Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) GIS Data Base on CD-ROM
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
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Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Herman, K.A. (ed.)
Publication Date: 19960321
Title: Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) GIS Data Base on CD-ROM
Edition: 3.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: maps and tables
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Norris, Tennessee
Publisher: Southern Appalachain Man and the Biosphere Program
Other Citation Details: Digital data include maps at 1:24,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000, 1:2,000,000
Online Linkage: http://samab.org/
Description:
Abstract:
The Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) was a cooperative multi-agency effort to assess the environmental condition of the Southern Appalachian region. The SAA was described as the ecological equivalent of a thorough medical checkup. It has often been cited as an example of how governmental agencies should work together on a regular basis, within and across jurisdictions.
The Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) program coordinated the SAA efforts of Federal and state agencies, universities, special interest groups, and private citizens. Four interdisciplinary teams assessed the status of terrestrial, atmospheric, aquatic, and social/cultural/economic resources.
The SAA database was built primarily with publicly available data from Federal and State agencies. Converting the data to a common, useable format was a major undertaking. GIS provided the vehicle to accomplish this task. All SAA geospatial datasets were transformed to an Albers Equal-Area Conic Projection. The database was made available as a set of five CD-ROM discs and online at the SAMAB website <http://samab.org/>. Some 1500 organizations and individuals received copies of the CD-ROM set, and many more have downloaded datasets from the website.
An illustrated five-volume report on the SAA was published in July 1996. Some 11,000 copies were distributed to governmental offices, elected officials, environmental practitioners, researchers, educators, and interested citizens. The report still is available in portable-document format (PDF) at the SAMAB website.
The SAA database has become a unique resource of great value to scientists, planners, decision-makers, and citizens in all sectors of the regional community. The database has been used extensively for many subsequent studies by individual SAMAB member agencies and third parties. It has often been used for demonstrations of GIS technologies. Educators use it for instruction and class work assignments, and many students use it for thesis projects.
Purpose:
Provide natural-resource managers with the best available knowledge about the land, air, water, and people of the Southern Appalachian region. Enable a deepened understanding of ecosystem interactions that go beyond Federal, state, county, municipal, or private boundaries. Such knowledge and understanding is needed to achieve a sustainable balance among biological diversity, economic uses, and cultural values. The database will serve as a foundation for continued information gathering and sharing, integrated assessments, and demonstration projects
Supplemental Information:
The following members of the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere cooperative contributed to the Southern Appalachian Assessment:
* U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Forest Service
* Tennessee Valley Authority
* U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
* U.S. Department of the Interior
-- Geological Survey
-- National Park Service
-- National Biological Service
-- Fish and Wildlife Service
* Appalachian Regional Commission
* U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
* Georgia Department of Natural Resources
* North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
* Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
* U.S. Department of Commerce -- Economic Development Administration
* U.S. Department of Energy -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Currentness Reference: The SAA database was compiled from 1994 to 1996. Some time-series data cover the years 1983-1993. Some datasets are based on much older sources.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Irregular
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -86.769724
East Bounding Coordinate: -76.602731
North Bounding Coordinate: 40.195528
South Bounding Coordinate: 32.446009
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: watershed
Theme Keyword: hydrologic unit
Theme Keyword: hydrologic unit code
Theme Keyword: HUC
Theme Keyword: hydrology
Theme Keyword: drainage basin
Theme Keyword: land use
