: park-based GIS databases; U.S. Geological Survey 7.5' 1:24,000 quadrangles; NPS Park Land Status Maps; legal descriptions; etc.). The boundaries are georeferenced to the Latitude-Longitude (NAD27-Clarke 1866) coordinate system, but were changed to NAD83. The ID field contains the unique 4 character park code identifying each park. The NAME field contains the full park name. The NAME2 field contains information about the source, scale, and date of the boundary. The boundaries are generally the designated boundary. Inholdings may or may not be shown depending on the park. This dataset was originally created in Environmental System's Research Institute's ATLAS*GIS software and is currently maintained in this software. This dataset was created using ATLAS*GIS' Ver. 4.0 Export to ShapeFile command. The ShapeFile was then imported into PC ARC/INFO (SHAPEARC) to create a coverage. The coverage was then exported to NPSUNITS.E00. To obtain the most accurate, current boundary, users should contact the specific park. These digital park unit boundaries should not be used for any legal boundary disputes. They are intended solely for use only in identifying the general locations of national park units throughout the U.S. This dataset was compiled to assist the NPS Water Resources Division in determining the proximity of certain hydrographic features to national park units and whether national park units are contained in other management units. NA 199904 publication date of original dataset Complete Irregular Congaree National Park, South Carolina -80.869039 -80.665844 33.844176 33.756931 None National Park Boundaries Federal Lands Boundaries National Park Service National Parks Preserved Areas None National Park System U.S., US, U.S.A., USA, United States, United States of America Congaree National Park South Carolina None This digital national park unit boundary should not be used for any legal boundary disputes. To obtain the most accurate, current boundary, users should contact the specific park. The National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the park boundary data described and/or contained herein. These data are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are no better than the original sources from which they were derived. In fact, the data are likely less accurate than the original sources as no attempt has been made to thoroughly error check the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The National Park Service and the US Geological Survey gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an NPS server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the USGS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. Attribute accuracy was tested by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts. Attributes were further verified by visual inspection. Tests for logical consistency are performed by digitizing software (ArcGIS). Dataset contains boundaries for only 1 of 375 park units. Park boundaries are generally the legislative boundary only. No attempt has been made to include or exclude inholdings within the designated boundary. Horizontal accuracy varies depending on the source of each boundary included in the National Park System Boundary Dataset. The source of the Congaree National Park Boundary was: "RMRO Land Div. 1:6,000 1973 Land Status Map". National Park Service, Water Resources Division 20010503 vector digital data electronic file 20010503 source boundary dates NPSWRDPARKBDYSVer.2. National park unit designated boundaries This national park boundaries dataset was compiled by combining park boundaries from a variety of sources: extant digital park-based GIS databases; analog U.S. Geological Survey 7.5' 1:24,000 quadrangles; analog NPS Park Land Status Maps; legal descriptions; etc.). Digital boundaries from existing park GIS databases were converted to ATLAS*GIS format and thinned as necessary to reduce the number of points describing the boundary to a maximum of 4,096. Analog boundaries from the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5' 1:24,000 quadrangles and from NPS Park Land Status Maps were digitized in ATLAS*GIS and directly incorporated into the master dataset. 199904 Vector G-polygon 1 Universal Transverse Mercator 17 0.999600 -81.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000001 0.000001 Meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodedic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 congbdy Shapefile attribute table USGS FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI. Coordinates defining the features. AREA Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI. Area is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. PERIMETER Perimeter of feature in internal units. ESRI. Perimeter is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. PARKBDY_ Internal feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. PARKBDY_ID User-defined feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. PARKPOLC_ User-defined feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. PARKPOLC_I User-defined feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. ID Four letter code to define the National Park unit. USGS Park acronym name. NAME Name of the National Park unit. USGS Park name. Name2 Data source used for original product generation. USGS Source of data. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Downloadable Data The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (if available) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Any related graphics (if available) are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not approriate to use the related graphics as data. The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. 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 utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey and National Park Service. HTML http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/cong.html Internet Access None 20030821 20100518 USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/metadata/index.html