LocalRoad
Data format: File Geodatabase Raster Dataset File or table name: LocalRoad Coordinate system: Albers Conical Equal Area Theme keywords: Local Road, Road, wildlife, transportation, habitat, connectivity
Abstract: This is a derived layer that was compiled from portions of the U.S. Census TIGER Roads, Washington State DNR GIS Transportation Data Layer, and British Columbia Roads. Roads included in this category have a single lane of traffic in each direction. In an urban area, this is a neighborhood road or street that is not a thoroughfare belonging in one of the above categories. In a rural area, these roads are short-distance roads connecting the smallest towns. These roads may or may not have a state or county route number. Scenic park roads, unimproved or unpaved roads, and industrial roads are included in this category. Most roads in the study area fall into this category. Selection criteria for these roads were: a) TIGER Roads: CFCC2 = “A4” or “A6”; b) DNR Roads: Road Class = “Light Duty”, “Unimproved”, or “Unknown”; and c) B.C. Roads: ROAD_CLASS is not equal to ("SecondaryHighway" OR "Arterial" OR "Collector").

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- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Geoprocessing History

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Identification Information:
  Citation:
    Citation information:
      Originators: Washington's Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG)
      *Title:
        LocalRoad
      *File or table name: LocalRoad
      Publication date: December 2010
      *Geospatial data presentation form: Fgdb raster digital data
      *Online linkage: \\dfwfloly02.ssv.wa.lcl\resdat\lu_planning\habitat_connectivity\WildlifeHabitatConnectivityWorkingGroupDataRelease\Statewide\Baselayers\WHCWG_Baselayers.gdb
  Description:
    Abstract:

        This is a derived layer that was compiled from portions of the U.S. Census TIGER Roads, Washington State DNR GIS Transportation Data Layer, and British Columbia Roads. Roads included in this category have a single lane of traffic in each direction. In an urban area, this is a neighborhood road or street that is not a thoroughfare belonging in one of the above categories. In a rural area, these roads are short-distance roads connecting the smallest towns. These roads may or may not have a state or county route number. Scenic park roads, unimproved or unpaved roads, and industrial roads are included in this category. Most roads in the study area fall into this category. Selection criteria for these roads were: a) TIGER Roads: CFCC2 = “A4” or “A6”; b) DNR Roads: Road Class = “Light Duty”, “Unimproved”, or “Unknown”; and c) B.C. Roads: ROAD_CLASS is not equal to ("SecondaryHighway" OR "Arterial" OR "Collector").

    Purpose:

        Roads data were used in models to represent landscape features offering varying levels of resistance to wildlife movements. The ultimate goal was to identify connected networks of wildlife habitat that offer the best conditions for wildlife survival and connectedness.

    Supplemental information:

        This GIS dataset is part of a suite of wildlife habitat connectivity data produced by the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). The WHCWG is a voluntary public-private partnership between state and federal agencies, universities, tribes, and non-governmental organizations. The WHCWG is co-led by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT).  The statewide analysis quantifies current connectivity patterns for Washington State and adjacent areas in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon and a small portion of Montana.   Available WHCWG raster data include model base layers, resistance, cost-weighted distance, landscape integrity networks, focal species networks, and focal species guild networks.  Grid cell size is 100meters x 100meters.  Habitat concentration areas, landscape integrity core areas, and linkage maps reside in raster and vector format.

        Project background can be found in the report:
        Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). 2010.  Washington Connected Landscapes Project: Statewide Analysis. Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife, and Transportation, Olympia, WA. Online linkage: http://www.waconnected.org

        Distance to Road - Road effects are characterized for each road type within each of four distance bands: Centerline, 0-500 meters, 500-1000 meters, and >1000 meters. Centerline road effects can include both behavioral avoidance and injury or mortality. Other distance bands can cause behavioral avoidance that varies by species. The causes of behavioral avoidance can include noise, odors, the presence of people, and a variety of visual cues. Disturbance effects are expected to diminish with distance, depending on the species and its behavior/vulnerabilities. The USA and British Columbia transportation vector data sets were merged into a single layer. Each road type was extracted and converted to 100-meter cell raster. For each raster road type, a raster buffer was generated using Euclidean distance from the raster line. Euclidean distances 0 to 500 meters, 500 to 1000 meters, and greater than 1000 meters were assigned to classes 3, 2, and 1 respectively (Appendix B). Class 4 was assigned to the raster road "centerline" from which Euclidean distances were measured The final raster buffers are uniform for straight line segments and form true buffer distances from the center raster line. However as the transportation lines become more sinuous, raster representation of buffer distances become more variable. The Euclidean distance procedure provided an expedient GIS methodology to build zones around the large number of transportation lines.

