Spatial Metadata

Metadata is data about data. For spatial data, metadata provides information such as content, quality, condition, and restrictions of the data set. The metadata provided here is compliant with the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, except where noted. The FGDC's document can be found on the web at http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/contstan.html.

The spatial data for the CPC Ecuador Projects fall into two categories: Publicly Available and Restricted. The metadata for the Publicly Available data are listed below, and separated into categories. Those that are listed but do not have a hyperlink will be posted in the near future.

The metadata for the Restricted data will not be posted on this website.

VECTOR DATA

Political & Cultural

• Ecuador National Boundary
• Ecuador Provincial Boundaries
• Major Cities in the Northern Oriente (polygon)
• Communities in the Northern Oriente (point)
• Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
• Yasuní National Park

Study Area Boundaries

• Northern Intensive Study Area (NISA)
• Eastern Intensive Study Area (EISA)
• Southern Intensive Study Area (SISA)
• Southwest Intensive Study Area (SWISA)

Transportation

• Northern Oriente Road Network

Physical Landscape

• Hydrography of the Northern Oriente (1:250,000-scale)
• Morphology & Edaphology

Geodetic Control

• Geodetic Control for the Colonist Study Area

Topography

• Elevation Contours for the Northern ISA
• Elevation Contours for the Eastern ISA
• Elevation Contours for the Southern ISA
• Point Elevations for the Northern ISA
• Point Elevations for the Eastern ISA
• Point Elevations for the Southern ISA

RASTER DATA

Topography

• Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for the Northern ISA
• Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for the Eastern ISA
• Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for the Southern ISA
• Slope for the Northern ISA
• Slope for the Eastern ISA
• Slope for the Southern ISA
• Aspect for the Northern ISA
• Aspect for the Eastern ISA
• Aspect for the Southern ISA

General Land Use & Land Cover

• East ISA 1986 General Classification
• East ISA 1996 General Classification
• East ISA 1999 General Classification
• North ISA 1986 General Classification
• North ISA 1989 General Classification
• North ISA 1996 General Classification
• North ISA 1999 General Classification
• South ISA 1986 General Classification
• South ISA 1996 General Classification
• South ISA 1999 General Classification
• Southwest ISA 1996 General Classification
• Southwest ISA 1999 General Classification

Detailed Land Use & Land Cover

• Path 9/Row 60 Detailed Classification - 23 August 1986
• Path 9/Row 60 Detailed Classification - 21 October 1996
• Path 9/Row 60 Detailed Classification - 15 November 1999
• Path 9/Row 60 Detailed Classification - 12 September 2002

REMOTELY-SENSED IMAGERY

[The metadata below are not FGDC-compliant. Rather, they are descriptions of the data set collections for each of the image sources. This difference is due to the large number of data sets that we have.]

• Air photos
• ASTER
• IKONOS
• Landsat MSS
• Landsat TM
• Landsat ETM