Belize Elevation Polygons at 100m intervals

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION


  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Jan Meerman, Jes Karper
      Publication_Date: 20070225
      Title: Belize Elevation Polygons at 100m intervals
      Edition: 20070225
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: El Progresso, Belize
        Publisher: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
      Other_Citation_Details:
      Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.biodiversity.bz
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: 
          Publication_Date: 
          Title: 
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            Publication_Place: 
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          Online_Linkage: 
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Elevational dataset with polygons indicating 100 m intervals
    Purpose:
      Educational and Environmental uses
    Supplemental_Information:
      Boundaries are not legal defenitions
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 
        Ending_Date: 
    Currentness_Reference: 
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.2588
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.1568
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.4979
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 15.8848
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Elevation
      Theme_Keyword: Altitude
      Theme_Keyword: Depth
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Belize
  Access_Constraints:
    None
  Use_Constraints:
    User accepts product as is. Not for legal use.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
        Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
      Contact_Position: 
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: P.O. Box 208,
        City: Belmopan
        State_or_Province: Cayo
        Postal_Code: 
        Country: Belize
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
      Hours_of_Service: 
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    ArcView version 3.3 shapefile format
    e:\my documents\gis\layers_bze\altitude\100m_polygons_ter_mar.shp
 
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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION


  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      Contourlines by approximation. Errors of up to 200 m may
      exist in terrestrial areas, larger in the marine realm
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
  Completeness_Report:
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        Contour lines by approximation. Errors of up to 200 m may
        exist in terrestrial areas. Larger in marine realm
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        Terrestrial data derived from aerial photography and
        digital elevation models which can be off up to 30
        depending on tree cover.
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Jan Meerman, Jes Karper
          Publication_Date: 20070225
          Title: Belize Elevation Polygons at 100m intervals
          Edition: 20070225
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: El Progresso, Belize
            Publisher: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
          Other_Citation_Details:
          Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.biodiversity.bz
          Larger_Work_Citation:
            Citation_Information:
              Originator: 
              Publication_Date: 
              Title: 
              Publication_Information:
                Publication_Place: 
                Publisher: 
              Online_Linkage: 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 
      Type_of_Source_Media: 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 
            Ending_Date: 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: 
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Source_Contribution:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Terrestrial contours lines derived from 1:250.000
        topographic maps. Marine contours derived from Belize
        Ecosystems Map (2004 version). Contour lines converted to
        polygons and cleaned up by Jes Karper.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Date: 20070225
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
            Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
          Contact_Position: 
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing and physical address
            Address: P.O. Box 208,
            City: Belmopan
            State_or_Province: Cayo
            Postal_Code: 
            Country: Belize
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
          Hours_of_Service: 

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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION


  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2239

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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

 
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
        Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
          UTM_Zone_Number:  16
          Transverse_Mercator:
            Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -87.000000
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
            False_Easting: 500000.000000
            False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 
          Ordinate_Resolution: 
        Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION


  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION


  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
        Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
      Contact_Position: 
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: P.O. Box 208,
        City: Belmopan
        State_or_Province: Cayo
        Postal_Code: 
        Country: Belize
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
      Hours_of_Service: 
  Resource_Description:
  Distribution_Liability:
    Users must assume responsibility to determine the
    appropriate use of these data. User accepts dataset as is.
    Boundaries are not legal data. Report any errors to distributor.

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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION


  Metadata_Date: 20070225
  Metadata_Review_Date: 
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies
        Contact_Person: Jan Meerman
      Contact_Position: 
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
        Address: P.O. Box 208,
        City: Belmopan
        State_or_Province: Cayo
        Postal_Code: 
        Country: Belize
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 501-820-4017
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meerman@biological-diversity.info
      Hours_of_Service: 
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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