    *Language of dataset: en
  Time period of content:
    Time period information:
      Single date/time:
        Calendar date: REQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground.
      Range of dates/times:
        Beginning date: 1996
        Ending date: 2008
    Currentness reference:

        See WHCWG (2010) report Appendix C

  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance and update frequency: None planned
  Spatial domain:
    Bounding coordinates:
      *West bounding coordinate: -125.255082
      *East bounding coordinate: -115.244413
      *North bounding coordinate: 50.761197
      *South bounding coordinate: 44.260862
    Local bounding coordinates:
      *Left bounding coordinate: 327346.087100
      *Right bounding coordinate: 1037146.087100
      *Top bounding coordinate: 1084619.743300
      *Bottom bounding coordinate: 372919.743300
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme keywords: Local Road, Road, wildlife, transportation, habitat, connectivity
      Theme keyword thesaurus: None
    Place:
      Place keywords: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia
  Access constraints: None
  Use constraints:

      The Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG) produced these data which represent a regional analysis that portrays conditions at a regional scale. Applying these data at finer, more local scales is likely to increase uncertainty in terms of accuracy and applicability for local land use decisions. However, for the scale at which they were developed, these products are state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed representations of landscape variables and connected habitat networks.  Despite this, the WHCWG makes no guarantee concerning the content, accuracy, completeness, or the results obtained from queries or use of WHCWG data, other than those for which the data was developed and its intended use. The WHCWG shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. The WHCWG model input data were obtained from a wide range of state and federal jurisdictions in the USA, as well as from Canadian federal and provincial levels of government. The WHCWG expended great effort to compile the best GIS data within constraints imposed by data development costs, available compilation sources, and available staff resources. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data.

      The products and data from this statewide analysis convey a wealth of information relevant to conservation of Washington's wildlife and though they represent the state of the art, they rely on imperfect data, knowledge, and assumptions. We strongly suggest that readers thoroughly understand our methods and the limitations of those methods prior to applying our results. The data user should note Chapters 2 and 4 and appendices in the WHCWG December 2010 final report for further details. Online linkage to final report:  http://www.waconnected.org

  Point of contact:
    Contact information:
      Contact person primary:
        Contact person: Spatial Data Manager
        Contact organization: Spatial Data Management Unit, Wildlife Program, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
      Contact position: Spatial Data Manager
      Contact address:
        Address type: mailing address
        Address:

            600 Capitol Way N

        City: Olympia
        State or province: Washington
        Postal code: 98501
        Country: USA
      Contact voice telephone: (360) 902-2515
      Contact facsimile telephone: (360) 902-2162
      Contact electronic mail address: wildthing@dfw.wa.gov
      Contact electronic mail address: info@waconnected.org
      Hours of service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST Weekdays (except Holidays)
  Data set credit:

      Washington's Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG)

  *Native dataset format: File Geodatabase Raster Dataset
  *Native data set environment:
    Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6002) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

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Data Quality Information:
  Positional accuracy:
    Horizontal positional accuracy:
      Horizontal positional accuracy report:

          Source scale denominators for the three input data sources were 20000, 24000, and 100000.

