State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: John B. Dudley (Management Information Coordinator)
Organization: VT Agency of Natural Resources
State: VT
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAME John B. Dudley
TITLE Management Information Coordinator
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION VT Agency of Natural Resources
ADDRESS103 S Main, Center Bldg
CITY, STATE, ZIP Waterbury, VT 05671-0301
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (802) 241-3489
     Fax: (802) 244-1102
EMAIL/FTP/WWW johnd@anrimsgis.anr.state.vt.us
  http://www.state.vt.us/anr
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) Agency of Natural Resources
DATABASE NAME Geographic Information System
DATABASE ACRONYMS ANRGIS
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
Hundreds of natural resources related datasets in PC Arc/Info format for use with PC Arc/Info, Arcview, FoxPro, Paradox, dBase, and other analytical packages.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
To provide general GIS tools to assist in fulfilling the Agency mission.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
See our home page: http://www.state.vt.us/anr
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS:1988 - Present
IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): No
EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: 
Varies depending on data layer
 
HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED?
Irregularly Updated
WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?:  
COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: 
Varies depending on data layer
 
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.):
 
Vermont State Plane Coordinates - (meters).
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
Population Levels/Density   Bibliography
Habitat Maps    
Wetland Maps    
Soil Maps    
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
 
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
Other; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
Due to staff limitations, our data is distributed by Vermont Center for Geographic Info email:
brucew@vcqi.uvm.edu
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
 
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:
 
DATA ACCURACY:
DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?):
Documentation generally explains limitations for each data set (doc.dbf)
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED:
Standard GIS QA/QC methods
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE:
In the doc.dbf files.
DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING:
DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?):
YES, point/location information
YES, vector/polygon information
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
 
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
 
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
Bruce Westcott, Director
Vermont Center for Geographic Information
Email/FTP/WWW Address: brucew@vcgi.uvm.edu
 
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
On-line/Internet.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
 
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
This varies.
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
FGDC compliant metadata files
Data Dictionaries
Accuracy
Precision
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: