Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
A subset of Land features from an automated inventory of the names and locations of physical and cultural geographic features located throughout the United States. Other sections: Spatial Data Organization: Indirect_Spatial_Reference_Method: Features are located by State and county, and related to the USGS topographic map onwhich the feature is shown. Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6617 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name:Lambert Conformal Conic Lambert_Conformal_Conic: Lambert Conformal Conic Standard_Parallel: 41.000000 Standard_Parallel: 45.000000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -107.500000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 200000.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000156Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000156 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000 Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Label: Land_Features_USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: OBJECTID 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: NAME Attribute: Attribute_Label: FEATURE Attribute: Attribute_Label: CODE Attribute: Attribute_Label: ELEVATION Attribute: Attribute_Label: SHAPE Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The dataset contains records for named geographic features located in the United States,its Territories and Outlying Areas. The records are organized by State (or Stateequivalent). Each record includes: the official name of the feature; the feature type; thecounty(s) in which the feature is located; the name(s) of the USGS 1:24,000-scaletopographic map(s) on which the feature is shown; geographic coordinates locating themouth of linear features and the approximate center of areal features, and coordinateslocating the feature on each additional (if any) USGS 1:24,000-scale map on which thefeature is shown; a bibliographic code referring to the source of information for eachrecord, and other names by which the feature may be or may have been known. Somerecords include information about the history of the feature or the origin of the featurename. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1987Geographic Names Information System--Data Users Guide 6;Reston, VirginiaSoftcopy in hypertext format is available at:http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnis_users_guide_toc.html
Citation
Title Land Features from the USGS Names Database for Wyoming at 1:24,000
publication  Date   1981-05-01T12:00:00
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  US Geological Survey; Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center; Wyoming Travel and Tourism
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address
Topic Category:  environment
Theme keywords (theme):
geographic feature
feature name
place name
Tourism
Land Features
Places
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Title None.
Theme keywords (theme):
environment
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Title ISO 19115 Topic Category
Location keywords:
Wyoming
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Title None.
Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Resource Type > Spatial Data
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Organization > Commercial Organization
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Feature > Environmental Feature
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Resource Type > Data Set
publication  Date   2018-06-27
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Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-06-27
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Jun 27 22:48:19 UTC 2018
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Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-06-27
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Jun 27 22:48:19 UTC 2018
purpose:
To promote geographic feature name standardization and to serve as the FederalGovernment's repository of information regarding feature name spellings andapplications for features in U.S. The names listed in the inventory can be publishedon Federal maps, charts, and in other documents. The feature locative information hasbeen used in emergency preparedness, marketing, site-selection and analysis,genealogical and historical research, and transportation routing applications.
Resource language:  eng
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access constraints: None. Use Limitation: None. Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at theU.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGSregarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distributionconstitute any such warranty. The Geological Survey will warrant the delivery of thisproduct in computer-readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit whenthe product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, orwhen the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. Requests for adjustment ofcredit must be made within 90 day from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -111.264898
eastBoundLongitude  -103.856698
northBoundLatitude  45.043863
southBoundLatitude  40.947203
Temporal Extent
time Position
Credits:
The Geographic Names Information System was developed by the U.S. Geological Surveyin cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Roger L. Payne
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Chief, Branch of Geographic Names
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 703 648 4544
Fax
Address
523 National Center, Reston, Virginia, 20192
electronic Mail Addressrpayne@usgs.gov
hoursOfService 0730-1700
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  point
geometric Object Count  6617
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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
Lineage statement
missing
Processing Step
date and time 1981-05-01T12:00:00
description GNIS Phase I data compilation and edit--Feature name and attribute data are collectedfrom the largest-scale USGS topographic maps available. These data are compared tothe records of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
processing agent contact - processor
individual Name Robin D. Worcester
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Chief, Geographic Names Information Section
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 703 648 4551
Fax
Address
523 National Center, Reston, Virginia, 20192
electronic Mail Addressrworcest@usgs.gov
source
source citation
Title USGS, USBGN
Processing Step
date and time
description GNIS Maintenance program--Maintenance cooperators feed GNIS new names andcorrections discovered in the course of new mapping and revision activities andimplementation of the national geographic names standarization program.
processing agent contact - processor
individual Name Robin D. Worcester
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Chief, Geographic Names Information Section
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 703 648 4551
Fax
Address
523 National Center, Reston, Virginia, 20192
electronic Mail Addressrworcest@usgs.gov
hoursOfService 0900-1700
source
source citation
Title USBGN, USGS, USFS
source
source description  Source Contribution: Feature names and attribute information paper
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 24000
source citation
Title 1:24,000-scale topographic maps
publication  Date   1900-01-01T12:00:00
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
begin
end
source
source description  Source Contribution: Feature names and attribute information card files
source citation
Title Records of the U.S. BGN
publication  Date   1900-01-01T12:00:00
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
begin 1932-01-01T12:00:00
end
source
source description  Source Contribution: Feature names and attribute information paper
source citation
Title U.S. Forest Service 1:24,000-scale topographic maps
publication  Date   1900-01-01T12:00:00
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Forest Service
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
begin
end
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  This dataset contains information about physical and cultural geographic featuresidentified by a proper name, with the exception of most roads and highways.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  Locative references (geographic coordinates, topographic map, and county) arecross-checked for logical consistency.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name
organisation Name  Earth Science Information Center, U.S.Geological Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 888 ASK USGS
Fax
Address
507 National Center, Reston, Virginia, 20192
electronic Mail AddresseMail@missing.org
hoursOfService In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout the country.A full list of these offices is available at: http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/esic_index.html
Digital Transfer Options
transfer Size NaN
Linkage for online resource
name Downloadable Data
URL:http://piney.wygisc.uwyo.edu/data/environment/Land_Features_USGS.zip
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Land Features from the USGS Names Database for Wyoming at 1:24,000
URL:http://piney.wygisc.uwyo.edu/data/environment/Land_Features_USGS.zip
Description URL from idinfo/citation in CSDGM metadata

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

Linkage for online resource
name ESRI Metadata Profile
URL:http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
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Description of extensions to base metadata standard

Linkage for online resource
name ESRI Metadata Profile
URL:http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
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Metadata data stamp:  2009-03-12T12:00:00
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard, version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the August 2011-REH version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform modified and updatated by SMR 2018-05-26 to work with xslt v1.0; generates USGIN compatible ISO19139 XML. Most recent metadata content review date: indeterminate:
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 703 648 4543
Fax
Address
508 National Center, Reston, Virginia, 20192
electronic Mail AddresseMail@missing.org
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata hierarchy level name:  Downloadable Data
Metadata language  eng
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:  2007
Metadata record identifier:  piney.wygisc.uwyo.edu/data/environment/Land_Features_USGS.zip
URI for dataset described: > http://piney.wygisc.uwyo.edu/data/environment/Land_Features_USGS.zip

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)