Land Use/Land Cover 1978
Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information
Identification Information
Section
Index
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Michigan Department of Natural
Resources
Publication Date:
1999
Title: Land Use/Land Cover
1978
Series Information:
Series Name: Land Cover / Use
I
Description:
Abstract:
The MDNR 1978 land cover files represent a compilation of data from
county and regional planning commissions or their subcontractors. The
original 1978 Landuse CAD files have been converted into a GIS
environment. Files are formatted for the entire state by county in the
Michigan Georef Coordinate System.
Purpose:
This data set is intended for general planning purposes. It is not intended
for site specific use.
Supplemental
Information:
Data editing, manipulation, and evaluation has been completed by the
Michigan State University Center for Remote Sensing and GIS and by MDNR.
Files have been checked, by MDNR, against the original MDNR digital files
for errant land cover/land use classification codes. Edits were not made
to the original CAD files derived from data received from the counties and
regional planning commissions.
Time Period of
Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 6/1/1978
Ending Date: 5/31/1985
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
Irregular
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
Landuse
Theme Keyword: current use
inventory
Theme Keyword:
Landcover
Theme Keyword:
Landuse
Theme Keyword: MIRIS
Theme Keyword: vegetation
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus:
Michigan
Place Keyword: Michigan
Counties
Place Keyword:
Statewide
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: MDNR, Land and
Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping and Aerial Photography
Section (RMAP)
Contact Person: Mike
Donovan
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: P.O. Box 30448, Stephens
T. Mason Building
City:
Lansing
State or Province: MI
Postal Code: 48909-7984
Country: USA
Contact Voice
Telephone: 517-241-2254
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-335-3264
Hours of
Service: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Data Set
Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MSU Center for
Remote Sensing and GIS
Security Information:
Security Classification:
Unclassified
Native Data Set Environment:
Microstation Design File, C-Map GIS, Arc/Info, ArcView Software
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Michigan Department of Natural
Resources
Publication Date:
1999
Title: MDNR, 1978 Land Cover /
Use
Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
map
Series Information:
Series Name: Land Cover /
Use
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Michigan Department of Natural
Resources
Publication Date:
1978
Title: MDNR, Statewide Aerial
Photography
Geospatial Data Presentation
Form: Color infrared film
Other Citation
Details: 1:24,000 scale. Acquisition window: June through
September.
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Michigan Department of Natural
Resources, Michigan Resource Information System (MIRIS)
Publication Date: 1981
Title: MDNR, MIRIS Current Use Inventory Classification
System Definitions
Geospatial Data Presentation
Form: document
Cross
Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Davis, Peter, et
al.
Publication Date: 1982
Title: Five Digit Forest Classification
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document
Other Citation Details: An unpublished secondary
classification system developed for MIRIS inventory work for those
counties where additional funding resources were secured to map the forest
cover in greater detail.
Cross
Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Southeast Michigan Council of
Governments (SEMCOG)
Publication Date:
1985
Title: SEMCOG, Region-wide Aerial
Photography
Geospatial Data Presentation
Form: Black-and-white film
Other Citation
Details: 1:24,000 scale, Acquisition window: April and May.
Livingston, Macomb, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne
counties.
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Michigan Department of Natural
Resources, Michigan Resource Information System (MIRIS)
Publication Date: 1990
Title: MDNR, MIRIS Current Use Inventory Data
Collection Procedures and Definitions.
Geospatial Data
Presentation Form: document
Data Quality Information
Section
Index
Attribute Accuracy:
Attribute Accuracy Report:
ArcView was used to link attribute tables from each coverage to a
database table of codes. Codes that were found in the attribute table but
not in the database of codes were flagged. Polygons with '0' or '000'
labels were identified through visual inspection and interpretation of the
aerial photos. Original MDNR CAD files were visually compared to the
coverages. If a discrepancy was found, the attribute value was updated to
reflect the code in the original MDNR file. A unique list of codes for
each county was developed and compiled into a unique list for the state.
This list was reviewed and edited based on the Current Use Inventory
Classification System Definitions, as amended by MDNR, and the forest
classification system developed by Davis. This revised database of valid
codes was later used to update all county attribute tables.
Original
data compiled by county and regional planning commissions was not checked
or edited, resulting in variations in quality and consistency between
counties.
Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
Accuracy value = +/- 80 feet.