  Lineage:
    Source information:
      Source citation:
        Citation information:
          Originators: BC Integrated Land Mgt. Bureau, Crown Registry and Geographic Base Branch
          Title:
            BC Digital Road Atlas
          Publication date: ongoing
          Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data
          Online linkage: http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/crgb/products/mapdata/digital_road_atlas_products.htm
          Online linkage: https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?from=search&edit=true&showall=showall&recordSet=ISO19115&recordUID=45674
      Source scale denominator: 20,000
      Type of source media: online
      Source citation abbreviation:
        B.C. Roads
      Source time period of content:
        Source currentness reference:
          publication date
    Source information:
      Source citation:
        Citation information:
          Originators: Washington Department of Natural Resources
          Title:
            WA DNR GIS Transportation Data Layer
          Publication date: 1996 with partial updates to 2008
          Edition: 2003rev2007
          Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data
          Online linkage: http://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/app1/dataweb/dmmatrix.html
      Source scale denominator: 24,000
      Type of source media: online
      Source citation abbreviation:
        Washington DNR Roads
      Source time period of content:
        Time period information:
          Range of dates/times:
            Beginning date: 1996
            Ending date: 2008
        Source currentness reference:
          publication date
    Source information:
      Source citation:
        Citation information:
          Originators: U.S. Census Bureau
          Title:
            U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles
          Publication date: 2001
          Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data
          Online linkage: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/
      Source scale denominator: 100,000
      Type of source media: online
      Source citation abbreviation:
        TIGER Roads
      Source time period of content:
        Time period information:
          Single date/time:
            Calendar date: 2001
        Source currentness reference:
          publication date
    Process step:
      Process description:

          Selected B.C. Digital Road Atlas roads for which ROAD_CLASS NOT EQUAL TO ("freeway" OR “arterial” OR “collector”). Merged with selected TIGER roads for which CFCC2 = "A4" OR "A6", and with Washington DNR roads for which Road Class = ("Light Duty" OR "Unimproved" OR "Unknown"). Ran the Euclidean Distance function on the merged vector lines, then ran Reclass on the resulting raster to group distances into: 4 = Centerline; 3 = 0 to 500 meters from centerline; 2 = >500 to 1000 meters from centerline; and 1 = greater than 1000 meters from centerline.

      Process software and version: ArcGIS 9.3.1
      Process date: July 2009
      Process contact:
        Contact information:
          Contact person primary:
            Contact person: Mark Bruskiewicz
            Contact organization: Washington State Department of Transportation
          Contact position: ESO Data Administrator
          Contact voice telephone: 360 705 7444
          Contact electronic mail address: bruskim@wsdot.wa.gov
    Process step:
      Process description:

          Metadata imported.

      Process date: 20110330
      Process time: 08495400
      Source used citation abbreviation:
        L:\lu_planning\habitat_connectivity\model\final\Distribution\BaseLayers\metadata\fromWDOT\LocalRoad.xml

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Spatial Data Organization Information:
  *Direct spatial reference method: Raster
  Raster object information:
    *Image format: FGDBR
    *Number of bands: 1
    *Row count: 7117
    *Column count: 7098
    *Vertical count: 1
    *Cell size X direction: 100.000000
    *Cell size Y direction: 100.000000
    *Bits per pixel: 8
    *Pyramid layers: TRUE
    *Image colormap: FALSE
    *Compression type: LZ77
    *Raster object type: Pixel
    *Raster display type: pixel codes
    *Raster origin: Upper Left

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Spatial Reference Information:
  Horizontal coordinate system definition:
    Coordinate system name:
      *Projected coordinate system name: HabConnectProjectArea_North_America_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic
      *Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_North_American_1983
    Planar:
      Map projection:
        *Map projection name: Albers Conical Equal Area
        Albers conical equal area:
        *Standard parallel: 43.000000
        *Standard parallel: 48.000000
        *Longitude of central meridian: -120.000000
        *Latitude of projection origin: 41.000000
        *False easting: 700000.000000
        *False northing: 0.000000
      Planar coordinate information:
        *Planar coordinate encoding method: row and column
        Coordinate representation:
          *Abscissa resolution: 100.000000
          *Ordinate resolution: 100.000000
        *Planar distance units: meters
    Geodetic model:
      *Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
      *Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
      *Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000
      *Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222
  Vertical coordinate system definition:
    Altitude system definition:
      *Altitude resolution: 1.000000
      *Altitude encoding method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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Entity and Attribute Information:
  Detailed description:
    *Name: VAT_LocalRoad
    Entity type:
      *Entity type label: VAT_LocalRoad
      *Entity type type: Table
      *Entity type count: 4
    Attribute:
      *Attribute label: OBJECTID
      *Attribute alias: OBJECTID
      *Attribute definition:

          Internal feature number.

