Areas (GNIS)

Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator:
United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the Board of Geographic Names Geographic Names Information System

Publication Date: 01-MAY-1981
Title: Areas (GNIS)

Description:

Abstract:
An inventory of any one of several areally extensive natural features not included in other categories (badlands, barren, delta, fan, garden). Located throughout Arkansas. Data was derived from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) holdings of the USGS.
Purpose:
The GNIS promotes geographic feature name standardization and serves as the Federal Government's repository of information regarding feature name spellings and applications for features in the U.S. It is the intention of the Arkansas State Land Information Board to further facilitate the dissemination of GNIS data.
Time Period of Content:

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Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1/1/1932
Beginning Time: Unknown
Ending Date: 5/5/2000
Ending Time: Unknown

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -94.5681
East Bounding Coordinate: -90.4392
North Bounding Coordinate: 36.4208
South Bounding Coordinate: 33.0183

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Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
Place Keyword: United States
Place Keyword: Arkansas

Use Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Board of Geographic Names, and the Arkansas State Land Information Board would be appreciated for products derived from these files.
Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization:
Roger L. Payne U.S. Geological Survey
Chief, Branch of Geographic Names
523 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
Tel: 703-648-4544
rpayne@usgs.gov

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Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator:
United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the Board of Geographic Names Geographic Names Information System

Publication Date: 01-MAY-1981
Title: Areas (GNIS)

Source Scale Denominator: 24000
Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Time of Day: Unknown

Process Step:

Process Description:
Downloaded Arkansas portion as an ASCII ""txt"" file from United States Geological Survey GNIS data sets via anonymous FTP. The file was then converted into ""dbf"" format in Microsoft Access 97. The resultant file was imported into ArcView GIS 3.2 and converted into a point theme ""shp"" file. The final stage involved extraction of the points representing bends from the ""Feature"" field of the ""shp"" file.
Cloud Cover: 0

Direct Spatial Reference Method: Point

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude Resolution: 0.000458
Longitude Resolution: 0.000458
Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal Degrees

Geodetic Model:

Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis: 6378137
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222

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Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization:
Roger L. Payne U.S. Geological Survey
Chief, Branch of Geographic Names
523 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
Tel: 703-648-4544
rpayne@usgs.gov