Lineage:
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Michigan Department of
Natural Resources
Publication Date:
1999
Title: MDNR, 1978 Land Cover /
Use
Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
map
Series Information:
Series Name: Land Cover /
Use
Process Step:
Process Description:
MSU Center for Remote Sensing and GIS converted survey township
files from the original Intergraph DGN format of the MDNR Landuse map to
clean and build into a GIS polygon structure using MSU C-Map software,
v. 2.0.
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Enslin,
Bill
Contact Organization: MSU Center
for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science
Contact Position: Manager
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: 1405 South Harrison
Road, 308 Manly Miles Building
City:
East Lansing
State or Province:
MI
Postal Code:
48823-5243
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-355-3276
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-353-1821
Contact
Electronic Mail Address: enslin@pilot.msu.edu
Hours of Service: 8 a.m. - 5
p.m.
Process Step:
Process Description:
Develop countywide coverage. Convert MDNR Land Cover/Land Use
Township files from C-Map format to ESRI ArcView shapefiles.
To
correct inconsistencies on field names and structures, the MSU Compress
program (Compress.exe) was used to standardize the database structure.
Then, the C-Map to GIS program (CMAP2GIS.exe) was run as a batch program
using the to_gis.exe program.
Each C-Map township file on a
county directory was converted to an ArcView shapefile. Each shapefile
was then converted to an ARC/INFO file.
Join survey townships
together to create a county-wide coverage.
twnjoin.aml (if data is
ArcView Shapefile format) or twnjoin2.aml (if data is ARC/INFO coverage)
These programs are used to join townships and township level land cover
files. The program converts shapefiles to
coverages. From the
subsequent list of coverages in the folder, the coverages are joined
using the mapjoin command.
Eliminate joined coverages and
dissolve lines. Final product is a joined coverage without slivers and
unnecessary lines.
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Moy,
Jessica
Contact Organization: MSU
Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Science
Contact Position: Info and Statistical
Analyst
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: 1405 South Harrison
Road, 308 Manly Miles Building
City:
East Lansing
State or Province:
MI
Postal Code:
48823-5243
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-432-0602
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-353-1821
Contact
Electronic Mail Address: dolansk3@pilot.msu.edu
Hours of Service: 8 a.m. - 5
p.m.
Process Step:
Process Description:
Error checking and quality assurance. Visually inspect each file for
polygon integrity. Manually correct gross errors in sliver polygons (for
slivers greater than 2000 feet in length) that were created during the
join process. Examine each table for invalid label
values.
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Moy,
Jessica
Contact Organization: MSU
Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Science
Contact Position: Info and Statistical
Analyst
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: 1405 South Harrison
Road, 308 Manly Miles Building
City:
East Lansing
State or Province:
MI
Postal Code:
48823-5243
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-432-0602
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-353-1821
Contact
Electronic Mail Address: dolansk3@pilot.msu.edu
Hours of Service: 8 a.m. - 5
p.m.
Process Step:
Process Description:
Label validity check and comparison to MDNR CAD files.
Used
ArcView to join county coverage polygon attribute tables to a database
of valid codes. Flagged polygons with invalid codes and checked them
against original MDNR land cover/use CAD files. Corrected coverage
labels that did not match MDNR file labels. Coverage and MDNR file
labels found to be invalid were noted. Compiled database of all codes
found (valid and invalid). This database was later compared to the
database of valid codes. See code validity varification process for
details.
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: MDNR, Land and
Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping and Aerial Photography
Section (RMAP)
Contact Person: Mike
Donovan
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: P.O. Box 30448,
Stephens T. Mason Building
City:
Lansing
State or Province:
MI
Postal Code:
48909-7984
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-241-2254
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-335-3264
Hours of
Service: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Process Step:
Process Description:
Code validity varification.
Compared database of all codes found
in all county coverages to database of valid codes. Assigned valid code
to all invalid codes found.
Process
Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: MDNR, Land and
Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping and Aerial Photography
Section (RMAP)
Contact Person: Mike
Donovan
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: P.O. Box 30448,
Stephens T. Mason Building
City:
Lansing
State or Province:
MI
Postal Code:
48909-7984
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-241-2254
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-335-3264
Hours of
Service: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Process Step:
Process Description:
Polygon attribute table revision of invalid codes.
ArcView
Avenue script used to add fields to the attribute table and replace
invalid codes with valid codes.