Theme Keyword: land cover
Theme Keyword: population density
Theme Keyword: natural resource
Theme Keyword: environment
Theme Keyword: ecology
Theme Keyword: ecological
Theme Keyword: environmental
Theme Keyword: sustainable
Theme Keyword: sustainability
Theme Keyword: biosphere
Theme Keyword: human
Theme Keyword: social
Theme Keyword: cultural
Theme Keyword: economic
Theme Keyword: history
Theme Keyword: community
Theme Keyword: ecosystem
Theme Keyword: population
Theme Keyword: settlement
Theme Keyword: road
Theme Keyword: rail
Theme Keyword: resource management
Theme Keyword: social change
Theme Keyword: national park
Theme Keyword: national forest
Theme Keyword: national monument
Theme Keyword: forest
Theme Keyword: forestry
Theme Keyword: agriculture
Theme Keyword: pasture
Theme Keyword: deciduous forest
Theme Keyword: evergreen forest
Theme Keyword: mixed forest
Theme Keyword: herbaceous
Theme Keyword: barren land
Theme Keyword: agricultural
Theme Keyword: wetland
Theme Keyword: developed
Theme Keyword: industry
Theme Keyword: industrial output
Theme Keyword: economic trend
Theme Keyword: nonindustrial
Theme Keyword: private land
Theme Keyword: workforce
Theme Keyword: ownership
Theme Keyword: timber
Theme Keyword: species
Theme Keyword: government
Theme Keyword: supply
Theme Keyword: demand
Theme Keyword: softwood
Theme Keyword: pulpwood
Theme Keyword: sawlog
Theme Keyword: hardwood
Theme Keyword: price
Theme Keyword: quality
Theme Keyword: grade
Theme Keyword: employment
Theme Keyword: income
Theme Keyword: tree
Theme Keyword: wood products industry
Theme Keyword: wood manufacturing
Theme Keyword: manufacturing
Theme Keyword: furniture
Theme Keyword: lumber
Theme Keyword: paper
Theme Keyword: recreation
Theme Keyword: tourism
Theme Keyword: market
Theme Keyword: planning
Theme Keyword: outdoor
Theme Keyword: outdoor recreation
Theme Keyword: lifestyle
Theme Keyword: natural
Theme Keyword: rural
Theme Keyword: urban
Theme Keyword: landscape
Theme Keyword: sightseeing
Theme Keyword: public
Theme Keyword: private
Theme Keyword: nature study
Theme Keyword: fishing
Theme Keyword: camping
Theme Keyword: offroad
Theme Keyword: off-highway
Theme Keyword: hiking
Theme Keyword: hunting
Theme Keyword: canoe
Theme Keyword: kayak
Theme Keyword: whitewater
Theme Keyword: day use
Theme Keyword: boating
Theme Keyword: winter
Theme Keyword: health
Theme Keyword: indicator
Theme Keyword: scenic
Theme Keyword: campground
Theme Keyword: capacity
Theme Keyword: roadless
Theme Keyword: wilderness
Theme Keyword: Forest Service
Theme Keyword: state park
Theme Keyword: research
Theme Keyword: monitoring
Theme Keyword: terrestrial
Theme Keyword: aquatic
Theme Keyword: atmospheric
Theme Keyword: ozone
Theme Keyword: elevation
Theme Keyword: plant
Theme Keyword: vegetation
Theme Keyword: cropland
Theme Keyword: habitat
Theme Keyword: threatened
Theme Keyword: endangered
Theme Keyword: game
Theme Keyword: traffic
Theme Keyword: deer
Theme Keyword: turkey
Theme Keyword: bear
Theme Keyword: grouse
Theme Keyword: bobwhite
Theme Keyword: succession
Theme Keyword: warbler
Theme Keyword: disturbance
Theme Keyword: native
Theme Keyword: exotic
Theme Keyword: dogwood
Theme Keyword: mountain
Theme Keyword: ridge
Theme Keyword: slope
Theme Keyword: adelgid
Theme Keyword: gypsy moth
Theme Keyword: pollution
Theme Keyword: pollutant
Theme Keyword: visibility
Theme Keyword: sulfur dioxide
Theme Keyword: haze
Theme Keyword: haziness
Theme Keyword: nitrogen oxides
Theme Keyword: volatile organic compound
Theme Keyword: particulate
Theme Keyword: particulate matter
Theme Keyword: electric utility
Theme Keyword: emitter
Theme Keyword: polluter
Theme Keyword: acid deposition
Theme Keyword: concentration
Theme Keyword: sturation
Theme Keyword: damage
Theme Keyword: vehicle
Theme Keyword: emission
Theme Keyword: fossil fuel
Theme Keyword: coal
Theme Keyword: TVA
Theme Keyword: burning
Theme Keyword: fire
Theme Keyword: prescribed fire
Theme Keyword: cooperation
Theme Keyword: water quality
Theme Keyword: headwater
Theme Keyword: trout
Theme Keyword: mining
Theme Keyword: sulfate
Theme Keyword: irrigation
Theme Keyword: human influence
Theme Keyword: population pressure
Theme Keyword: human activity
Theme Keyword: riparian
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: none
Place Keyword: United States
Place Keyword: Southeastern United States
Place Keyword: Southern Appalachia
Place Keyword: Alabama
Place Keyword: Georgia
Place Keyword: North Carolina
Place Keyword: South Carolina
Place Keyword: Tennessee
Place Keyword: Virginia
Place Keyword: West Virginia
Place Keyword: Appalachia
Access Constraints: None
Use Constraints:
Use of these data shall constitute the user's implicit acceptance of all Distribution Constraints and liability disclaimers set forth in the Distribution section of the present metadata document.
