GouldRegions

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Tags
South Texas Plains, Environment, Trans-Pecos, Rolling Plains, Blackland Prairie, Gulf Prairies, Edwards Plateau, Cross Timbers, State of Texas, Post Oak Savanah, TX, High Plains, Texas, Piney Woods, Biota, Ecological Regions, Geoscientific Information

Summary
This feature class is a component of TPWD 'base' data. 'Base' data includes current, statewide geospatial information intended to provide context for mapping purposes.


Description
Gould Ecological Regions - created from map in Gould, F. W. 1975 Texas Plants - A Checklist and Ecological Summary. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Publication 585. These Ecological regions are used by the TPWD Wildlife Division. This is a rough copy of the ecological regions in the report listed above. Created by TPWD GIS Lab.

Credits
Geometry: created from map in Gould, F. W. 1975, updated by TPWD GIS Lab 1/09/2004 Attributes: Updated by TPWD GIS lab 04/15/2010

Use limitations
This data was prepared by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department GIS Lab. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, its employees, and personnel, make no warranty as to its accuracy. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, its employees, and personnel MAKE NO WARRANTY FOR FITNESS OF USE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THIS DATA. THIS IS NOT A SURVEYED PRODUCT. Title 1 Part 10 Chapter 201 Rule §201.6 of the Texas Administrative Code suggests data showing the full extent of Texas be projected in the Texas State Mapping System. This feature class as provided by TPWD is unprojected.

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

Themes or categories of the resource  environment, biota

Place keywords  State of Texas, TX, Texas

Theme keywords  South Texas Plains, Environment, Trans-Pecos, Rolling Plains, Blackland Prairie, Gulf Prairies, Edwards Plateau, Cross Timbers, Post Oak Savanah, High Plains, Piney Woods, Biota, Ecological Regions, Geoscientific Information

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Categories



Citation 

*Title GouldRegions
Publication date 2004-01-09

Presentation formats* digital map

Resource Details 

Dataset languages  English (UNITED STATES)

Status  completed
Spatial representation type* vector

Supplemental information
The state outline was adjusted to match the 1:24,000 county coverage in RIS (1/9/04). This state outline matches the "Texas" feature class used in the TPWD Base Geodatabase.
*Processing environment Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.3.3600

Credits Geometry: created from map in Gould, F. W. 1975, updated by TPWD GIS Lab 1/09/2004 Attributes: Updated by TPWD GIS lab 04/15/2010

ArcGIS item properties
*Name GouldRegions
*Size 1.208
*Location file://\\GIS-CBANKSXP\E\PDaugherty\data\Data_Downloads\GouldRegions.shp
*Access protocol Local Area Network
*Content type  Downloadable Data

Extents 

Extent
Description
geometry and attribute publication date
Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -106.645390
*East longitude -93.507770
*North latitude 36.500460
*South latitude 25.837090
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude -106.645390
*East longitude -93.507770
*South latitude 25.837090
*North latitude 36.500460
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact
Organization's name Texas Parks and Wildlife Department GIS Lab
Contact's role  point of contact

Contact information
Phone
Voice 512-389-8070
Fax 512-389-8300

Address
Type both
Delivery point 4200 Smith School Road
City Austin
Administrative area TX
Postal code 78744-3292
Country US
e-mail addressmailto:gislab@tpwd.state.tx.us?subject=GouldRegions

Hours of service 8 am - 5 pm, Mon - Fri


Resource Maintenance 

Resource maintenance
Update frequency  as needed

Resource Constraints 

Constraints
Limitations of use
This data was prepared by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department GIS Lab. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, its employees, and personnel, make no warranty as to its accuracy. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, its employees, and personnel MAKE NO WARRANTY FOR FITNESS OF USE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THIS DATA. THIS IS NOT A SURVEYED PRODUCT. Title 1 Part 10 Chapter 201 Rule §201.6 of the Texas Administrative Code suggests data showing the full extent of Texas be projected in the Texas State Mapping System. This feature class as provided by TPWD is unprojected.

Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Geographic
*Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983
*Coordinate reference details
Geographic coordinate system
Well-known identifier 4269
X origin -399.99999999999989
Y origin -399.99999999999989
XY scale 11258999068426.24
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 8.9831528411952117e-009
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Left longitude -180
Well-known text GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4269]]

Reference system identifier
*Value 4269
*Codespace EPSG
*Version 7.4.1

Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only

Geometric objects
Feature class name GouldRegions
*Object type  composite
*Object count 10



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Polygon
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 10
*Spatial index TRUE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Data Quality 

Lineage 

Geoprocessing history 

Distribution 

Distributor
Contact information
Contact's role  distributor

Contact information
Address
Type both
Delivery point 4200 Smith School Road
City Austin
Administrative area TX
Postal code 78744-3292
Country US



Ordering process



Distribution format
*Format name Shapefile

Transfer options
*Transfer size 1.208

Fields and Subtypes 

Details for object GouldRegions 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 10

Field FID 
*Alias FID
*Data type OID
*Width 4
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Internal feature number.
*Description source
ESRI
*Description of values Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.



