Federal Emergency Management Agency Q3 Flood Data Metadata

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
        Title: Processed FEMAQ3 Flood Data 1:24,000
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.99729
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.37123
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.36915
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.93996
Keywords:
Theme:
        Theme_Keyword: Hydrography
Place:
        Place_Keyword: New York
Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
            Originator: Federal Emergency Management Agency
            Publication_Date: 1996
            Title: FEMA Flood Hazard Zones Q3 Flood Data
Process_Step:
        Process_Description: FEMAQ3 data for each county was downloaded and imported by county into ESRI  ARC/INFO coverages then CLEANed using the default tolerance value. The coverages were converted to shapefiles using ARCSHAPE and the items: subclass #, ringsok, ringsnok, were dropped. The county shape files were then loaded into an SDE database for gateway delivery.
        Process_Date: 200206
Spatial_Reference_Information
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition
    Geographic
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
    Geodetic_Model
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
          Format_Name: ARC/INFO Shape
          File Decompression Technique: zip compression
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
          Network_Resource_Name: http://dgateway-wb01.lighthouse.itc.nrcs.usda.gov/lighthouse
Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 2003-02-25
    Metadata_Standard_Name: Resource Data Gateway v3.0