National Wilderness Preservation System of the United States - Direct Download
Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
This map layer consists of National Wilderness Preservation System areas of 640 acres or more, in the United States, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The map layer was created by extracting these wilderness areas from the National Atlas
map layer: Federal Lands of the United States. This is a replacement for the December 2005 map layer.
Citation
Title National Wilderness Preservation System of the United States - Direct Download
publication Date
2006-06-01
cited responsible party
-
publisher
organisation Name
National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
National Atlas of the United States
These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data
should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National
Atlas of the United States in the use of these data.
Resource language:
eng; USA
Resource progress code:
completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
irregular
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed
or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act
of distribution constitute any such warranty. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these
data.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America would be appreciated in products
derived from these data.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude
170
eastBoundLongitude
-64
northBoundLatitude
72
southBoundLatitude
17
Temporal Extent
1972-01-01
2006-01-01
point of contact
-
pointOfContact
individual Name Dave Spildie
organisation Name
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
descriptor The representation of the entity in the data.
sequence Identifier
name Shape
Band
descriptor The size of the shape in square coverage units. In the distributed file, coverage units represent decimal degrees.
sequence Identifier
name Area
Long Wavelength
6.544
Short Wavelength
0.000
units
Band
descriptor The perimeter of shape in coverage units. In the distributed file, coverage units represent decimal degrees.
sequence Identifier
name Perimeter
Long Wavelength
28.001
Short Wavelength
0.013
units
Band
descriptor Internal feature number.
sequence Identifier
name Wildrnp020
Long Wavelength
1361
Short Wavelength
2
units
Band
descriptor An indication of the primary feature type.
sequence Identifier
name Feature1
Band
descriptor An indication of the secondary feature type.
sequence Identifier
name Feature2
Band
descriptor A code for the owning or administering agency.
sequence Identifier
name Agbur
Band
descriptor The URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, is the address of a page on the World Wide Web. The address, which provides the basis
for establishing an electronic link from a client to the physical location of the page on an Internet server, consists of
a server name, file path, and the page's file name. A URL in this map layer is usually the address of a Federal agency website.
For example, <http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Unimak> is the address of a page that describes
the Unimak Wilderness.
sequence Identifier
name Url
Band
descriptor The name of the wilderness area.
sequence Identifier
name Name
Band
descriptor The two-character State code for the State in which the wilderness area is located. Where the wilderness area falls in more
than one State, the codes are separated by dashes: MT-WY.
sequence Identifier
name State
Band
descriptor The two-digit State code for the State in which the wilderness area is located. Where the wilderness area falls in more than
one State, the codes are separated by dashes: 30-56.
source description
Source Contribution: Spatial and attribute informationSource Type Online
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 2000000
source citation
Title Federal Lands of the United States
publication Date
2006-06-01
cited responsible party
-
publisher
organisation Name
National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Address
, Reston, VA
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
National Atlas of the United States
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1972-01-01
2006-01-01
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description
This map layer includes National Wilderness Preservation System areas for all fifty of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Included are features of 640 acres (one square mile) or more. Generally,
features under this size are not shown.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description
This map layer includes National Wilderness Preservation System areas for all fifty of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Included are features of 640 acres (one square mile) or more. Generally,
features under this size are not shown.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description
Using ESRI's ArcInfo GIS software, the map layer was checked for label errors, dangling nodes, and intersections. Polygon
topology was built for the map layer.
organisation Name
Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Voice 703-648-5920
Address
507 National Center, Reston, VA, 20192
contact Instructions
In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout the country. A full list of these offices is at <http://ask.usgs.gov/esic_index.html>.
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 Constraints
Security Constraints
Classification
unclassified
Classification
System None
Metadata contact
-
pointOfContact
individual Name Peg Rawson
organisation Name
National Atlas of the United States
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 703-648-4183
Address
12201 Sunrise Valley DriveMS 561, Reston, VA, 20192