Process
Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: MDNR, Land and
Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping and Aerial Photography
Section (RMAP)
Contact Person: Mike
Donovan
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: P.O. Box 30448,
Stephens T. Mason Building
City:
Lansing
State or Province:
MI
Postal Code:
48909-7984
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-241-2254
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-335-3264
Hours of
Service: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Process Step:
Process Description:
Project coverage from Michigan State Plane NAD27 to Michigan GeoRef
NAD83 coordinate system. Created Arc/Info AMLs to project from north
zone (pjnorth.aml), central zone (pjcentral.aml) and south zone
(pjsouth.aml). Removed pseudo nodes from coverage.
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: MDNR, Land and
Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping and Aerial Photography
Section (RMAP)
Contact Person: Mike
Donovan
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: P.O. Box 30448,
Stephens T. Mason Building
City:
Lansing
State or Province:
MI
Postal Code:
48909-7984
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-241-2254
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-335-3264
Hours of
Service: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Cloud Cover: 0
Spatial Data Organization Information
Section
Index
Indirect Spatial Reference: Land Cover / Land
Use Attributes
Direct Spatial Reference Method:
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:
GT-polygon composed of chains
SDTS Terms
Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:
String
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:
Point
Spatial Reference Information
Section
Index
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Planar:
Grid Coordinate System:
Grid Coordinate System Name: Other Grid
System's Definition
Other Grid System's
Definition:
Other Grid System's Definition:
Michigan GeoRef from Oblique Mercator projection, Scale factor
at center line = 0.9996, Azimuthal angle = 337.25556, Longitude of
projections origin: -86 00 00, Latitude of projections origin: 45 18
33, False easting = 2546731.496, False northing = -4354009.816
Planar Coordinate Information:
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method:
Coordinate Pair
Planar Distance Units:
meters
Geodetic Model:
Horizontal Datum Name: North American
Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic
Reference System 80
Entity and Attribute Information
Section
Index
Detailed Description:
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ACRES
Attribute Definition: Polygon area in
acres.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Numeric
Attribute:
Attribute Label: AREA
Attribute Definition: Calculated polygon area in
meters.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Floating
Attribute:
Attribute Label: CODE
Attribute Definition: Landuse code
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LABEL
Attribute Definition: Label for code value.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LABEL1
Attribute Definition: Label for level 1.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LABEL2
Attribute Definition: Label for level 2.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LABEL3
Attribute Definition: Label for level 3.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LEVEL1
Attribute Definition: First character of
code.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LEVEL2
Attribute Definition: First two characters of
code.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LEVEL3
Attribute Definition: First three characters of
code.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Attribute:
Attribute Label: PERIMETER
Attribute Definition: Calculated polygon perimeter in
meters.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Floating
Attribute:
Attribute Label: STOCKING
Attribute Definition: Timber stocking value for 5
character codes.
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value:
Character
Distribution Information
Section
Index
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: McDonald,
Donald
Contact Organization: MDNR Land
and Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping and Aerial Photography
Section
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
address
Address: P.O. Box
30448
City: Lansing
State or Province: MI
Postal
Code: 48909-7948
Country:
USA
Contact Voice Telephone:
517-373-2534
Contact Facsimile Telephone:
517-335-3264
Contact Electronic Mail
Address: mcdonald@state.mi.us
Hours of
Service: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Distribution Liability: MDNR assumes no liability for
results or conclusions drawn from use of this data.
Standard Order Process:
Standard Order Process:
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: ArcView
Shapefile
Format Specification: For use
with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
software
File Decompression Technique:
Self-extracting executable file (.exe).
Digital
Transfer Option:
Digital Transfer Option:
Online Option:
Access Instructions:
http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/spatialdatalibrary
Fees: Online - none, Offline on media will incur
charge
Custom Order Process: Inquire about
special distribution services.
Metadata Reference Information
Section
Index
Metadata Date: 4/24/2000
Metadata Review Date: 7/8/1999
Metadata
Future Review Date:
Metadata
Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: MDNR, Land and
Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping and Aerial Photography
Section (RMAP)
Contact Person: Mike
Donovan
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
address
Address: P.O. Box 30448, Stephens
T. Mason Building
City:
Lansing
State or Province: MI
Postal Code: 48909-7984
Country: USA
Contact Voice
Telephone: 517-241-2254
Contact Facsimile
Telephone: 517-335-3264
Hours of
Service: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Metadata
Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial
Metadata
Metadata Standard Version:
001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local
time
Metadata Security Information:
Metadata Security Classification System:
unclassified
Metadata Extensions:
Online Linkage: www.crs.msu.edu
SMMS Metadata report generated 9/25/2000