Section 1	Identification Information
Originator	Finley, Robert O.
Title	Original vegetation cover of Wisconsin, compiled from U.S. General Land Office notes.
Abstract	Data set is a vegetative cover map for Wisconsin within Great Lakes Assessment (GLA) boundaries, derived from General Land Office notes and maps from the original land survey conducted in Wisconsin (1832-1866). Map was digitized by the Wisconsin DNR. Data set consists of polygons. After this data was assembled, it was clipped with the 50 km buffered basin boundary, and then split into counties. This was done to provide easier access for downloading the data sets.
Purpose	A base data layer.
Time Period of Content Date	1976
Currentness Reference	Publication Date
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	As needed
Spatial Extent of Data	Wisconsin
Bounding Coordinates	-92.974 -86.723 47.055 42.455
Place Keywords	Wisconsin
Theme Keywords	Forest, land cover, wetland, vegetation, marshes, river
Theme Keyword Thesaurus	None
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Mark White, Research Fellow Natural Resources Research Institute 5013 Miller Trunk Highway Duluth, Minnesota 55811 Phone: (218)-720-2710 FAX: (218)-720-4328 E-mail: mwhite@sage.nrri.umn.edu
Browse Graphic File Name	none available
Browse Graphic File Description
Associated Data Sets
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Attribute Accuracy	Contact NRRI
Logical Consistency	Contact NRRI
Completeness	Contact NRRI
Horizontal Positional Accuracy	Contact NRRI
Vertical Positional Accuracy	Not Applicable
Lineage	Type of Source Media: Online Process Step Process description: Data set was projected into Special Albers Projection. Process date: 19951012 Process description: Data set was clipped to GLA boundaries. Process date: 19951122 Data was then clipped with the 50 km lake superior basin boundary, and split into county coverages for the US side.
Source Scale Denominator	10000
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Native Data Set Environment	UNIX-ARC/INFO Ver. 7.0.4, Sun Solaris operating system
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data	None
Spatial Object Type	Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types	String, point, GT-Polygon composed of chains
Tiling Scheme	Counties
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Horizontal Coordinate Scheme	Geographic (Lat. Long.)
Ellipsoid	GRS80
Horizontal Datum	NAD83
Horizontal Units	Meters
Distance Resolution
Altitude Datum	Not applicable
Depth Datum	Not applicable
Map Projection Name	Albers Equal Area
Map Projection Parameters	Standard Parallel: 29.5 Standard Parallel: 45.5 Longitude Of Central Meridian: -96 Latitude Of Projection Origin: 23 False Easting: 0 False Northing: 0
Other Coordinate System's Definition	Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: Coordinate Pair Abscissa Resolution: 1 Ordinate Resolution: 1 Semi-Major Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.98
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Entity and Attribute Overview	Entity Type Label: Vegetative Cover Type Entity Type Definition: Type of early settlement vegetation. Entity Type Definition Source: Finley (1976) Attribute Attribute Label: VT Attribute Definition: Vegetation type. Data are attributed as polygons. Attribute Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: white spruce, balsam fir, tamarack, white cedar, white birch, aspen Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: beech, hemlock, sugar maple, yellow birch, white pine, red pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 4 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sugar maple, yellow birch, white pine, red pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 5 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: white pine, red pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 6 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: jack pine, scrub (hill's) oak forests and barrens Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 7 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: aspen, white birch, pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 8 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: beech, sugar maple, basswood, red oak, white oak, black oak Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 9 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sugar maple, basswood, red oak, white oak, black oak Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 10 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: oak-white oak, black oak, bur oak Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 11 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: oak openings-bur oak, white oak, black oak Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 12 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: prairie Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 13 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: brush Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 14 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: swamp conifers-white cedar, black spruce, tamarack, hemlock Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 15 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: lowland hardwoods-willow, soft maple, box elder, ash, elm, cottonwood, river birch Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 16 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: marsh and sedge meadow, wet prairie, lowland shrubs Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 97 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: open water Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 99 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: no data or unknown Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 3 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: hemlock, sugar maple, yellow birch, white pine, red pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Finley (1976) Entity Type Label: GLA Vegetative Cover Type Entity Type Definition: Type of early settlement vegetation with only 8 cover type classes as combined from Finley's classes. (see notes for combination rules) Entity Type Definition Source: GLA Attribute Attribute Label: CC Attribute Definition: Vegetation type. Data are attributes as polygons. Attribute Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 8 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: water Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 0 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: no data or unknown Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: white, red, and jack pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: spruce, fir Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 3 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: oak, hickory Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 4 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: elm, ash, cottonwood Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 5 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: maple, beech Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 6 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: aspen, birch Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 7 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: non-forested land Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: GLA
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation	None
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Publisher	Natural Resources Research Institute
Publication Date	Unpublished material
Contact Person Information	Gerald Sjerven, GIS Specialist Natural Resources Research Institute 5013 Miller Trunk Hwy Duluth, Minnesota 55811 Phone: (218)-720-4388 FAX: (218)-720-4328 E-mail: gsjerven@sage.nrri.umn.edu
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Distribution Liability	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 careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The University of Minnesota shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
Transfer Format Name	ARC/Info export format
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Metadata Date	08/25/1999
Contact Person Information	Joel Nelson, GIS Intern Natural Resource Research Institute 5013 Miller Trunk Highway Duluth, Minnesota 55811 Phone: (218)-720-4254 FAX: (218)-720-4328 E-mail: jnelson@sage.nrri.umn.edu
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	Datalogr 2.01
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm

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