The datasets, as compiled and processed by SAMAB, were intended to provide an overview of resource conditions at a multi-state regional level. They were not intended--and probably are unsuitable--for detailed local analyses.
To avoid the risk of misinterpretation, invalid results, and erroneous conclusions, the users must consider original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and any other conditions specific to every data element and each dataset as a whole. The user must be aware that errors and conditions originating from physical sources involved in developing a dataset may be reflected in the data, and that the digital processing performed during preparation, storage, and transmission of the dataset may have exacerbated such errors and/or introduced additional ones.
The user should pay careful attention to the contents of the metadata file associated with the dataset, if available. However, the user must be aware that some of the information in the metadata itself may be erroneous and that reliable accuracy information is unavailable for many of the datasets. Furthermore, the user is cautioned that knowledge about the accuracy of original data sources from which SAMAB datasets were derived may not be directly applicable to the SAMAB data because of the reprojection and rubbersheeting that was often necessary to make major features and the georeferencing of data layers from different sources match each other for overlay analysis.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Wolf Naegeli, Ph.D.
Contact Organization: Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Program (SAMAB)
Contact Position: Senior Research Scientist
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 314 Conference Center Building, 600 Henley Street
City: Knoxville
State or Province: TN
Postal Code: 37996-4138
Country: U.S.A.
Contact Voice Telephone: +1-865-584-4806
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1-413-383-4946 (eFax)
Contact Electronic Mail Address: wolf@naegeli.net
Hours of Service: 9-6 EST
Browse Graphic:
Browse Graphic File Name: http://samab.org/saa/saaregio.jpg
Browse Graphic File Description: Overview of the SAA region with land cover
Browse Graphic File Type: JPEG
Data Set Credit:
Acknowledgements
The compliation and publication of the Southern Appalachian Assessment GIS database involved a cooperative effort among a number of individuals at many different agencies and institutions. I want to acknowledge the efforts of some of the important contributors. I apoligize for not acknowledging the full list of names that contributed in some way. -Karl A. Hermann (ed), National Biological Service Cooperative, University of Tennessee
US Forest Service: Anita Bailey, Bill Clerke, Michelle Davalos, Chris Frye, Mike Hamby, Larry Hayden, Bill Jackson, Don Norris, Clair Redmond, Larry Royer, Holly Selig, Brian Spears, Joe Stallings, Ed Yockey
US Environmental Protection Agency: Neil Burns, James Wang, David Wolfe
Tennessee Valley Authority: Mark McNeely, Kurt Riitters, Dennis Yankee
Bureau of Land Management: Patrick Green
National Park Service: Ron Cornelius
US Geological Survey: Joe Connell
University of Georgia: Roggie Boone
Univesity of Tennessee: John Clem, Tevor McMurray, Roger Tankersly
Pacific Meridian Resources: The entire SAA land cover project staff
Native Data Set Environment: ArcInfo 7.x; ASCII; Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.x; Microsoft Word for Windows 6.x; Adobe Postscript EPSF 1.2
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Herman, K.A. (ed.)
