Central Lake Erie Sub Area Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas
Boat Ramp Access Coverage

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Great Lakes Commission

Publication_Date: 20000428

Title:

Central Lake Erie Sub-area Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Edition: Final, Version 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Atlas

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Issue_Identification: Sub-area

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Chicago, Illinois

Publisher: U.S. EPA, Region 5

Description:

Abstract:

The Boat Ramp Access Coverage provides mapped locations of local boat ramp access facilities. It also includes an ordered database of information linked to these mapped facilities. Knowledge of boat ramp access facilities is imperative for a quick and effective notification and response to potential oil spill situations. This coverage helps to bring such areas within the Ohio counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake and Lorain, as well as, a connecting portion of Pennsylvania which includes western segments of the counties Erie and Crawford, to the attention of spill planners and responders. The locations of these facilities were obtained and quality assured/quality controlled using maps and individual feedback from various public agencies and private sector groups regarding specific sites.

Purpose:

In order to better protect unique commercial, environmental, and cultural resources from oil spills, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated a coordinated effort by federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and the regulated community to enhance oil spill preparedness and response. This coverage provides the location and attached data for the 6 counties of the Central Lake Erie Sub-area. The development of spatial databases and geographic information systems is done pursuant to implementing the preparedness and response mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Supplemental_Information:

These data were prepared at map scales of 1:24,000 and are best used in applications of comparable resolution. In addition, these data were developed to meet specific project objectives related to contingency planning and spill response and therefore may not represent exhaustive feature inventories.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Currentness_Reference: The Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.3484

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.52

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.9774

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.065

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Boat Access Ramps

Theme_Keyword: Boat Launches

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Ohio

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Data_Set_Credit: Great Lakes Commission

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: None

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment: PC ArcView 3.2

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Great Lakes Commission

Publication_Date: 20000428

Title:

Central Lake Erie Sub-area Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Edition: Final, Version 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Atlas

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Issue_Identification: Sub-area

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Chicago, Illinois

Publisher: U.S. EPA, Region 5

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The Great Lakes Commission staff working on the Area Contingency Planning project verified all descriptive and spatial attributes and collected confirmation from owners and/or operators of attributes and boundaries via surveys or direct external review. Spatial data were cross- referenced with multiple sources.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Data were developed for this layer utilizing multiple primary sources, from federal, state, and local governmental agencies and owner/operators of the boat ramp access sites. State agencies maintaining boat ramp records in hard copy maps and online electronic format supplied the initial data. Data was reviewed for location and accuracy at the scale of 1:24,000 on appropriate base maps. Location and attribute information is only as accurate and complete as the information specifically applies to each individual record at the time of data development. Data for these facilities are primarily attributed points, plotted in ArcView 3.2 GIS. These points were originally generated in 1999 based on current information from primary sources but do not necessarily always exactly overlay the base map 7.5 minute quadrangle maps with previous publication dates. Locational and attribute information was updated during the Fall of 1999 and Winter of 2000 prior to final Atlas publication.

Completeness_Report:

This coverage does not necessarily include all boat ramp access facilities within the Central Lake Erie Sub-area. Exhaustive efforts were made to compile as thorough an atlas as possible. However, under-reporting may occur with especially smaller local and private facilities. In addition, ramps accessible only to canoes or other non- powered boats have not been included due to their restrictive use for emergency response.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Horizontal positional accuracy is tested by visual comparison of hard copy check plots to the source materials and verifying the location of the data on screen relative to other data layers in the same geographic area. Point shapefiles for boat access ramps have been consistently placed at the land/water interface to aid the user of this data in clearly delineating the feature properties.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: Boating Opportunities in the State of Ohio

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Document

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Boating Opportunites

Issue_Identification:

<http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/odnr/watercraft/boat/bo> atops.html

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Columbus, Ohio

Publisher:

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution: Locational information, contact information

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Originator: Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: Managed Areas in the State of Pennsylvania

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Publisher:

Pennsyvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution: Contact Information, Locational Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Locational information and the attached database information for the boat ramp access site coverage were primarily obtained from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and county and local park districts. Address cross verification, updating and correction were done through the use of online sources and in-house software. Additional site and locational information verifications were obtained from the DeLorme Street Atlas, state and local land management agencies and government agencies including the Department of Natural Resources online sites for Ohio and Pennsylvania. In addition, the DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer and U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute quadrangle maps for Ohio were reviewed for site identification and verification. Point shape files for each boat ramp access site were entered directly into ArcView version 3.2 Geographic Information System (GIS) software and displayed against Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) imagery of 1:24.000 scale U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps. Data links were incorporated into these GIS files to match the boat ramp access site data and to appropriate data records. Draft hard copy atlases were prepared from this data, supplied by the Great Lakes Commission, and the USGS's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in Onalaska, Wisconsin. The UMESC produced hard copy maps in portable document files (.pdf) format at scales of 1:25,000 and 1:100,000. These maps were then reproduced and distributed by the Great Lakes Commission for external review by primary source data holders. All updated, corrected, and amended information was then added to the project files and returned to UMESC for final atlas preparation. UMESC processed the final data for distribution in .pdf hardcopy format; and electronic distribution via CD-ROM and the Internet. Final electronic format include ArcView 3.2 shapefiles, .e00 ArcExport files, .pdfs, and converted CAMEO/Landview files.

Process_Date: 20000428

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name:

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 17

Transverse_Mercator:

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data items provided for, include: LATITUDE - Latitude of the boat access expressed in decimal degrees (e.g. 00.0000); LONGITUDE - Longitude of the boat access expressed in decimal degrees (e.g. 00.0000); REF_NUMBER - Reference number serving as a unique identifier for each database record; ACCURACY - An upgradeable accuracy code for each database record: 1=Excellent - collected/verified at a scale of 1:1 to 1:20,000 or differentially corrected GPS, 2=Very Good - collected/verified at a scale of 1:20,001 to 1:60, 000 or non-differentially corrected GPS, 3=Good - collected/verified at a scale of 1:60,001 to 1:200,000, 4=Fair - collected/verified at a scale of 1:200,001 to 1:1,000,000, 5=Coarse - Unknown collection method/unverified or collected at a scale of greater than 1:1,000,000; VERIFIER - Name of the group that verified the data (Great Lakes Commission [GLC]); VERIF_DATE - Date on which the record accuracy was verified (MM/DD/YY);

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Database items and definitions are from: Inland Area Contingency Planning Effort Database Field Structures, published September 17, 1999, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 5, the U.S. Geological Survey-Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, the Great Lakes Commission, and the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, 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 these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990423

Metadata_Review_Date: 20000428

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Metadata_Standard_Name:

NBII Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None

Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None