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  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Cumberland Piedmont Network</origin>
        <origin>USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics</origin>
        <pubdate>Unknown</pubdate>
        <title>Cowpens National Battlefield Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <onlink>http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/cowp/cowpgeodata.zip</onlink>
        <onlink>http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/?p=default&amp;b=base1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fgis1.usgs.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fnvcp%2FCowpens_NB%2FMapServer&amp;x=-9106861.25775&amp;y=4181866.25725&amp;l=14&amp;sc=0&amp;v=</onlink>
        <onlink>http://gis1.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nvcp/Cowpens_NB/MapServer</onlink>
        <onlink>doi:10.5066/F7C53HSD</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>Cowpens National Battlefield Vegetation Map Data</abstract>
      <purpose>Detailed vegetation mapping for natural resource inventory and management.</purpose>
      <supplinf>The Shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics</supplinf>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20021102</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>ground condition</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>None planned</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <descgeog>Cowpens National Battlefield and environs</descgeog>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-81.823251</westbc>
        <eastbc>-81.793315</eastbc>
        <northbc>35.145242</northbc>
        <southbc>35.119285</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>Vegetation Map</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus</themekt>
        <themekey>Vegetation</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>biota</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>Cowpens NB</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <taxonomy>
      <keywtax>
        <taxonkt>None</taxonkt>
        <taxonkey>Standardized National Vegetation Classification System</taxonkey>
        <taxonkey>vegetation classification</taxonkey>
        <taxonkey>alliance</taxonkey>
        <taxonkey>community association</taxonkey>
      </keywtax>
      <taxoncl>
        <taxonrn>Kingdom</taxonrn>
        <taxonrv>Plantae</taxonrv>
      </taxoncl>
    </taxonomy>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>None</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Tommy Jordan / Marguerite Madden</cntper>
          <cntorg>Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, University of Georgia</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Assoc Director / Director</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>Unknown</addrtype>
          <address>Unknown</address>
          <city>Unknown</city>
          <state>Unknown</state>
          <postal>Unknown</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>706-542-2372</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>706-542-2388</cntfax>
        <cntemail>tombob@uga.edu / mmadden@uga.edu</cntemail>
        <hours>0900 - 1700 M-F</hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <native>Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000</native>
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  <dataqual>
    <logic>Unknown</logic>
    <complete>Unknown</complete>
    <posacc>
      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>Horizontal accuracy is designed to meet NMAS for the published map scale (1:14,000).</horizpar>
      </horizpa>
      <vertacc>
        <vertaccr>N/A</vertaccr>
      </vertacc>
    </posacc>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Unknown</origin>
            <pubdate>Unknown</pubdate>
            <title>Unknown</title>
            <geoform>photo</geoform>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>16,000</srcscale>
        <typesrc>Color-infrared aerial photographs</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20021102</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>photos</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Unknown</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Dataset copied.</procdesc>
        <srcused>\\MARYVILLE1\tj_laptop_c\CUGA\Geodatabase\Cumberland_Gap_Final.mdb</srcused>
        <procdate>unknown</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <srcused>C:\DOCUME~1\TJORDA~1.CRM\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml178.tmp</srcused>
        <procdate>unknown</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>The shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics.</procdesc>
        <procdate>201106</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <procdate>201106</procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>423</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <gridsys>
          <gridsysn>Universal Transverse Mercator</gridsysn>
          <utm>
            <utmzone>17</utmzone>
            <transmer>
              <sfctrmer>0.999600</sfctrmer>
              <longcm>-81.000000</longcm>
              <latprjo>0.000000</latprjo>
              <feast>500000.000000</feast>
              <fnorth>0.000000</fnorth>
            </transmer>
          </utm>
        </gridsys>
        <planci>
          <plance>coordinate pair</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>0.000100</absres>
            <ordres>0.000100</ordres>
          </coordrep>
          <plandu>meters</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
  </spref>
  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>COWP_VegPolys</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Feature class attribute table</enttypd>
        <enttypds>National Park Service</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>OBJECTID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Poly_ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Unique identifier for each polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Unique plot code.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>MapUnit_ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Code used to represent the Map Unit</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Map unit code.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>MapUnit_Name</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Full Map Unit name</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Map unit association common name.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>X_Centroid</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>X Coordinate (UTM Easting) of the centroid of the polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Easting coordinate.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Y_Centroid</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Y Coordinate (UTM Northing) of the centroid of the polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Northing coordinate.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Acres</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area (unknown units)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Hectares</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Perimeter (unknown units)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape_Length</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Length of feature in internal units.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape_Area</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
    </detailed>
    <overview>
      <eaover>Cowpens National Battlefield Vegetation Map Community Legend
Rounded-Crown Temperate Needle-Leaved Evergreen Forests
6327 Shortleaf Pine Early Successional Forest
6011 Loblolly Pine - (Sweet Gum, Red Maple)/Deerberry Forest
PIs White Pine (Pinus strobus), planted
PIv Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana), planted

