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Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI
ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: United State Geological Survey
Title: USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Boundaries
Data_Quality_Information:
Completeness_Report: Data set is complete.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1. Use ARC Generate command with fishnet option to create a
latitude/longitude grid ranging from latitude 45 to 49 degrees north and
longitude 116 to 125 degrees west by 0.0625 (1/16) degrees.
2. Project
to Washington Stateplane south zone, NAD 27.
3. Union with quad24
coverage to transfer attributes.
4. Reselect quadrangle polygons by item quadcode, which selects four records each time. Each of these records
are selected in order because of how they fall geographically and how
ArcInfo lists them, from northwest to southeast.
5. Assign designations
NW, NE, SW, SE to the four selected records, respectively.
Process_Date: 20010302
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of
Ecology
Contact_Instructions: Electronic mail, telephone, or fax
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
The Washington State Department of Ecology provides these geographic
data "AS IS" WITHOUT A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.