| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Pete Gradoni (Fish and Wildlife Technician I) |
| Organization: NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation |
| State: NY |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Pete Gradoni |
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| TITLE | Fish and Wildlife Technician I |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation |
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| ADDRESS | 700 Troy-Schenectady Rd |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Latham, NY 12110 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (518)783-5733 |
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| | Fax: (518)783-3916 |
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | NY State Dept of Environ. Cons., Habitat Inventory Unit
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| DATABASE NAME | NY State Regulatory Freshwater Wetlands Maps |
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| ARC/INFO GIS coverages based on official freshwater wetlands maps
as described in Article 24-0301 of the Environmental Conservation
Law. Coverages are not a legal subsititute for the official maps.
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| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Assist Department and other agency staff in environmental
planning, review, mapping, and analysis.
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Irregularly Updated |
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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| Updated as official wetlands maps are amended | |
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| New York State (excluding the Adirondack Park) | |
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Wetlands Maps |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| Other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Other: must request in writing and provide media for data
transfer. |
| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Distribution. |
| Other; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Request that data not be distributed to third parties. |
| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| Coverages are based on legal maps depicting "the approximate
location of the actual boundaries of the wetlands", at a scale
of 1:24,000.
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| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Check plots and some automated error-checking of attributes.
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| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, vector/polygon information |
| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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| Administrative Boundary: County. |
| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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| New York State Regulatory Freshwater Wetlands. |
| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Gerald Rasmussen, Leader, Habitat Inventory Unit
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| NY State Department of Environmental Conservation |
| 700 Troy-Schenectady Road |
| Latham, NY 12110 |
| Phone:( 518) 783-5733 Fax:( 518) 783-3916. |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: |
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| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| Other; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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| By mail; ARC/INFO export format on 4 mm tape, 8mm tape,
1/4" tape (media supplied by requestor).
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| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| Approximately 120 Megabytes for export files of all
counties. |
| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| Other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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| Other: hard copy documentation. |
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