Report Date: 26-Jul-2000
Metadata Data Set Name:
                    Boat Access Coverage, Western Lake Superior
                    Mapping Area
  1 Identification Information
    1.1 Citation:
    8 Citation Information:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Great Lakes Commission
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    20000801
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    Western Lake Superior Inland
                    Sensitivity Atlas
          8.5 Edition:
                    Final, Version 1
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    atlas
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Inland Sensitivity Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Western Lake Superior
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Chicago, Illinois
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    U.S. EPA, Region 5
    1.2 Description
      1.2.1 Abstract:
                    The Boat Ramp Access Coverage provides mapped
                    locations of local boat ramp access facilities. 
                    It also includes an ordered database of
                    information linked to these mapped facilities. 
                    Knowledge of boat ramp access facilities is
                    imperative for a quick and effective notification
                    and response to potential oil spill situations.
                    This coverage helps to bring such areas within the
                    Minnesota counties of Cook, Lake, St. Louis, and
                    Carlton and the Wisconsin counties of Douglas,
                    Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron to the attention of
                    spill planners and responders. The locations of
                    these facilities were obtained and quality
                    assured/quality controlled using maps and
                    individual feedback from various public agencies
                    and private sector groups regarding specific
                    sites.
      1.2.2 Purpose:
                    In order to better protect unique commercial,
                    environmental, and cultural resources from oil
                    spills, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated a
                    coordinated effort by federal, state, and local
                    regulatory agencies and the regulated community to
                    enhance oil spill preparedness and response.  This
                    coverage provides the location and attached data
                    for the 8 counties of the Western Lake Superior
                    Mapping Area.  The development of spatial
                    databases and geographic information systems is
                    done pursuant to implementing the preparedness and
                    response mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of
                    1990.
      1.2.3 Supplemental Information:
                    These data were prepared at map scales of 1:24,000
                    and are best used in applications of comparable
                    resolution.  In addition, these data were
                    developed to meet specific project objectives
                    related to contingency planning and spill response
                    and therefore may not represent exhaustive feature
                    inventories.
    1.3 Time Period Of Content
      9 Time Period Information
          9.3 Range of Dates/Times
            9.3.1 Beginning Date:
                    19980901
            9.3.3 Ending Date:
                    20000726
      1.3.1 Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
    1.4 Status
      1.4.1 Progress:
                    Complete
      1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency:
                    As needed
    1.5 Spatial Domain
      99.1.5.1 Description of Geographic Extent:
                    The Western Lake Superior Mapping Area encompasses
                    the Minnesota counties of Cook, Lake, St. Louis, 
                    and Carlton, and the Wisconsin counties of Douglas,
                    Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron.
      1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
        1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate:
                    -93.2721
        1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate:
                    -89.2449
        1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate:
                    48.7547
        1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate:
                    45.7888
    1.6 Keywords
      1.6.1 Theme
        1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Boat Access
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Boat Ramp
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Public Access
      1.6.2 Place
        1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Western Lake Superior
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Minnesota
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Wisconsin
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Duluth
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Superior
      1.6.4 Temporal
        1.6.4.1 Temporal Keyword Thesaurus:
                    20000710
    1.7 Access Constraints:
                    None
    1.8 Use Constraints:
                    None
    1.9 Point of Contact
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    1.11 Data Set Credit:
                    Great Lakes Commission
    1.12 Security Information
      1.12.1 Security Classification System:
                    None
      1.12.2 Security Classification:
                    Unclassified
      1.12.3 Security Handling Description:
                    None
    1.13 Native Data Set Environment:
                    PC ArcView 3.2
    1.14 Cross Reference
          8.1 Originator:
                    Great Lakes Commission
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    20000801
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    Western Lake Superior Inland
                    Sensitivity Atlas
          8.5 Edition:
                    Final, Version 1
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Atlas
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Inland Sensitivity Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Western Lake Superior
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Chicago, Illinois
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    U.S. EPA, Region 5
  2 Data Quality Information
    2.1 Attribute Accuracy
      2.1.1 Attribute Accuracy Report:
                    The Great Lakes Commission staff working on the
                    Area Contingency Planning project verified all
                    descriptive and spatial attributes and collected
                    confirmation from owners and/or operators of
                    attributes and boundaries via surveys or direct
                    external review.  Spatial data were cross-checked
                    with multiple sources.
    2.2 Logical Consistency Report:
                    Data were developed for this layer utilizing
                    multiple primary sources, from federal, state, and
                    local governmental agencies and owner/operators of
                    the boat access sites. These primary sources
                    include USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps; federal,
                    state, local and private land manager/owner hard
                    copy and electronic sources; and an exhaustive
                    external review process performed by the primary
                    holders of data.  Data was reviewed for location
                    and accuracy at the scale of 1:24,000 on
                    appropriate base maps.  Location and attribute
                    information is only as accurate and
                    complete as the information specifically 
                    applies to each individual record at
                    the time of data development.  Data for these
                    facilities are primarily attributed points,
                    plotted in ArcView 3.2 GIS.  These points were
                    generated in 1999 and updated in 2000 based on
                    current information from primary sources but do
                    not necessarily always exactly overlay the base
                    map 7.5 minute quadrangle maps with previous
                    publication dates.
    2.3 Completeness Report:
                    This coverage does not necessarily include all
                    boat ramp access facilities within the Western
                    Lake Superior Mapping area.  Exhaustive efforts
                    were made to compile as thorough an atlas as
                    possible.  However, under-reporting may occur with
                    smaller local and private facilities.  This layer
                    represents available data as of 2000.
    2.4 Positional Accuracy
      2.4.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy
        2.4.1.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
                    Horizontal positional accuracy is tested by visual
                    comparison of hard copy check plots to the source
                    materials and verifying the location of the data
                    on screen relative to other data layers in the
                    same geographic area.
