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<metadata>
  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</origin>
        <pubdate>19990411</pubdate>
        <title>Voyageurs National Park Vegetation Mapping Project - Park Boundary</title>
        <geoform>Map</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>International Falls, Minnesota 56649</pubplace>
          <publish>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/voya/voyabdy.zip</onlink>
        <onlink>doi:10.5066/F7PG1PQQ</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>ArcInfo coverage displays Voyageurs National Park boundary as currently authorized. Coverage is based on 1:24K and 1:50K scale source data (e.g., paper maps and DRGs). Park boundary has not yet been surveyed.</abstract>
      <purpose>Coverage is intended to be used as cartographic representation of Voyageurs National Park boundary.</purpose>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>19790101</begdate>
          <enddate>19971231</enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>Publication date</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>In work</progress>
      <update>As needed</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <descgeog>Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota</descgeog>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-93.194603</westbc>
        <eastbc>-92.449640</eastbc>
        <northbc>48.631462</northbc>
        <southbc>48.299489</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>park boundary</themekey>
        <themekey>Voyageurs National park</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>Minnesota</placekey>
        <placekey>International Falls</placekey>
        <placekey>Koochiching County</placekey>
        <placekey>Voyageurs National Park</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>Not for use at scales greater than 50,000 without comment regarding accuracies.</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>GIS Specialist</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>3131 HWY 53</address>
          <city>International Falls</city>
          <state>Minnesota</state>
          <postal>56649</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>218 283-9821</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>218 285-7407</cntfax>
        <cntemail>Voya_GIS@nps.gov</cntemail>
        <hours>M-F 0800 - 1630 (CENTRAL)</hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <native>Arc/Info coverage format d:\data\admin\boundary</native>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>Accuracy of area and length attributes is unknown.</attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>Polygon and arc-node topology exists.</logic>
    <complete>Data set is complete.</complete>
    <posacc>
      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>Approximate horizontal accuracy is 25 meters, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Standards.</horizpar>
      </horizpa>
      <vertacc>
        <vertaccr>NONE</vertaccr>
      </vertacc>
    </posacc>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>National Mapping Division U.S. Geological Survey</origin>
            <pubdate>19860101</pubdate>
            <title>1:24000 scale 7.5 minute quadrangle</title>
            <geoform>map</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Reston, VA</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
            </pubinfo>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>24000</srcscale>
        <typesrc>paper</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19690101</begdate>
              <enddate>19861231</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>Publication Date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>D7.5</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Small area was table-digitized from quad near Rainy Lake Visitor Center.</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Samuel R. Lammie, Voyageurs National Park</origin>
            <pubdate>Unpublished material</pubdate>
            <title>NPS-1 Boundary Corridor</title>
            <geoform>map</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Not Applicable</pubplace>
              <publish>Not Applicable</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <othercit>Boundary corridor identified by collecting GPS field data and buffering resultant centerline.</othercit>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>12000</srcscale>
        <typesrc>digital file</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>19960615</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>Ground Condition</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>GPS</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Collected autonomous GPS data using Trimble XL Pathfinder GPS. Data represented new road centerline. Differentially corrected data to improve accuracies. Buffered corrected data by 400 feet to identify park boundary along road.</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>U.S. Geological Survey</origin>
            <pubdate>19790101</pubdate>
            <title>1979 Special USGS Park Map</title>
            <geoform>map</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Reston, VA</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <othercit>Special park map at 1:50000 scale was scanned using large format scanner at WASO GIS in Denver, CO on 9/15/1992.</othercit>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>50000</srcscale>
        <typesrc>digital image</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>19790101</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>Publication Date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>USGS SPM</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Park boundary was heads-up digitized. Since source data was prior to construction of Rainy Lake Visitor Center and prior to construction of NPS-1, other methods were required to acquire data in those areas.</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Heads-up digitized park boundary using GIS software GRASS Version 4.1 and utilizing scanned park map (DRG) as raster backdrop. Subsequently, exported to PC ArcInfo as DXF files. Imported into PC ArcInfo using DXFARC command.</procdesc>
        <srcused>USGS SPM</srcused>
        <procdate>19921115</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntpos>GIS Specialist</cntpos>
            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
              <address>3131 HWY 53</address>
              <city>International Falls</city>
              <state>Minnesota</state>
              <postal>56649</postal>
              <country>USA</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>218 283-9821</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>218 285-7407</cntfax>
            <cntemail>Voya_GIS@nps.gov</cntemail>
            <hours>M-F 0800 - 1630 (CENTRAL)</hours>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Edited 1:50K park coundary using GPS field daa collected autonomously for Rainy Lake VC. Utilized park platt map as ancilliary data source for constructing park boundary. Edited in PC ArcInfo.</procdesc>
