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    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>North Carolina State University, Center for Earth Observation</origin>
        <pubdate>20040915</pubdate>
        <title>Gauley River National Recreation Area Vegetation Mapping Project - Color Infrared Orthorectified Photomosaic Leaf-off</title>
        <edition>final</edition>
        <geoform>remote-sensing image</geoform>
        <onlink>http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/gari/gariortho.zip</onlink>
        <onlink>doi:10.5066/F70G3H34</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>Orthorectified color infrared ERDAS IMAGINE and MrSID image of Gauley River National Recreation Area.  Produced from 98 color infrared photos taken March 27, 2003.  Orthorectification accomplished with Imagine Orthobase v8.6 software. The overall positional accuracy for the photomosaic is 1.31 meters RMSE, meeting the NMAS Class 1 standard.</abstract>
      <purpose>The dataset was developed for use by Gauley River National Recreation Area as a GIS component and for digital monoplotting and mapping.</purpose>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20030327</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>ground condition</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>Unknown</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <descgeog>Gauley River National Recreation Area and environs</descgeog>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-81.138848</westbc>
        <eastbc>-80.867401</eastbc>
        <northbc>38.246823</northbc>
        <southbc>38.135477</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>none</themekt>
        <themekey>Orthorectification</themekey>
        <themekey>Color Infrared</themekey>
        <themekey>mosaic</themekey>
        <themekey>aerial photo</themekey>
        <themekey>CIR</themekey>
        <themekey>IMAGINE</themekey>
        <themekey>leaf-off</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>none</placekt>
        <placekey>West Virginia</placekey>
        <placekey>National River</placekey>
        <placekey>Recreation Area</placekey>
        <placekey>National Park</placekey>
        <placekey>Gauley</placekey>
        <placekey>Gauley River</placekey>
      </place>
      <temporal>
        <tempkt>none</tempkt>
        <tempkey>20030327</tempkey>
        <tempkey>spring</tempkey>
        <tempkey>March</tempkey>
      </temporal>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>none</accconst>
    <useconst>none</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>National Park Service, Northeast Region, Inventory and Monitoring Program, Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network (ERMN)</cntorg>
          <cntper>Data Manager</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>422 Forest Resources Building</address>
          <city>University Park</city>
          <state>Pennsylvania</state>
          <postal>16802</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(814) 863-2320</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>kristina_callahan@nps.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <browse>
      <browsen>http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/gari/gariortho.pdf</browsen>
      <browsed>Orthophoto; low resolution for web browsing.</browsed>
      <browset>PDF</browset>
    </browse>
    <datacred>Bill Millinor, North Carolina State University</datacred>
    <native>ERDAS IMAGINE .img File and MrSID Compressed File</native>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <logic>none</logic>
    <complete>Gauley River National Recreation Area</complete>
    <posacc>
      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>Overall positional accuracy of 1.31 meters RMSE. Horizontal accuracy was assessed on the basis of 147 field survey points distributed throughout New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River and Gauley River National Recreation Area.  Accuracy assessment for the above three parks was calculated as a single unit (not split up into three separate groups) as they were all flown together with airborne GPS and IMU. The actual field coordinates for these points were recorded with a Trimble ProXRS GPS unit with real-time differential correction with a minimum of 120 (180 unless field conditions were poor) fixes per point.  The field coordinates were then compared to the image mosaic coordinates for these points, determined in ESRI ArcView 3.3 software.</horizpar>
      </horizpa>
    </posacc>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Sanborn Mapping Company, Inc</origin>
            <pubdate>Unpublished Material</pubdate>
            <title>Aerial photographs of Gauley River National Recreation Area</title>
            <geoform>remote-sensing image</geoform>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>12000</srcscale>
        <typesrc>color IR aerial transparencies</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20030327</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>photos</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Aerial view of Gauley River National Recreation Area</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>The photos (98 total) were used to create an orthorectified mosaic using ER Mapper 6.4 and ERDAS IMAGINE 8.6. The photos were scanned at 600 dpi and imported into IMAGINE. A DTM was created from the block DTM extraction process in ERDAS IMAGINE.  The images were orthorectified using ERDAS IMAGINE Orthobase software and airborne GPS and IMU data. The orthorectified images were then mosaicked within ER Mapper to form one seamless basemap image for Gauley River National Recreation Area. The mosaic was compressed using MrSID software at a 20:1 target compression ratio.</procdesc>
        <procdate>200402</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>North Carolina State University, Center for Earth Observation</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
              <address>NCSU Campus Box 7106</address>
              <city>Raleigh</city>
              <state>NC</state>
              <postal>27695-7106</postal>
              <country>USA</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>919-515-3430</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>919-515-3439</cntfax>
            <cntemail>Unknown</cntemail>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Raster</direct>
    <rastinfo>
      <rasttype>Pixel</rasttype>
      <rowcount>18848</rowcount>
      <colcount>36263</colcount>
    </rastinfo>
  </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>row and column</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>0.655</absres>
            <ordres>0.655</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>
    <overview>
      <eaover>Dataset consists of a raster 3 band color image.  The bands are blue, green and near infrared.  Each pixel contains a value between 0 - 255.</eaover>
      <eadetcit>none</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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      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>HTML</formname>
        </digtinfo>
        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/gari.html</networkr>
              </networka>
            </computer>
            <accinstr>Internet Access</accinstr>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>None</fees>
    </stdorder>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>20040915</metd>
    <metrd>20110401</metrd>
    <metc>
      <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>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001.1-1999</metstdv>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/metadata/index.html</onlink>
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