Canadian Provinces

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Weather Service
Publication_Date: 19990920
Title: Canadian Provinces
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD, USA
Publisher: National Weather Service
Online_Linkage:
<http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/national/html/can_province.htm>
Description:
Abstract:
This data set is a polygon shapefile of the provinces and territories of Canada.
Purpose:
To supply the National Weather Service (NWS) with high quality, Canadian data set for use in the AWIPSsystem in certain Weather Forecasting Offices (WFO).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1999
Ending_Date: 19990915
Currentness_Reference: Current
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -141.002859
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -52.543746
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 83.148086
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.971497
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Boundaries
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Canada
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1325 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763x 104
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: This shapefile is presumed to be accurate.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
These data are believed to be logically consistent. Testing was performed by finding the smallest polygons and determining them to be "slivers" or genuine polygons and by overlaying a large polygon and combining, to find "holes' in the data. Since this data set is a polygon shapefile line geometry is presumed to be topologically clean.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Natural Resources Canada, Geomatics Canada, Canada Center for Remote Sensing Information Systems
Publication_Date: 1999
Title: 1:2 Million Scale Base Map Data, Nunavut Boundaries
Publication_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Nunavut
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, GeoAccess Division, The Atlas of Canada
Publication_Date: 1985
Title: Canada Boundaries
Online_Linkage: <http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/nationalatlas/e_intro_g.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Boundaries
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, GeoAccess Division, The Atlas of Canada
Title: Canada Drainage
Online_Linkage: <http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/nationalatlas/e_intro_g.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Drainage
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Arcs for each province were downloaded along with Nunavut. The Drains data set was also downloaded. Each province/territory was imported into ArcView and a shapefile created. Arcs from province/territory boundaries were combined with shore, island or lake boundaries to create complete province/territory outlines. Internal arcs were deleted. Arcs were converted to polygons and merged into a single Canada shapefile. The Canadian border with the United States was edgematched with the 1:2,000,000 United States shapefile used by NWS (us_state). All polygons for a particular province/territory were "unioned" and attributes were added.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Nunavut
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Boundaries
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Drainage
Process_Date: 19990915
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1325 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 13
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: real number
Longitude_Resolution: real number
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: PROVINCE
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CODE
Attribute_Definition: Canadian province code
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Province name
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1325 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Weather Service (NWS), no warranty expressed or implied is made by the NWS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. No responsibility is assumed by the NWS in the use of these data.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: Zipped Shape Files
Transfer_Size: 0.651
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Recording_Format: Compatibility_Information
Fees: None
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20071011
Metadata_Review_Date: 09 June 1999
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1325 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20904
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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