Publication Date: 19960321
Title: Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) online geospatial database
Edition: 3.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: maps and tables
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Knoxville, Tennessee
Publisher: Southern Appalachain Man and the Biosphere Program
Other Citation Details: Digital data include maps at 1:24,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000, 1:2,000,000
Online Linkage: http://samab.org/data/SAA_data.html
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) Cooperative
Publication Date: 199606
Title: The Southern Appalachian Assessment
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: maps
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Atlanta, GA
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fores Service, Southern Region
Other Citation Details:
Five volumes
Report 1: Summary
Report 2: Aquatic technical report
Report 3: Atmospheric technical report
Report 4: Social/Cultural/Economic techical report
Report 5: Terrestrial technical report
Online Linkage: http://samab.org/saa/saa_reports.html
Data Quality Information
Section Index
Attribute Accuracy:
Attribute Accuracy Report: NONE
Logical Consistency Report: NONE
Completeness Report: NONE
Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: NONE
Vertical Positional Accuracy:
Vertical Positional Accuracy Report: NONE
Lineage:
Process Step:
Process Description: Datasets were collected from Federal and state agencies.
Process Date: 1995
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Karl Herman
Contact Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Mail Code 8TMS-ISP, 999 18th Street, Suite 300
City: Denver
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80202-2466
Country: U.S.A.
Contact Voice Telephone: +1-303-312-6628
Process Step:
Process Description:
All geospatial datasets were converted to Albers Equal Area Conic projection, if not already in that form (see Encoding Information in the Spatial Reference section for details.
Other processing was performed as described in metadata documents for individual datasets.
Process Date: 1995
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Karl Herman
Contact Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Mail Code 8TMS-ISP, 999 18th Street, Suite 300
City: Denver
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80202-2466
Country: U.S.A.
Contact Voice Telephone: +1-303-312-6628
Contact Electronic Mail Address: herman.karl@epa.gov
Spatial Data Organization Information
Section Index
Spatial Reference Information
Section Index
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Planar:
Map Projection:
Map Projection Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers Conical Equal Area:
Standard Parallel: 34
Standard Parallel: 38
Longitude of Central Meridian: -82
Latitude of Projection Origin: 33
False Easting: 0
False Northing: 0
Planar Coordinate Information:
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: Coordinate Pair
Coordinate Representation:
Abscissa Resolution: 0.002048
Ordinate Resolution: 0.002048
Planar Distance Units: m
Geodetic Model:
Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis: 6378206
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.9786982
Distribution Information
Section Index
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Program (SAMAB)
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 314 Conference Center Building, 600 Henley Street
City: Knoxville
State or Province: TN
Postal Code: 37996-4138
Country: U.S.A.
Contact Voice Telephone: +1-865-974-4583
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1-865-974-4609
Contact Electronic Mail Address: samab@utk.edu
Hours of Service: 9-5 EST
Resource Description: Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) GIS Data Base on CD-ROM
Distribution Liability:
The Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Program (SAMAB) makes these data publicly available on an "as-is" basis.
Although SAMAB and its associates strive to assure that their digital datasets are accurate, useful, and current at the time of their compilation, SAMAB makes not warranties--expressed or implied--as to the accuracy, completeness, or usability of these data or any accompanying metadata and other support files. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by SAMAB in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
Neither SAMAB nor any of its members, partners, sponsors, contractors, or data providers shall be responsible for any claims attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies. In no event shall they be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential loss or damage of any nature caused to any person, party, or entity resulting from any use of these data.
The recipients of a dataset shall bear full responsibility to determine the fitness of the data for each and every intended use. Some known usability issues are mentioned under "Use Constraints" in the Identification section of the present metadata document. Careful attention should also be paid to the contents of the metadata files that may be associated with individual datasets.
These disclaimers apply to use of SAMAB data alone as well as to aggregate use with data from other sources.
SAMAB makes these data available to the public free of charge. SAMAB does not countenance secondary distribution of these data. Recipients may not assert any proprietary rights to any of these data, nor represent them to anyone as other than free SAMAB data.
Any mention of trade, service, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and shall not constitute an endorsement or imply a recommendation by SAMAB or its affiliates.
