Eastern Whip-poor-will Range - CWHR B278 [ds1531]

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Tags
biota, habitat, natural resources, wildlife, California, species, environment, birds


Summary

Range maps of California's regularly-occurring vertebrates were digitized as GIS layers to support the predictions of the CWHR System software, which allows users to query for wildlife species meeting a set of location and habitat conditions. Presently, they are used to help generate a tabular location database for the system software. Outside the system software, the GIS layers are used to support species richness assessments for statewide conservation planning.

Description

Vector datasets of CWHR range maps are one component of California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR), a comprehensive information system and predictive model for California's wildlife. The CWHR System was developed to support habitat conservation and management, land use planning, impact assessment, education, and research involving terrestrial vertebrates in California. CWHR contains information on life history, management status, geographic distribution, and habitat relationships for wildlife species known to occur regularly in California. Range maps represent the maximum, current geographic extent of each species within California. They were originally delineated at a scale of 1:5,000,000 by species-level experts and have gradually been revised at a scale of 1:1,000,000. For more information about CWHR, visit the CWHR webpage ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR ). The webpage provides links to download CWHR data and user documents such as a look up table of available range maps including species code, species name, and range map revision history; a full set of CWHR GIS data; .pdf files of each range map or species life history accounts; and a User Guide.

Credits

Use limitations

None.

Extent

West -117.799005 East -115.497239
North 35.640886 South 33.745308

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource biota, environment


* Content type Downloadable Data


Place keywords California

Theme keywords biota, environment

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Category




Theme keywords habitat, natural resources, wildlife, species, birds

Citation

Title Eastern Whip-poor-will Range - CWHR B278 [ds1531]
Publication date 2016-02-0100:00:00


Presentation formats digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data


Other citation details
These are the same layers as appear in the CWHR System software. Citation for the CWHR System is as follows: California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Interagency Wildlife Task Group. [DATE downloaded]. CWHR version [insert version number X.X] personal computer program. Sacramento, CA.


Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's role originator


Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status completed
Spatial representation type vector


Supplemental information
The following information describes, and should always accompany, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's California Wildlife Habitat Relationship System (CWHR) species distribution data. The data is organized into folders according to major taxonomic groups in CWHR. Each species is represented by a single shapefile and is named according to its 4 digit alpha-numeric CWHR ID code. The file lookup.xls contains a record for each species including its CWHR ID, scientific name, common name, and range map revision history (available for download at https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR). Each layer contains the following attributes: a SHAPE_NAME or CWHR ID code, species scientific and common name, and a season code. Season codes include S for summer-only, W for winter-only, and Y for yearlong. A few species have a migration-only stopover location mapped and represented with an M. The CWHR System software contains species predictions for migration-only locations, yet most of these are not mapped. The CWHR species range maps are continually being reviewed and updated as new animal occurrence data becomes available, especially in digital format. While the original maps were digitized from 1:5,000,000 scale depictions of range, a major revision effort started in 1995 to have maps reviewed and delineated by species-level experts at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Maps dated later than 1995 are therefore much more detailed and precise in their representation of a species' range. Increasingly, species-level experts and CWHR staff have made every effort, where justified by the distribution of known species observations or known habitat associations, to represent a species' range with standard polygons of major geographic features in California such as mountain ranges, valleys, buffered river corridors, and ecological subsections of California. The smallest units of the "Ecological subregions of California: section and subsection descriptions" (Miles and Goudy, 1997. USDA Forest Service Report No. R5-EM-TP-005) capture areas with very similar soils, vegetation, precipitation, geology, climate, and geography. In cases where a population of a species is known to be isolated, its point location is buffered to a minimum radius of 2 miles. CWHR range data can be used together with vegetation maps and CWHR habitat suitability ranks to create habitat suitability maps for species using the CWHR BioVIEW program. Habitat suitability scores and the BioView program are available through the CWHR software, which is available for free download at https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR. Note that habitat suitability ranks were developed based on habitat patch sizes >40 acres in size, and are best interpreted for habitat patches >200 acres in size. For further information, see the CWHR User's Guide and FAQ at https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR.
* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.0.5524


ArcGIS item properties
* Name Eastern Whip-poor-will Range - CWHR B278 [ds1531]
* Size 0.003
* Location Server=; :; Database=; User=; Version=
* Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

Extents

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.506123
East longitude -113.497863
South latitude 32.423674
North latitude 42.068568

Extent
Description
publication date
Temporal extent
Date and time 2016-02-0100:00:00

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -117.799005
* East longitude -115.497239
* North latitude 35.640886
* South latitude 33.745308
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -13113325.299100
* East longitude -12857093.805800
* South latitude 3994654.222500
* North latitude 4251319.661700
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Melanie Gogol-Prokurat
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's position Conservation Analysis Unit Coordinator
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 324-9265

Address
e-mail address melanie.gogol-prokurat@wildlife.ca.gov



Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency as needed


Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

None.


Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
* Projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 102100
X origin -20037700
Y origin -30241100
XY scale 10000
Z origin 0
Z scale 1
M origin 0
M scale 1
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3857
Well-known text PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3857]]

Reference system identifier
* Value 3857
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 8.8(9.3.1.2)


Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name DS1531_20160426
* Object type composite
* Object count 1



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name DS1531_20160426
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 1
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE



Distribution

Distribution format
* Name SDE Feature Class


Transfer options
Online source
Location http://bios.wildlife.ca.gov
Function performed information

Online source
Location ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/1500_1599/ds1531.zip
Function performed download

Online source
Location https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR
Function performed information

Fields

Details for object DS1531_20160426
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 1


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.




Field Shape
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Feature geometry.
Description source
ESRI
Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.




Field SName
* Alias SName
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Scientific name of species.


Field CName
* Alias CName
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Common name of species.


Field Season
* Alias Season
* Data type String
* Width 1
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Season when the species is in the area of the range.
List of values
Value Y
Description Yearlong


Value S
Description Summer - only


Value W
Description Winter - only


Value M
Description Migration - only




Field Shape_Name
* Alias Shape_Name
* Data type String
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CWHR ID code.


Field Shape.STArea()
* Alias Shape.STArea()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0




Field Shape.STLength()
* Alias Shape.STLength()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0






Metadata Details

Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2016-08-12


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2016-04-2711:35:57
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2016-08-1214:04:11


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2016-08-1214:04:11

Item location history
Item copied or moved 2016-04-2710:53:50
From P:\WorkArea\ds1500-1599\1531-Eastern_Whip_Poor_Will_CWHR\v1\v1_final\ds1531
To \\geodata.\\Pre_LYRMayor\CWHR\Birds\Unprocessed\ds1531


Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name CWHR Program, Biogeographic Data Branch
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Address
City Sacramento
Administrative area California
e-mail address cwhr@wildlife.ca.gov



Metadata Maintenance

Maintenance
Update frequency unknown


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