Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set contains water velocity and flow direction data collected in shallow areas on selected transects near River Mile 769.8 of the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam, South Dakota and Nebraska.
Citation
Title Postconstruction water velocity data collected at selected points on the Missouri River downstream from Gavins Point Dam near River Mile 769.8
publication  Date   2006-01-01
presentationForm  mapDigital
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Ryan F. Thompson
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Michaela R. Johnson
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Michael J. Anderson
cited responsible party -
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?ofr07-1056_up_post_vel_pt.shp
Theme keywords (theme):
inlandWaters
Stream velocity and direction
thesaurus name >
Title None
Location keywords:
Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam
South Dakota
Nebraska
thesaurus name >
Title None
purpose:
This data set was collected by the U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support monitoring requirements of constructed Emergent Sandbar Habitat on the Missouri River.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
The South Dakota and Nebraska Water Science Centers, the Water Resources Discipline (WRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers make no guarantee nor offer any warranty concerning the accuracy, condition, or application of the information contained in these geographic data. The burden for determining fitness for use of this data lies entirely with the user. Although these data have been used successfully on computers of WRD, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by WRD regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty. In no event shall the WRD have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or tort damages of any kind, including , but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by WRD. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -96.891155
eastBoundLongitude  -96.851894
northBoundLatitude  42.731632
southBoundLatitude  42.717146
Temporal Extent
2006-01-01
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Ryan F. Thompson
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Hydrologist
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 605 352-4241
Address
111 Kansas Ave SE, Huron, SD, 57350
electronic Mail Addressrcthomps@usgs.gov
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  point
geometric Object Count  730
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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 Point identifier
sequence Identifier
name ID
Band
descriptor Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 14 Northing, in U.S. Feet
sequence Identifier
name NORTHING
Band
descriptor Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 14 Easting, in U.S. Feet
sequence Identifier
name EASTING
Band
descriptor Compass orientation of flow direction, referenced to magnetic North
sequence Identifier
name DIRECTION
Band
descriptor water velocity measured at stated compass orientation
sequence Identifier
name VELOCITY
Band
descriptor Date of velocity measurement, in YYYYMMDD format
sequence Identifier
name DATE_
Band
descriptor Number of the transect with which the velocity measurement is associated
sequence Identifier
name TRAN_NUM
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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
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  Horizontal accuracy of point data is estimated to be within 3 centimeters
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  Vertical accuracy of stream bottom elevations is estimated to be within 10 centimeters
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  Points have been checked and attributed
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  Points have been checked and attributed
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  Topologically correct

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Ask USGS -- Water Webserver Team
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-275-8747 (1-888-ASK-USGS)
Address
445 National Center, Reston, VA, 20192 Country USA
electronic Mail Addresshttp://answers.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/gsanswers?pemail=h2oteam&subject=GIS+Dataset+ofr041189it03
Standard ordering process
fees None
Format
Format name ARCE
Format version
Digital Transfer Options
transfer Size 0.020
Linkage for online resource
URL:http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/dsdl/up_post_vel_pt.zip
Metadata data stamp:  2007-03-06
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
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Ask USGS -- Water Webserver Team
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-275-8747 (1-888-ASK-USGS)
Address
445 National Center, Reston, VA, 20192 Country USA
electronic Mail Addresshttp://answers.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/gsanswers?pemail=h2oteam&subject=GIS+Dataset+ofr07-1056_up_post_vel_pt.shp
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:  5b0449fd-2132-46fe-8af3-7df115f10bef

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)