Commercial Shellfish Growing Areas

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: DOH

Title: Commercial Shellfish Growing Areas

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Shellfish

Online_Linkage: <http://ww4.doh.wa.gov/gis/gisdata.htm>

Description:

Abstract:

The boundaries of commercial shellfish growing areas in Washington State. Updated on 5/11/2012.

Purpose:

These boundaries are used to communicate closures and restrictions to commercial harvesters and to validate license renewals in the Office of Shellfish and Water Protection.

Supplemental_Information:

The boundaries cover the Puget Sound and the Washington coastal areas.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20110406

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.675762

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.200071

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.007292

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.338703

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: closures

Theme_Keyword: FSSP

Theme_Keyword: mussels

Theme_Keyword: pollution

Theme_Keyword: oysters

Theme_Keyword: DOH

Theme_Keyword: clams

Theme_Keyword: growing

Theme_Keyword: invertibrates

Theme_Keyword: crab

Theme_Keyword: shellfish

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: health

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: WA

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: Washington State

Place_Keyword: Puget Sound

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 2012

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The Washington State Department of Health shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Health

Contact_Person: Environmental Health Help Desk

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 236-3113

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 236-2254

Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Data_Set_Credit: DOH/EH

Security_Information:

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.4.4000

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Clyde Bill

Title: TOPO Shoreline surveys

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Type_of_Source_Media: None

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TOPO Shoreline surveys

Source_Contribution:

The sanitary survey lines are imported into ArcGIS and used as a backdrop image to edit this layer.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

OSWP staff GPS boundaries and create maps using the TOPO sofware. These files are converted into ESRI shapefiles and used to edit the main data layer.

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Environmental Health

Contact_Position: EH Helpdesk

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 236-3113

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 236-2254

Hours_of_Service: Tuesday-Friday 6:30am-5:00pm

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Shoreline boundaries were edited to more accurately align with the shorlines visible on the NAIP aerial photography.

Process_Date: 20101025

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 454

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:

Standard_Parallel: 45.83333333333334

Standard_Parallel: 47.33333333333334

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.5

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.33333333333334

False_Easting: 1640416.666666667

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000026454105572781834

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000026454105572781834

Planar_Distance_Units:

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983 HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: growingareas

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: CLASS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Acres

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Health

Contact_Position: GIS Administrator

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 236-4271

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 236-4421

Hours_of_Service: Tuesday-Friday 6:30am-5:00pm

Distribution_Liability: See access and use constraints information.

Standard_Order_Process:

Fees: None

Ordering_Instructions:

Download the data from the DOH FTP Server at ftp.doh.wa.gov/geodata/layers/growingareas.zip. Or contact the distributor by phone or email.

Turnaround: Within 4 working days

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20110101

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120511

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Health

Contact_Person: Craig Erickson

Contact_Position: GIS Administrator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: unknown

Address: PO Box 47904

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504-7904

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 236-4271

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 236-4421

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: <mailto>: craig.erickson@doh.wa.gov

Hours_of_Service: Tuesday-Friday 6:30am-5:00pm

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None