Aerial Photo Mosaic of Western Whatcom County, Washington

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Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Northwest Indian College
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: Aerial Photo Mosaic of Western Whatcom County, Washington
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Other_Citation_Details:
Original contact prints used in the mosaic were obtained from Walker and Associates
Description:
Abstract: Aerial photo mosaic of western Whatcom County
Purpose: Aerial image of western Whatcom County
Supplemental_Information:
Mosaic compiled with ER Mapper and requires a viewer download from <http://www.ermapper.com>.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.810000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.130000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.040000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.680000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Image
Theme_Keyword: mosaic
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Whatcom County
Place_Keyword: Puget Sound
Place_Keyword: Northern Puget Sound
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Northwest Indian College
Contact_Person: Michael Cochrane
Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2522 Kwina Rd
City: Bellingham
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98226
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360.392.4299
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mcochrane@nwic.edu
Hours_of_Service:
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time
Data_Set_Credit: Contact prints from Walker aerial photos.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

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Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Mosaic points were consistently determined by finding the most obvious tie points that were present on two overlapping images.
Completeness_Report:
The mosaic adequately represents western Whatcom County, Washington based on the time period and imagery from which it was derived.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Walker and Associates
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: Contact prints for Whatcom County, Washington
Type_of_Source_Media: contact print
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Walker and Associates
Source_Contribution: original contact prints used in the mosaic
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The original contact prints from Walker and Associates were scanned at approximately 60Mb per photo. They were georeferenced, orthorectified and color balanced using ER Mapper software. A mosaic was generated with ER Mapper ArcGIS plug-in on an ArcGIS 8.2 platform.
Process_Date: 2002
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Northwest Indian College
Contact_Person: Michael Cochrane
Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2522 Kwina Rd
City: Bellingham
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98226
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360.392.4299
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mcochrane@nwic.edu
Hours_of_Service:
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time

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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 48987
Column_Count: 50564
Vertical_Count: 1

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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: 10
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 1.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 1.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Northwest Indian College
Contact_Person: Michael Cochrane
Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2522 Kwina Road
City: Bellingham
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98226
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360.392.4299
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mcochrane@nwic.edu
Hours_of_Service:
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time
Resource_Description: Whatcom.ecw (Aerial photo mosaic of western Whatcom County)
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data has been processed successfully on a computer system at NWIC, no warranty, expressed or implied is made by NWIC regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ER Mapper
File_Decompression_Technique: ZIP
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Compatibility_Information:
ISO 9660 format allows the CDROM to be read by most computer operating systems.
Fees: None

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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20030512
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Northwest Indian College
Contact_Person: Michael Cochrane
Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2522 Kwina Rd
City: Bellingham
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98226
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360.392.4299
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mcochrane@nwic.edu
Hours_of_Service:
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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