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Surficial Geology of Washington County

This page last updated: 08/31/1998
Metadata created using Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines


Metadata Summary

Originator Minnesota Geological Survey
Abstract Surficial Geology of Washington County
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Time Period of Content Date 1998
Currentness Reference 1997 - 1998 field data location, data compilation, essentially no changes from 1990 Geologic Atlas map of Surficial Geology.
Access Constraints ESRI ARC/INFO and ARCVIEW software
Use Constraints Credit Given to Minnesota Geological Survey
Distributor Organization Minnesota Geological Survey - Map Sales
Ordering Instructions Download from DataFinder, or send a written request to the distributor identifying the desired medium type and file format. Once a license agreement has been signed and returned (original form required), the data will be shipped within 7 to 10 days.
Online Linkage Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" in Section 6 of this metadata.


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Surficial Geology of Washington County

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Section 1 Identification Information   Top of page
Originator Minnesota Geological Survey
Title Surficial Geology of Washington County
Abstract Surficial Geology of Washington County
Purpose OWashington County Quaternary Stratigraphy Project
Time Period of Content Date 1998
Currentness Reference 1997 - 1998 field data location, data compilation, essentially no changes from 1990 Geologic Atlas map of Surficial Geology.
Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency None planned
Spatial Extent of Data Washington County, Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates -93.022
-92.745
45.297
44.745
Place Keywords Washington County, Minnesota
Theme Keywords Quaternary Stratigraphy
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Access Constraints ESRI ARC/INFO and ARCVIEW software
Use Constraints Credit Given to Minnesota Geological Survey
Contact Person Information Bob Tipping, Hydrogeolgist
Minnesota Geological Survey
2642 University Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
Phone: 651-627-4780
FAX: 651-627-4778
E-mail: tippi001@maroon.tc.ums.edu
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Associated Data Sets other covers, grids included in the Washington County Stratigraphy project

 
Section 2 Data Quality Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Attribute Accuracy visually checked
Logical Consistency no topological problems
Completeness complete to currently available data
Horizontal Positional Accuracy approx. 40 meters
Vertical Positional Accuracy
Lineage digitized from 1:100,000 scale paper version of County Atlas surficial geology map - digitizing table using PC arc/info
Source Scale Denominator 100000
 
Section 3 Spatial Data Organization Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Native Data Set Environment ARC/INFO 7.04
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data
Spatial Object Type Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types polygons
Tiling Scheme
 
Section 4 Spatial Reference Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme County Coordinates
Ellipsoid GRS80
Horizontal Datum NAD83
Horizontal Units Feet
Distance Resolution
Altitude Datum
Altitude Units
Depth Datum
Depth Units
Cell Width
Cell Height
Latitude Resolution
Longitude Resolution
UTM Zone Number
SPCS Zone Identifier
County Coordinate Zone Identifier 44
Coordinate Offsets or Adjustments
Map Projection Name
Map Projection Parameters
Other Coordinate System's Definition
 
Section 5 Entity and Attribute Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Entity and Attribute Overview Surficial geology of Washington County
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation map of surface of unconsolidated material covering the bedrock of Washington County
 
Section 6 Distribution Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Publisher Minesota Geological Survey
Publication Date 1990
Contact Person Information Lori Day
Map Sales Manager
Minnesota Geological Survey - Map Sales
2642 University Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
Phone: 651-627-4780 ex.238
FAX: 651-627-4778
E-mail: dayxxx@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Distributor's Data Set Identifier
Distribution Liability
Transfer Format Name ArcView Shapefile note: in county coordinates
Transfer Format Version Number 3.1
Transfer Size
Ordering Instructions Download from DataFinder, or send a written request to the distributor identifying the desired medium type and file format. Once a license agreement has been signed and returned (original form required), the data will be shipped within 7 to 10 days.
Online Linkage Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above.
 
Section 7 Metadata Reference Information Top of full metadata Top of page
Metadata Date 08/31/1998
Contact Person Information Bob Tipping, hydrogeologist
Minnesota Geological Survey
2642 University Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
Phone: 651-627-4780
FAX: 651-627-4778
E-mail: tippi001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Metadata Standard Name Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version 1.1
Metadata Standard Online Linkage http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm



This page last updated: 08/31/1998