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  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory, Kansas Biological Survey</origin>
        <origin>USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics</origin>
        <pubdate>20100630</pubdate>
        <title>Homestead National Monument of America Vegetation Mapping Project - Park Boundary</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <onlink>http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/home/homegeodata.zip</onlink>
        <onlink>doi:10.5066/F78P5XGB</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>The layer was provided by the National Parks Service.  It delineates that park property as well as the scenic easement.</abstract>
      <purpose>The intended use of all data in the park's GIS library is to support diverse park activities including planning, management, maintenance, research, and interpretation.</purpose>
      <supplinf>The shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics.</supplinf>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>201006</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>ground condition</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>None planned</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <descgeog>Homestead National Monument of America</descgeog>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-96.842820</westbc>
        <eastbc>-96.822022</eastbc>
        <northbc>40.293088</northbc>
        <southbc>40.284350</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>Project Boundary</themekey>
        <themekey>vegetation map</themekey>
        <themekey>Boundary</themekey>
        <themekey>Vegatation map boundary</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>Homestead National Monument</placekey>
        <placekey>Nebraska</placekey>
        <placekey>Gage County</placekey>
        <placekey>HOME</placekey>
        <placekey>NE</placekey>
        <placekey>USA</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>None</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Kelly Kindscher</cntper>
          <cntorg>Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory, Kansas Biological Survey</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Associate Scientist</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>2101 Constant Ave.</address>
          <city>Lawrence</city>
          <state>Kansas</state>
          <postal>66047</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(785) 864-1529</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>(785) 864-1537</cntfax>
        <cntemail>kindscher@ku.edu</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <native>Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000</native>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <logic>Unknown</logic>
    <complete>This data delineates the mapping area for the Homestead Vegetation Mapping Project.</complete>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Dataset copied.</procdesc>
        <srcused>\\Franklin\D\NPSProject\Tallgrass\Data\GIS\TallgrassPrairie013110_new2KD.mdb</srcused>
        <procdate>20100330</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Dataset copied.</procdesc>
        <srcused>\\FRANKLIN\D$\NPSProject\Tallgrass\Data\GIS\TallgrassPrairie013110_new2KD.mdb</srcused>
        <procdate>20100518</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <srcused>C:\Users\kars\AppData\Local\Temp\xmlE1DA.tmp</srcused>
        <procdate>20110414</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>The Shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics.</procdesc>
        <procdate>201105</procdate>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Metadata imported.</procdesc>
        <procdate>201105</procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>1</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <gridsys>
          <gridsysn>Universal Transverse Mercator</gridsysn>
          <utm>
            <utmzone>14</utmzone>
            <transmer>
              <sfctrmer>0.999600</sfctrmer>
              <longcm>-99.000000</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>HOME_Park_Boundary</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>Park_Code</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>NPS Park Code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Park acronym name.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Park_Name</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Name of the National Park unit.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Park name.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>State</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Two letter code define the State.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Textual state acronym.</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>
  </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>
    <stdorder>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>HTML</formname>
        </digtinfo>
        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/home.html</networkr>
              </networka>
            </computer>
            <accinstr>Internet Access</accinstr>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>None</fees>
    </stdorder>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>20110414</metd>
    <metrd>20110531</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>
    </metextns>
  </metainfo>
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