      2.5.2 Process Step
        2.5.2.1 Process Description:
                    The DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer and U.S.
                    Geological Survey 7.5 minute quadrangle maps for
                    Minnesota were reviewed for site identification and
                    verification.  Point shape files for each boat
                    ramp access site were entered directly into ArcView
                    version 3.2 Geographic Information System (GIS)
                    software and displayed against Digital Raster
                    Graphic (DRG) imagery of 1:24.000 scale U.S.
                    Geological Survey topographic maps.  Data links
                    were incorporated into these GIS files to match
                    the boat ramp access site data and to appropriate
                    data records providing contact, locational and
                    commentary information. Draft hard copy atlases
                    were prepared from this data, supplied by the
                    Great Lakes Commission, and the USGS's Upper
                    Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in
                    Onalaska, Wisconsin.  The UMESC produced hard
                    copy maps in portable document files (.pdf) format
                    at scales of 1:25,000 and 1:100,000.  These maps
                    were then reproduced and distributed by the Great
                    Lakes Commission for external review by primary
                    source data holders.  All updated, corrected and 
                    amended information was then added to the project
                    files and returned to the UMESC for distribution
                    in .pdf hardcopy format; and electronic distribution
                    via CD-ROM and the Internet.  Final electronic
                    formats include ArcView 3.2 shapefiles, .e00
                    ArcExport files, .pdfs, and converted CAMEO/Landview 
                    files.
        2.5.2.3 Process Date:
                    20000726
        2.5.2.4 Process Time:
                    Unknown
        2.5.2.6 Process Contact
          10 Contact Information
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
  3 Spatial Data Organization Information
    3.2 Direct Spatial Reference Method:
                    Point
    3.3 Point and Vector Object Information
        3.3.1.1 SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:
                    Point
  4 Spatial Reference Information
    4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
      4.1.2 Planar
           4.1.2.2 Grid Coordinate System
              4.1.2.2.1 Grid Coordinate System Name:
                    Universal Transverse Mercator
              4.1.2.2.2 Universal Transverse Mercator
               4.1.2.2.2.1 UTM Zone Number:
                    15
            4.1.2.1.2.2 Longitude Of Central Meridian:
                    -93
            4.1.2.1.2.3 Latitude Of Projection Origin:
                    0
            4.1.2.1.2.4 False Easting:
                    500000
            4.1.2.1.2.5 False Northing:
                    0
            4.1.2.1.2.17 Scale Factor at Central Meridian:
                    .9996
      4.1.4 Geodetic Model
        4.1.4.1 Horizontal Datum Name:
                    North American Datum of 1927
        4.1.4.2 Ellipsoid Name:
                    Clarke 1866
        4.1.4.3 Semi-Major Axis:
                    6378206.4
        4.1.4.4 Denominator of Flattening Ratio:
                    294.98
  5 Entity and Attribute Information
   5.2 Overview Description
     5.2.1 Entity and Attribute Overview:
                    Data items provided for, include: ;  REF_NUMBER -
                    Reference number serving as a unique identifier
                    for each database record;  ACCURACY - An
                    upgradeable accuracy code for each database
                    record:  1=Excellent - collected/verified at a
                    scale of 1:1 to 1:20,000 or differentially
                    corrected GPS,  2=Very Good - collected/verified
                    at a scale of 1:20,001 to 1:60, 000 or
                    non-differentially corrected GPS,  3=Good -
                    collected/verified at a scale of 1:60,001 to
                    1:200,000,  4=Fair - collected/verified at a scale
                    of 1:200,001 to 1:1,000,000,  5=Coarse - Unknown
                    collection method/unverified or collected at a
                    scale of greater than 1:1,000,000;  VERIFIER -
                    Name of the group that verified the data (Great
                    Lakes Commission [GLC]);  VERIF_DATE - Date on
                    which the record accuracy was verified (MM/DD/YY);
                    LATITUDE - Latitude of the boat access expressed
                    in decimal degrees (e.g. 00.0000);  LONGITUDE -
                    Longitude of the boat access expressed in decimal
                    degrees (e.g. 00.0000.
     5.2.2 Entity and Attribute Detail Citation:
                    Database items and definitions are from:  Inland
                    Sensitivity Mapping Project Reference Manual 
                    Database Field Structures, published August 11, 
                    2000, By the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                    -Region 5, the U.S. Geological Survey-Upper Midwest
                    Environmental Sciences Center, the Great Lakes 
                    Commission and the Upper Mississippi River Basin 
                    Association.
  6 Distribution Information
    6.1 Distributor
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    6.3 Distribution Liability:
                    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 accuracy or utility
                    of the data on any other 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
                    strongly recommended that these data are directly
                    acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and
                    not indirectly through other sources which may
                    have changed the data in some way.  It is also
                    strongly recommended that careful attention be
                    paid to the contents of the metadata file
                    associated with these data.  The U.S. Geological
                    Survey shall not be held liable for improper or
                    incorrect use of the data described and/or
                    contained herein.
  7 Metadata Reference Information
   7.1 Metadata Date:
                    20000726
   7.2 Metadata Review Date:
                    20000929
   7.4 Metadata Contact:
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    7.5 Metadata Standard Name:
                    NBII Content Standard for National Biological
                    Information Infrastructure Metadata
    7.6 Metadata Standard Version:
                    NBII draft of December 1995, based on FGDC June 8,
                    1994.
    7.8 Metadata Access Constraints:
                    None
    7.9 Metadata Use Constraints:
                    None
    7.10 Metadata Security Information
     7.10.1 Metadata Security Classification System:
                    None
     7.10.2 Metadata Security Classification:
                    Unclassified
     7.10.3 Metadata Security Handling Description:
                    None