Aquifer Sensitivity of Wyoming at 1:100,000-Scale

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Title: Aquifer Sensitivity of Wyoming at 1:100,000-Scale

Abstract:

1. How should this data set be cited?

   Wyoming Water Resources Center, 1998, Aquifer Sensitivity of Wyoming at 1:100,000-Scale: UW Spatial Data and Visualization Center, Laramie, Wyoming.

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Calendar_Date: 1998

   Currentness_Reference: publication date

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
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7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

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1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Wyoming Water Resources Center

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   Chris Arneson
   Spatial Data and Visualization Center
   Box 4008 University Station
   Laramie, Wyoming 82071
   USA
   

   307-766-2532 (voice)
   n/a
   

   Hours_of_Service: 8:00 - 5:00 MST

The purpose of this data layer is to provide citizens of Wyoming with an overview of the relative sensitivity of their surficial aquifers to contaminants applied on or near the land surface. It is intended as a regional planning and educational tool.

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

   - (source 1 of 1)

   .

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2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   (process 1 of 1)

   see Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment Handbook

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

1. How well have the observations been checked?

   see Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment Handbook

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

   see Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment Handbook

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

   All cells within the State of Wyoming are attributed.

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

   does not apply for raster data

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

   SDVC Technical coordinator
   UW Spatial Data and Visualization Center
   Box 4008 University Station
   Laramie, Wyoming 82071
   USA
   

   307-766-2532 (voice)
   n/a
   

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3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   The distributor shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of this data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate used described in this metadata document. The distributor makes no claims for the data's suitability for other purposes. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from the distributor described above and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way.

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     Data format:	ARCE (Arc/Info export) (version 7.0.4) Size: XX megabytes
     Network links:	ftp.sdvc.uwyo.edu or <http://www.sdvc.uwyo.edu/clearinghouse>

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     No fees are required for downloading the data that is on-line. Some fees may be required to cover costs of tapes if data is required on tape media.

Dates:

Last modified: 27-Feb-1998

Metadata author:

Margo Berendsen
Box 4008 University Station
Laramie, Wyoming 82071
USA

307-766-2532 (voice)
meh@uwyo.edu

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)