NPS Midwest Field Area USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics 19991101 vector digital data Madison WI NPS Midwest Field Area http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/tapr/taprgeodata.zip doi:10.5066/F7Z31WN0 This polygon coverage frams the working boundary of the preserve. The boundary layer is mostly derived from the wire fence layer (TAPRWFNL) that was prepared from GPS (Trimble ProXL) coordinates. The intended use of all data in a park`s GIS library is to support diverse park activities including planning, management, maintenance, research, and interpretation. The shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics. 19970827 19990403 publication date Complete Unknown Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve -96.600710 -96.499139 38.497708 38.395452 -96.603,38.3951,-96.5995,38.4994,-96.4953,38.4972,-96.4989,38.3929,-96.603,38.3951 None bison fences infrastructure wildlife management None Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Flint Hills Chase County Kansas None Not for use at scales greater than 1:12000. The boundary layer was prepared from source data making it appropriate for management purposes only and should not be used as a legal representation of the preserve boundary should not be used. NPS Midwest Field Area Peter Budde GIS Coordinator mailing and physical address

B102 Steenbock 550 Babcock Dr.

Madison Wisconsin 53706 USA (608)-265-3515 (608)-262-2500 peter_budde@nps.gov M-F 0730 - 1630 (Central) Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000 Data collection was stream-lined through use of a data dictionary attribute menu installed in the GPS data logger. This procedure enhances attribute accuracy by reducing attribute related decision-making in the field and minimizing keying errors. This data set has been compared with the preserve boundary as a cursory test of locational accuracy. Further feature verification will occur as the data is used. Data set includes all GPS derived feature locations collected to date (11/01/99). The source layer (TAPRWFNL) was constructed from GPS point locations along the path of wire fences in the park. Typical point feature locations are based on 15 readings with an expected accuracy of 1-2 meters (Trimble ProXL). NONE National Park Service GIS Specialist Midwest GIS Field Technical Support Center 19991101 map Madison, Wisconsin NPS MWSO GIS Field Technical Support Cen TAPRWFNL was prepared from GPS coordinates collected with a Trimble ProXL and process with Trimble Pathfinder Office. 12000 digital 19970825 19990403 ground condition WFNL The fence lines surrounding the recommended area for bisonintroduction were copied form TAPRWFNL. In its initial stages the preserve boudaries were derived from USGS DLGS (PLSS-TAPRPLSP and administrative boundaries-TAPRADMP). 19970403 As the wire fence layer was developed, TAPRWFNL was used to update the data set to create a "management" boundary. The preserve boundary has been edited periodically to reflect updates to the wire fence data. WFNL 19980618 Data set projection was defined as UTM Zone 14 / NAD 27. The Administrative Boundaries DLG layer (tapradmp) was used as the source of the projection information. 19991103 Re-projected data to NAD83 using Arc 8.2. 20020530 Dataset copied. 20090918 Metadata imported. C:\Users\kars\AppData\Local\Temp\xmlB3D7.tmp 20110413 The Shapefile was imported into a geodatabase by the USGS/CSS/BIP/Center for Biological Informatics. 201105 Metadata imported. 201105 Vector G-polygon 1 Universal Transverse Mercator 14 0.999600 -99.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000100 0.000100 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 TAPR_Park_Boundary Feature class attribute table National Park Service OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Park_Code NPS Park Code NPS Park acronym name. Park_Name Name of the National Park unit. NPS Park name. State Two letter code define the State. NPS Textual state acronym. Acres Area (unknown units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Hectares Perimeter (unknown units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Length Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

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/tapr.html Internet Access None 20110414 20110602 USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

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