      *Attribute definition source:

          ESRI

      *Attribute type: OID
      *Attribute width: 4
      *Attribute precision: 0
      *Attribute scale: 0
      Attribute domain values:
        *Unrepresentable domain:
          Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      *Attribute label: VALUE
      *Attribute alias: VALUE
      Attribute definition:

          Distance Range from LocalRoad centerline

      *Attribute type: Integer
      *Attribute width: 4
      *Attribute precision: 0
      *Attribute scale: 0
      Attribute domain values:
        Enumerated domain:
          Enumerated domain value: 4
          Enumerated domain value definition:

              Road centerline

        Enumerated domain:
          Enumerated domain value: 3
          Enumerated domain value definition:

              Distance from centerline is >0 meters and <= 500 meters

        Enumerated domain:
          Enumerated domain value: 2
          Enumerated domain value definition:

              Distance from centerline is >500 meters and <= 1000 meters

        Enumerated domain:
          Enumerated domain value: 1
          Enumerated domain value definition:

              Distance from centerline is >1000 meters

    Attribute:
      *Attribute label: COUNT
      *Attribute alias: COUNT
      *Attribute type: Integer
      *Attribute width: 4
      *Attribute precision: 0
      *Attribute scale: 0
    Attribute:
      *Attribute label: ClassName
      *Attribute alias: ClassName
      *Attribute type: String
      *Attribute width: 50
      *Attribute precision: 0
      *Attribute scale: 0
    Attribute:
      *Attribute label: Description
      *Attribute alias: Description
      *Attribute type: String
      *Attribute width: 50
      *Attribute precision: 0
      *Attribute scale: 0
  Overview description:
    Dataset overview:

        Distance to Road - Road effects are characterized for each road type within each of four distance bands: Centerline; 0-500 meters; 500-1000 meters; and >1000 meters. Centerline road effects can include both behavioral avoidance and injury or mortality. Other distance bands can cause behavioral avoidance that varies by species. The causes of behavioral avoidance can include noise, odors, the presence of people, and a variety of visual cues. Disturbance effects are expected to diminish with distance, depending on the species and its behavior/vulnerabilities. The USA and British Columbia transportation vector data sets were merged into a single layer. Each road type was extracted and converted to 100-meter cell raster. For each raster road type, a raster buffer was generated using Euclidean distance from the raster line. Euclidean distances 0 to 500 meters, 500 to 1000 meters, and greater than 1000 meters were assigned to classes 3, 2, and 1 respectively (Appendix B). Class 4 was assigned to the raster road "centerline" from which Euclidean distances were measured.

        The final raster buffers are uniform for straight line segments and form true buffer distances from the center raster line. However as the transportation lines become more sinuous, raster representation of buffer distances become more variable. The Euclidean distance procedure provided an expedient GIS methodology to build zones around the large number of transportation lines. A detailed description of the original purposes for developing this data can be found in the final  report, "Washington Connected Landscapes Project: Statewide Analysis". This report is available at http://waconnected.org

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Distribution Information:
  Resource description: Downloadable Data

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Metadata Reference Information:
  *Metadata date: 20110330
  *Language of metadata: en
  Metadata contact:
    Contact information:
      Contact organization primary:
        Contact person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
        Contact organization: Spatial Data Management Unit, Wildlife Program, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
      Contact position: Spatial Data Manager
      Contact address:
        Address type: mailing address
        Address:

            600 Capitol Way N

        City: Olympia
        State or province: WA
        Postal code: 98501
        Country: USA
      Contact voice telephone: 360 902 2515
      Contact facsimile telephone: 360 902 2162
      Contact electronic mail address: wildthing@dfw.wa.gov
  *Metadata standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  *Metadata standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  *Metadata time convention: local time
  Metadata extensions:
    *Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
    *Profile name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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Geoprocessing History:

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