Rio Grande Channel, Guadalupe Area, 1852

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Identification Information

Title Rio Grande Channel, Guadalupe Area, 1852
Date 2009-04-04
Date Type Publication
Cited Responsible Party
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Role identify
Presentation Form vector digital data
Abstract Historical map of Rio Grande river between Texas and Mexico. U.S.- Mexican Boundary Survey. The original map is a xerox of a map entitled Boundary between the United States & Mexico. Agreed upon by the Joint Commission under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Surveyed in 1852, under the direction of Bvt. Major W.H. Emory, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Chief Astronomer and Surveyor, by Mr. M. von HIppel, Asst. Surveyor.
Purpose Historical Study of Rio Grande river course.
Supplemental Information Title: Rio Grande
Status Complete
Point of Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Natural Heritage New Mexico
Position Name GIS Coordinator
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3822
Facsimile 505-277-3844
Address
Delivery Point UNM Biology Dept.
Delivery Point MSC03 2020
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address nhnm@unm.edu
Maintenance and Update Frequency None planned
Descriptive Keywords Rio Grande River
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None
Language English
Topic Category inlandWaters
Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
West Bound -106.287822481287
East Bound -105.854171333041
North Bound 31.5785680971824
South Bound 31.2534698536174
Temporal Extent
DateTime 1852-12-31
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Distribution Information

Distributor
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Transfer Options
Online Resource ZIP
Online Resource ESRI Shapefile (shp)
Online Resource GML
Online Resource KML
Online Resource GeoJSON
Online Resource JSON
Online Resource Comma Separated Values (csv)
Online Resource MS Excel format (xls)
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial References
Spatial Reference North American Datum of 1927
Online Reference EPSG:4267
Spatial Reference Clarke 1866
Online Reference EPSG:7008
Spatial Reference Universal Transverse Mercator, 13
Online Reference EPSG:26713
Indirect Spatial Reference Unknown
Geometric Object Type G-polygon String GT-polygon composed of chains
Geometric Object Count 8 7 Unknown
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Data Quality Information

Attribute Accuracy Report
Report Unknown
Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
Attribute Accuracy Value
Attribute Accuracy Explanation
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Report The root-mean square error is generally .003 map units or less.
Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation
Logical Consistency Report Chain-node topology present. Tolerances were chosen to prevent errors in labels, intersections, tics, overshoots, and undershoots. Tests were performed to detect these types of errors and necessary corrections were made.
Completeness Report Data completeness reflects the content of the source file.
Lineage
Source Information
Source Citation
Source Scale Denominator 60000
Type of Source Media paper
Source Time Period of Content
DateTime 1852
Source Currentness Reference publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation none
Source Contribution Linework digitized from xerox copy of original map.
Process Step
Process Description Line work digitized from xerox copy. Tics were latitude and longitude points taken from the original map. Tics on the northeastern and southeastern corners were projected from the points on the map. The digitized cover was then transform in ARC/Info. Polygons were created from the linework and the coverage was projected into UTM coordinates.
Process Date 2000
Process Time
Process Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name RGIS Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Process Step
Process Description Metadata imported from shape file msp1844.shp.xml .
Process Date 2009-04-04
Process Time 17:06:57
Process Contact
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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier 7a50af9d-fcda-4775-8b42-ca1ada8c6284
Metadata Language English
Hierarchy Level Dataset
Date Stamp 2024-12-26
Metadata Standard Name ISO 19115:2003
Metadata Standard Version 1.0
Metadata Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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