Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines

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(1) Identification   (2) Data Quality   (3) Spatial Data Organization   (4) Spatial Reference   (5) Entities and Attributes   (6) Distribution   (7) Metadata Reference

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Spatial Reference Information

Horizontal Coordinate Scheme
Raster Data Only  
Ellipsoid Cell Width 
Horizontal Datum Cell Height
Horizontal Units 
Distance Resolution 
Altitude Datum 
Altitude Units 
Depth Datum 
Depth Units
If Geographic  
If UTM  
If State Plane  
Latitude Resolution  UTM Zone Number  SPCS Zone Identifier
Longitude Resolution  Coordinate Offsets/Adjustments Coordinate Offsets/Adjustments 
If County Coordinates
If User Specified Projection 
If other
County Coordinate Zone Identifier Map Projection Name  Other Coordinate System's Definition
Coordinate Offsets/Adjustments Map Projection Parameters
    FGDC Identifier
    Minnesota State Element Name
    Field Type
    Domain
    Description
    Modification of 4.1.2.2.1  Horizontal Coordinate Scheme  text  "geographic 
    (Lat. Long.)" 
    "UTM" 
    "State Plane" 
    "County Coordinates" 
    "User Specified Projection" 
    "Other"     		 The scheme used to define horizontal coordinates as depicted by the domain choices. 
    4.1.4.2  Ellipsoid  text  "Clarke 1866" 
    "GRS80" 
    free text     		 Identification given to establish representation of the Earth's shape. 
    4.1.4.1  Horizontal Datum  text  "NAD27" 
    "NAD83" 
    "NAD83 (96)"     		 The datum used in the horizontal coordinate system. "NAD83 (96)" represents the 1996 adjustment based on the High Accuracy Reference Network (HARN). 
    4.1.2.4.4 (partially)  Horizontal Units  text  "meters" "feet" 
    "decimal degrees" 
    free text     		 The horizontal distance units. User may specify additional units not listed in domain. NOTE: "feet" is assumed to be U.S. survey feet. 
    4.1.2.4.3.1 Distance Resolution  text  free text  The minimum distance measurable between two points, expressed in distance units of measure (e.g. the minimum allowable distance between two verticies).
    4.2.1.1  Altitude Datum  text  "NGVD29" "NAVD88" 
    "not applicable" 
    free text     		 The level surface of reference from which altitudes are measured, if applicable. NGVD29 = National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; NAVD88 = North American Vertical Datum of 1988. 
    4.2.1.3  Altitude Units  text  "meters" "feet" 
    free text     		 Units in which altitudes are measured. 
    4.2.2.1  Depth Datum  text  "local surface" 
    "mean low water" 
    "mean high water" 
    "mean sea level" 
    "land survey datum" 
    "not applicable" 
    free text     		 The surface of reference from which depths are measured, if applicable. 
    4.2.2.3  Depth Units  text  "meters" "feet" 
    free text     		 Units in which depths are measured. 
    Raster Data Only 
    4.1.2.4.2.1  Cell Width  real  > 0.0  The column width of a raster cell expressed in distance units of measure. 
    4.1.2.4.2.2  Cell Height  real  > 0.0  The row height of a raster cell expressed in distance units of measure. 
     
      
    If Geographic 
    4.1.1.1  Latitude Resolution  real  > 0.0  The minimum difference between two adjacent latitude values expressed in Geographic Coordinates Units of measure. 
    4.1.1.2  Longitude Resolution  real  > 0.0  The minimum difference between two adjacent longitude values expressed in Geographic Coordinates Units of measure. 
     
     
    If UTM 
    4.1.2.2.2.1 UTM Zone Number  text  14, 15, 15E, 16, free text Identifier for the UTM zone number(s) used. "15E" represents zone 15 extended to cover the entire state of Minnesota.
    No FGDC Equivalent  Coordinate Offsets or Adjustments  text  free text  An explanation of the magnitude, direction, etc. of any coordinate shifts or adjustments. For example "subtracted 4,700,000 from the Y coordinate." 
     
     
    If State Plane 
    4.1.2.2.4.1  SPCS Zone Identifier integer  2201, 
    2202, 
    2203     		 The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) four-digit numeric code for the State Plane Coordinate Systems. In Minnesota, North = 2201, Central = 2202, and South = 2203. 
    No FGDC Equivalent  Coordinate Offsets or Adjustments  text  free text  An explanation of the magnitude, direction, etc. of any coordinate shifts or adjustments. 
     
    If County Coordinates 
    No FGDC Equivalent  County Coordinate Zone Identifier  integer  1-67  The county coordinate zone identifier number from The Minnesota County Coordinate System, A User's Handbook by Ken Whitehorn, Itasca Co. Surveyor,  published by Precision Measuring Systems, 1998. 
    Note: Some coordinate zones include multiple counties and some large counties have multiple coordinate zones. 
    Note: These coordinate IDs are not the same as county IDs.
    Note: A list of the codes is available in the DataLogr help menus.
    No FGDC Equivalent  Coordinate Offsets or Adjustments  text  free text  An explanation of the magnitude, direction, etc. of any coordinate shifts or adjustments. 
     
    If User Specified Projection 
    4.1.2.1.1  Map Projection Name text  free text  Name of the map projection. 
    4.1.2.1.2 
    (FGDC compound)     		 Map Projection Parameters  text  free text  List the actual projection parameters reflected in the coordinate system used. (See FGDC standards for specific information.) 
     
    If Other 
    4.1.2.1.3  Other Coordinate System's Definition  text  free text  Explain the reference frame or system from which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position that a point occupies. 


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