        <srcused>Platt</srcused>
        <procdate>19940915</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntpos>GIS Specialist</cntpos>
            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
              <address>3131 HWY 53</address>
              <city>International Falls</city>
              <state>Minnesota</state>
              <postal>56649</postal>
              <country>USA</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>218 283-9821</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>218 285-7407</cntfax>
            <cntemail>Voya_GIS@nps.gov</cntemail>
            <hours>M-F 0800 - 1630 (CENTRAL)</hours>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Collected autonomous GPS data using Trimble Pro XL Pathfinder unit. Data represented new NPS-1 road centerline. Field data was differentially corrected and buffered by 400 meters to delineate boundary corridor using PC ArcInfo.</procdesc>
        <srcused>GPS-Buffer</srcused>
        <procdate>19960615</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntpos>GIS Specialist</cntpos>
            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
              <address>3131 HWY 53</address>
              <city>International Falls</city>
              <state>Minnesota</state>
              <postal>56649</postal>
              <country>USA</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>218 283-9821</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>218 285-7407</cntfax>
            <cntemail>Voya_GIS@nps.gov</cntemail>
            <hours>M-F 0800 - 1630 (CENTRAL)</hours>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Suumary: 1) created initial boundary using DRG 1:50K special park map, 2) revised park boundary near Rainy Lake VC using platt map and GPS data, 3) created park boundary along NPS-1 by collecting autonomous GPS data, differentially correcting, and buffering by 400 meters along centerline.</procdesc>
        <srcused>Summary</srcused>
        <procdate>1997</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntpos>GIS Specialist</cntpos>
            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
              <address>3131 HWY 53</address>
              <city>International Falls</city>
              <state>Minnesota</state>
              <postal>56649</postal>
              <country>USA</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>218 283-9821</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>218 285-7407</cntfax>
            <cntemail>Voya_GIS@nps.gov</cntemail>
            <hours>M-F 0800 - 1630 (CENTRAL)</hours>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Projected from Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 and Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 into NAD 1983.  PRJ file as follows: PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983", DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]], PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000], PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-93], PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0], UNIT["Meter",1]]</procdesc>
        <srcused>Output from above process step</srcused>
        <procdate>20020319</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK</cntorg>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntpos>GIS Specialist</cntpos>
            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
              <address>3131 HWY 53</address>
              <city>International Falls</city>
              <state>Minnesota</state>
              <postal>56649</postal>
              <country>USA</country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>218 283-9821</cntvoice>
            <cntfax>218 285-7407</cntfax>
            <cntemail>Voya_GIS@nps.gov</cntemail>
            <hours>M-F 0800 - 1630 (CENTRAL)</hours>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>3</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <gridsys>
          <gridsysn>Universal Transverse Mercator</gridsysn>
          <utm>
            <utmzone>15</utmzone>
            <transmer>
              <sfctrmer>0.999600</sfctrmer>
              <longcm>-93.000000</longcm>
              <latprjo>0.000000</latprjo>
              <feast>500000.000000</feast>
              <fnorth>0.000000</fnorth>
            </transmer>
          </utm>
        </gridsys>
        <planci>
          <plance>Coordinate pair</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>.1</absres>
            <ordres>.1</ordres>
          </coordrep>
          <plandu>Meters</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>Geodedic Reference System 80</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
  </spref>
  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>voyabdy</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Shapefile attribute table</enttypd>
        <enttypds>National Park Service</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>FID</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>AREA</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area of polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Software generated</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Software computed</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>PERIMETER</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Perimeter of polygon</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Software generated</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Software computed</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>PARKBDY_</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI.</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>PARKBDY_ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>User-defined feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI.</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>BOUNDARY_</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Software generated</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Software computed</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>BOUNDARY_I</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature identification number</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Software generated</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>User Defined</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ACRES</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>acres attribute calculated from acres = area / 4046.87.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>None</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>4.45107</rdommin>
            <rdommax>204176</rdommax>
          </rdom>
        </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. VOYA Park Boundary.</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/voya.html</networkr>
              </networka>
            </computer>
            <accinstr>Internet Access</accinstr>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>None</fees>
    </stdorder>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>19991101</metd>
    <metrd>20100617</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>
</metadata>