Submontane Cold-Deciduous Forest
7221 Tuliptree - Mixed Hardwood Successional Forest
6227 Southern Piedmont White Oak - (Tuliptree - Sweet Gum - Mockernut Hickory)/Deerberry Forest
7216 Sweet Gum Successional Forest (at Cowpens, with Persimmon, Black Cherry, Southern Red Oak, White Oak)
7244 Interior White Oak - Southern Red Oak - (Post Oak - Scarlet Oak - Mockernut Hickory/Heartleaf Forest)
4638 Water Oak - Willow Oak Successional Forest

Temporary Flooded Cold-Deciduous Forest
7330 Sweet Gum Successional Floodplain Forest
4418 Tuliptree - Sweet Gum/ Spicebush/ Jack-in-the-Pulpit Small Stream Forest
Bn River Birch (Betula nigra)/ Herbaceous Wetland

Savannahs and Woodlands
SAVd Derived Savannah, Woodland; maintained by mowing (no new recruitment); formerly maintained by fires
SAVm Savannah, Successional in old field, maintained by mowing
3722 Piedmont Granitic White Oak - Black Oak - Post Oak/Little Bluestem Woodland

Temperate Broad-Leaved Evergreen Shrubland
8560 Golden Bamboo Shrubland (Exotic)
Temperate Cold-Deciduous Shrubland
4732 Blackberry - Dewberry - (Greenbriar species)/ Tree Saplings/Herbaceous
8568 Wisteria Vine Shrubland (Exotic)

Herbaceous Vegetation
4044 Broomsedge - Native Grasses and Forbs, Successional
4048 Fescue - Exotic and Native Grasses and Forbs, Successional
OF Old Field formerly cleared for agriculture; "weedy" herbaceous species
Wt Herbaceous Wetland

Other Categories
Cem Cemetery HI Human Influence (e.g. Old or Present Homesite) Rd Road /
Parking Lot W Water Bld Building

Special Modifiers
:Dd Dead vegetation :d Disturbed, cut over (recent) :t Scattered trees in old field, grassland :m Maintained by mowed, no new recruitment :p Planted, even-age stand :s Very early successional :r Regeneration, even-age saplings :SSb Successional tree saplings and shrubs :Ag Native Giant Cane (Arudinaria gigantea) :Ar Red Maple (Acer rubrum) :Ci Pecan (Carya illinoensis) :Dv Persimmon (Diospyros Virginia) :Jn Black Walnut (Junglans nigra) :Jv Red Cedar (Juniper virginiana) :Lt Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) :PIe Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata) :PIv Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) :Ps Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) :Qm Blackjack Oak (Quercus marylandica) :Qn Water Oak (Quercus nigra) :Qp Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) :Qa White Oak (Quercus alba) :Qf Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata) :Qx Mixed Oak Species, may be planted (Quercus ssp.) :Sn Black Willow (Salix nigra)

Additional Generalized Buffer Classes
Ag Agriculture Cem Cemetery CF Coniferous Forest DF Deciduous Forest Lwn Lawn MF Mixed Forest Rd/P Road/Parking Lot Res Residential W Water SS/OF Shrub - Sapling / Old Field Successional SS/OF/d Shrub - Sapling / Old Field Successional Disturbed</eaover>
      <eadetcit>MMU = 0.5 ha</eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis</cntorg>
          <cntper>USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>Colorado</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(303) 202-4220</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>303-202-4219</cntfax>
        <cntemail>gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
    <distliab>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.</distliab>
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          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/cowp.html</networkr>
              </networka>
            </computer>
            <accinstr>Internet Access</accinstr>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>None</fees>
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    <metd>20080519</metd>
    <metrd>20110606</metrd>
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        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis</cntorg>
          <cntper>USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>Colorado</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(303) 202-4220</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>303-202-4219</cntfax>
        <cntemail>gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001.1-1999</metstdv>
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