Field Shape 
*Alias Shape
*Data type Geometry
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Feature geometry.
*Description source
ESRI
Description of values Coordinates defining the features.



Field NameCAPS 
*Alias NameCAPS
*Data type String
*Width 20
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Name of region in CAPS


Field Name 
*Alias Name
*Data type String
*Width 20
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Name of region in mixed case


Field RegionNum 
*Alias RegionNum
*Data type String
*Width 2
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Ecoregion Number


Field SqMiCalc 
*Alias SqMiCalc
*Data type Double
*Width 19
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Area in square miles
Description source
Calculated in GIS using Texas Centric Albers equal area projection


Field AcresCalc 
*Alias AcresCalc
*Data type Double
*Width 19
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Area in Acres
Description source
Calculated in GIS using Texas Centric Albers equal area projection


Field Shape_Leng 
*Alias Shape_Leng
*Data type Double
*Width 19
*Precision 0
*Scale 0



Field Shape_Area 
*Alias Shape_Area
*Data type Double
*Width 19
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Area of feature in internal units squared.
*Description source
ESRI
*Description of values Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.





Metadata Details 

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)

Scope of the data described by the metadata  dataset
Scope name* dataset

*Last update 2012-11-09

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0

Created in ArcGIS 2010-04-15T09:50:21
Last modified in ArcGIS 2012-11-09T10:55:37

Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2012-11-09T10:55:37


Metadata Contacts 

Metadata contact
Organization's name Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Contact's role  point of contact

Contact information
Phone
Voice 512-389-8070
Fax 512-389-8300

Address
Type both
Delivery point 4200 Smith School Road
City Austin
Administrative area TX
Postal code 78744-3292
Country US
e-mail addressmailto:gislab@tpwd.state.tx.us?subject=GouldRegions

Hours of service 8 am - 5 pm, Mon - Fri


Metadata Constraints 

Security constraints
Classification  unclassified

Thumbnail and Enclosures 

Thumbnail
Thumbnail type  BMP

Enclosure
Enclosure type  File
Description of enclosure original metadata
Original metadata document, which was translated yes
Original file name source_metadata.xml

FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Identification 

Citation
Citation Information
Publication Date2004-01-09
Title
Base.ECO.GouldRegions
Geospatial Data Presentation Formvector digital data
Series Information
Publication Information
Online LinkageService=sde:sqlserver:GIS-DBBETA\tpwd_gisdev; Database=Base; User=Eco; Version=sde.DEFAULT
Larger Work Citation
Citation Information
Publication Date
Title
Series Information
Publication Information


Description
Abstract
Gould Ecological Regions - created from map in Gould, F. W. 1975  Texas Plants - A Checklist and Ecological Summary. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Publication 585.

These Ecological regions are used by the TPWD Wildlife Division. This is a rough copy of the ecological regions in the report listed above. Created by TPWD GIS Lab. 
Purpose
This feature class is a component of TPWD 'base' data. 
'Base' data includes current, statewide geospatial information intended to provide context for mapping purposes.
Supplemental Information
The state outline was adjusted  to match the 1:24,000 county coverage in RIS (1/9/04).  This state outline matches the "Texas" feature class used in the TPWD Base Geodatabase.
Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Multiple Dates/Times
Single Date/Time
Calendar DateGeometry: 20040109
Single Date/Time
Calendar DateAttributes: 04/15/2010
Currentness Reference
geometry and attribute publication date
Status
ProgressComplete
Maintenance and Update FrequencyAs needed

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates
West Bounding Coordinate-106.645390
East Bounding Coordinate-93.507770
North Bounding Coordinate36.500460
South Bounding Coordinate25.837090

Keywords
Theme
Theme Keyword ThesaurusISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme KeywordEcological Regions
Theme KeywordBlackland Prairie
Theme KeywordCross Timbers
Theme KeywordEdwards Plateau
Theme KeywordGulf Prairies
Theme KeywordHigh Plains
Theme KeywordPost Oak Savanah
Theme KeywordRolling Plains
Theme KeywordSouth Texas Plains
Theme KeywordTrans-Pecos
Theme KeywordPiney Woods
Theme KeywordBiota
Theme KeywordEnvironment
Theme KeywordGeoscientific Information

Place
Place KeywordTexas
Place KeywordTX
Place KeywordState of Texas

Access Constraints
None.
Use Constraints
This data was prepared by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department GIS Lab.  The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, its employees, and personnel, make no warranty as to its accuracy. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, its employees, and personnel MAKE NO WARRANTY FOR FITNESS OF USE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THIS DATA. THIS IS NOT A SURVEYED PRODUCT. 

