Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This layer contains the 11 major seaports within the State of California.
Citation
Title California Ports - OSPR [ds353]
publication  Date   2006-02-10
Edition 1.0
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  California Department of Fish and Game
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://bios.dfg.ca.gov
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:ftp://ftp.dfg.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/300_399/ds353.zip
Topic Category:  oceans,location,structure
Theme keywords (theme):
ports
seaport
thesaurus name >
Title none
Location keywords:
California
thesaurus name >
Title none
purpose:
Created to display port locations within California.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: None
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Processing environment:  Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -124.209502
eastBoundLongitude  -116.795665
northBoundLatitude  40.820947
southBoundLatitude  32.613383
Temporal Extent
2006-02-10
Additional information on resource:
Data came from the Calgnis2005 database of geographic names and a publication entitled "The Economic Impacts of California Ports and the Maritime Industry, California's Ports: Gateways to a Global Economy". This is published by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (www.pmsaship.com)
Credits:
Mark Lampinen, Research Analyst GIS, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Mark Lampinen
organisation Name  California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response
position Name Research Analyst, GIS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 916 322-4777
Fax 916 324-8829
Address
electronic Mail Addressmlampinen@dfg.ca.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  point
geometric Object Count  11
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Coverage description

Type of coverage content
Cell value attribute description:
Band
descriptor Internal feature number.
sequence Identifier
name FID
Band
descriptor Feature geometry.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor Unique identifier from the original source data - calgnis2005
sequence Identifier
name FEATURE_ID
Band
descriptor Unique Map Cell Numeric Identifier
sequence Identifier
name USGSCELLID
Band
descriptor Latitude of Feature Point. Decimal Degrees, North American Datum 1983
sequence Identifier
name LAT_NAD83
Band
descriptor Longitude of Feature Point. Decimal Degrees, North American Datum 1983
sequence Identifier
name LON_NAD83
Band
descriptor Feature Name
sequence Identifier
name FEAT_NAME
Band
descriptor Federal Status
sequence Identifier
name STATUS
Band
descriptor Feature Type
sequence Identifier
name FEAT_TYPE
Band
descriptor County Name
sequence Identifier
name COUNTY_N
Band
descriptor Field for Labeling Feature
sequence Identifier
name LABEL
Band
descriptor Name of USGS Quadrangle Map
sequence Identifier
name QUAD_NAME
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  true
Feature Types  
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Addressmlampinen@dfg.ca.gov
electronic Mail Addressbios@dfg.ca.gov
electronic Mail Addressmlampinen@dfg.ca.gov
Standard ordering process
fees
Format
Format name
Format version
Metadata data stamp:  2010-08-13
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Mark Lampinen
organisation Name  California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response
position Name Research Analyst, GIS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 916 322-4777
Fax 916 324-8829
Address
1700 K Street, Sacramento, California, 95811 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressmlampinen@dfg.ca.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  d57f287a-b878-4fbd-8c6f-1f584c76941d

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)