Standard Order Process:
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: CD-ROM
Format Version Number: ISO-9660
Format Information Content: Geospatial data files are ArcInfo coverages grouped in workspaces by datatype, scale, and/or themes. All workspaces include a README and a METADATA directory.
File Decompression Technique: None.
Transfer Size: 2821
Digital Transfer Option:
Offline Option:
Offline Media: CD-ROM
Recording Capacity:
Recording Density: 641
Recording Density Units: Megabytes
Recording Format: ISO 9660
Compatibility Information:
Can be used with all computer operating systems that support CD-ROM as a logical storage device and feature a driver for the ISO 9660 disc format. All text files on the disc are in ASCII format. Data files are in ASCII or binary format.
Actual occupied space on each disc is as follows
Disc 1: 548 MB -- Disc 2: 532 MB -- Disc 3: 629 MB -- Disc 4: 641 MB -- Disc 5: 471 MB
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: ArcInfo coverage
Format Version Number: 7.x
Format Information Content: Geospatial data files.
Digital Transfer Option:
Offline Option:
Offline Media: CD-ROM
Recording Capacity:
Recording Density: 641
Recording Density Units: Megabytes
Recording Format: ISO 9660
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: ASCII (.txt)
Format Version Number: n/a
Format Information Content: Release notes, metadata, descriptions of spreadsheets, and other documentation.
Digital Transfer Option:
Offline Option:
Offline Media: CD-ROM
Recording Capacity:
Recording Density: 641
Recording Density Units: Megabytes
Recording Format: ISO 9660
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: EPSF (.eps)
Format Version Number: 1.2
Format Specification: Encapsulated Postscript File
Format Information Content: Display maps, charts, and other graphics from the Southern Appalachian Assessment reports (all in color).
Digital Transfer Option:
Offline Option:
Offline Media: CD-ROM
Recording Capacity:
Recording Density: 641
Recording Density Units: Megabytes
Recording Format: ISO 9660
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: Microsoft Excel (.xls)
Format Version Number: 5.x
Format Information Content: Species matrices and other spreadsheets.
Digital Transfer Option:
Offline Option:
Offline Media: CD-ROM
Recording Capacity:
Recording Density: 641
Recording Density Units: Megabytes
Recording Format: ISO 9660
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: Microsoft Word for Windows (.doc)
Format Version Number: 6.x
Format Information Content: Descriptions of spreadsheets.
Digital Transfer Option:
Offline Option:
Offline Media: CD-ROM
Recording Capacity:
Recording Density: 641
Recording Density Units: Megabytes
Recording Format: ISO 9660
Fees: None (CD-ROM data set not sold any longer)
Custom Order Process:
The CD-ROM disc set is no longer available, but you may find it at a library or in a GIS lab.
Library of Congress Control Number: 00530085. Call number not yet assigned. Status: In Process--as of 08/03/00.
University of Tennessee Library call number: E 1.111:SO 8/2-5/CD
All datasets contained on these CD-ROM discs may now be downloaded from the SAMAB website at <http://samab.org/>.
Technical Prerequisites: A computer that can read CD-ROM discs in ISO 9660 disc format.
Metadata Reference Information
Section Index
Metadata Date: 8/7/2000
Metadata Review Date: 8/7/2000
Metadata Future Review Date:
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Wolf Naegeli, Ph.D.
Contact Organization: Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Program (SAMAB)
Contact Position: Senior Research Scientist
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 314 Conference Center Building, 600 Henley Street
City: Knoxville
State or Province: TN
Postal Code: 37996-4138
Country: U.S.A.
Contact Voice Telephone: +1-865-584-4806
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1-413-383-4946 (eFax)
Contact Electronic Mail Address: wnn@utk.edu
Hours of Service: 9-6 EST
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Access Constraints: None
Metadata Use Constraints: Use of these data shall constitute the user's implicit acceptance of all Distribution Constraints and liability disclaimers set forth in the Distribution section of the present metadata document.
Metadata Security Information:
Metadata Security Classification System: None
Metadata Security Classification: Unclassified
Metadata Security Handling Description: n/a
SMMS Metadata report generated 8/18/2000