UMRS Boat Access Points - Pool 7 and 8 maps

Citation:

Citation Information:

Title: UMRS Boat Access Points - Pool 7 and 8 maps

Description:

Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) has created a series of maps for Mississippi River Navigation Pools 7 and 8 that show where the various boat landings and access points are located.
Purpose:
The boat access maps were developed as a center resource, to aid UMESC staff locate the various sites the Center’s field crews use to access the river. Copies of the maps are kept with the Center’s float plan itineraries as a reference source, and are used to help locate and standardize the location names used in the itineraries.
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Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: Unknown

Currentness Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -91.437
East Bounding Coordinate: -91.19
North Bounding Coordinate: 43.996
South Bounding Coordinate: 43.556

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Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: Boat Access Points
Theme Keyword: Boat Ramps

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: geographic names
Place Keyword: Minnesota
Place Keyword: Wisconsin
Place Keyword: Mississippi River
Place Keyword: Pool 7
Place Keyword: Pool 8
Place Keyword: La Crosse
Place Keyword: Upper Mississippi River
Place Keyword: UMR

Access Constraints: None. The maps are distributed as .pdf and .jpg images. The ability or view and/or print these files is required.
Use Constraints: None, though a variety of data sources were used to create the boat access maps. The horizontal accuracy of these data varies. As result, the maps should be used as general reference items only.
Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: USGS - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Contact Position: Spatial Analysis and Computer Technology Branch
Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey; Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center; 2630 Fanta Reed Road;
City: La Crosse
State or Province: Wisconsin
Postal Code: 54603-1223
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 608-783-6451
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 608-783-6066
Contact Electronic Mail Address: metadata_coordinator@umesc.er.usgs.gov
Hours of Service: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

Logical Consistency Report: The maps were created using existing data sets.
Completeness Report: All boat access points contained in the boat access data set were included in maps, including canoe landings and fisherman walk-in locations.
Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: A variety of data sources were used to create the boat access maps. The horizontal accuracy of these data varies. As result, the maps should be used as general reference items only.

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Originator: U.S. Geological Survey; Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center; Long Term Resource Monitoring Program
Publication Date: 2001
Title: 2000 LCU Data for the Upper Mississippi River System
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: geospatial data sets and report figures
Publication Information:

Publication Place: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Publisher: USGS - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Online Linkage: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov; http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/data_library/land_cover_use/2000_lcu_umesc.html

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Single Date/Time:

Time of Day: Unknown

Source Contribution: The 2000 LCU data were used to add land/water boundary information to the maps.

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Citation Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication Date: varies
Title: USGS 7.5-minute topographic maps
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: Georeferenced .tif images
Series Information:

Series Name: 7.5-minute topographic quadrangles

Publication Information:

Publication Place: EROS Data Center
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Source Scale Denominator: 24000
Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Source Time Period of Content:

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Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1948
Beginning Time: Unknown
Ending Date: 1991
Ending Time: Unknown

Source Currentness Reference: publication date

Source Contribution: Background images used to fill in white space on the maps.

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Originator: ESRI, Redlands, CA
Publication Date: 2004
Title: ESRI Streetmap USA DVD
Publication Information:

Publication Place: Redlands, CA
Publisher: ESRI

Other Citation Details: The Streetmap DVD contains a highway and road database for the USA. These data are often used to add labels to the various streets and roads in a map.

Source Time Period of Content:

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Single Date/Time:

Time of Day: Unknown

Source Contribution: The Streetmap data were used to label the highways and streets around the boat access points.

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Source Citation:

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Originator:
It is believed that the creation of this data set might have begun in the early 1980’s, to support a habitat inventory project of the Upper Mississippi River System. Over the years several federal, state, and private organizations have added to and edited the data set, though the original creator and the project for which this data set was developed is unknown.
Publication Date: Unknown
Title: Boat Access Points
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Other Citation Details: This data set was last edited in the late 1990’s, to support a habitat inventory and evaluation project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Time of Day: Unknown

Source Contribution: The boat access point database was used to mark and label the various boat ramps, canoe launches, and fisherman walk-in access points.

Process Step:

Process Description: The streetmap DVD and 2000 land/water boundary data were used to create georeferenced images of the areas around the available boat access points.
Process Date: 20041222

Process Step:

Process Description: Maps were then prepared by overlaying the local road maps on top of regional topographic quadrangles, overlaid with the boat access point data.

Process Step:

Process Description: The map data were saved as a series of encapsulated post script files. These files were then used to create .jpg images and a .pdf file of the individual map tiles.

Distributor:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: USGS - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Contact Position: Spatial Analysis and Computer Technology Branch
Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey; Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center; 2630 Fanta Reed Road;
City: La Crosse
State or Province: Wisconsin
Postal Code: 54603-1223
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 608-783-6451
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 608-783-6066
Contact Electronic Mail Address: metadata_coordinator@umesc.er.usgs.gov
Hours of Service: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

Distribution Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Metadata Date: 1/3/2005
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Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: USGS - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Contact Position: Spatial Analysis and Computer Technology Branch
Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey; Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center; 2630 Fanta Reed Road;
City: La Crosse
State or Province: Wisconsin
Postal Code: 54603-1223
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 608-783-6451
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 608-783-6066
Contact Electronic Mail Address: metadata_coordinator@umesc.er.usgs.gov
Hours of Service: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

Metadata Standard Name: Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
Metadata Access Constraints: None
Metadata Use Constraints: None