Title 1 Part 10 Chapter 201 Rule §201.6 of the Texas Administrative Code suggests data showing the full extent of Texas be projected in the Texas State Mapping System. This feature class as provided by TPWD is unprojected.
Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact OrganizationTexas Parks and Wildlife Department GIS Lab
Contact Address
Address Typemailing and physical address
Address4200 Smith School Road
CityAustin
State or ProvinceTX
Postal Code78744-3292
CountryUNITED STATES

Contact Voice Telephone512-389-8070
Contact Facsimile Telephone512-389-8300
Contact Electronic Mail Addressmailto:gislab@tpwd.state.tx.us?subject=GouldRegions
Hours of Service8 am - 5 pm, Mon - Fri

Data Set Credit
Geometry: created from map in Gould, F. W. 1975, updated by TPWD GIS Lab 1/09/2004
Attributes: Updated by TPWD GIS lab 04/15/2010
Security Information

Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Cross Reference
Citation Information
Publication Date
Series Information
Publication Information
Larger Work Citation
Citation Information
Publication Date
Title
Series Information
Publication Information
Larger Work Citation
Citation Information
Publication Date
Title
Series Information
Publication Information




Data Quality 

Attribute Accuracy
Positional Accuracy
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Vertical Positional Accuracy
Lineage
Process Step
Process Description
Dataset copied.
Process Date20100122 16021600

Process Contact
Contact Information

Process Step
Process Description
Dataset copied.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation
\\Gis-datasrvr\Gis_Data\GIS_Shared\EnterpriseGIS_Workgroup\counties
Process Date20100122 16041700

Process Contact
Contact Information

Process Step
Process Description
Dataset copied.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation
Process Date20100205 09083300

Process Contact
Contact Information

Process Step
Process Description
Dataset copied.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation
W:\GIS_Shared\EnterpriseGIS_Workgroup\DataLayersList\OfficialShape\County
Process Date2010-02-11
Process Time11144300

Process Step
Process Description
Metadata imported.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation
M:\EnterpriseGIS_Workgroup\DataLayersList\Metadata\BaseMetadataTemplate.xml
Process Date2010-04-15
Process Time09330600

Process Step
Process Description
Dataset copied.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation
\\Gis-datasrvr\GIS_Shared\EnterpriseGIS_Workgroup\DataLayersList\shp\GouldRegion
Process Date2010-04-15
Process Time09502100

Spatial Reference 

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution0.000000
Longitude Resolution0.000000
Geographic Coordinate UnitsDecimal degrees

Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum NameNorth American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid NameGeodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio298.257222

Vertical Coordinate System Definition
Altitude System Definition
Altitude Resolution1.000000
Altitude Encoding MethodExplicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Depth System Definition

Entities and Attributes 

Distribution Information 

Distributor
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Address
Address Typemailing and physical address
Address4200 Smith School Road
CityAustin
State or ProvinceTX
Postal Code78744-3292
CountryUNITED STATES


Resource DescriptionDownloadable Data
Standard Order Process
Digital Form
Digital Transfer Information
Transfer Size3.104

Available Time Period
Time Period Information
Multiple Dates/Times


Metadata Reference 

Metadata Date2010-12-10
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact OrganizationTexas Parks and Wildlife Department
Contact Address
Address Typemailing and physical address
Address4200 Smith School Road
CityAustin
State or ProvinceTX
Postal Code78744-3292
CountryUNITED STATES

Contact Voice Telephone512-389-8070
Contact Facsimile Telephone512-389-8300
Contact Electronic Mail Addressmailto:gislab@tpwd.state.tx.us?subject=GouldRegions
Hours of Service8 am - 5 pm, Mon - Fri

Metadata Standard NameFGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard VersionFGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Conventionlocal time

Metadata Access ConstraintsNone
Metadata Use Constraints
None
Metadata Security Information
Metadata Security ClassificationUnclassified

Metadata Extensions
Online Linkagehttp://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile NameESRI Metadata Profile