IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: USGS
      Publication_Date: unknown
      Title: US 24,000 and 63,360(Alaska) Quads
      Edition: 
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: unknown
        Publisher: unknown
      Other_Citation_Details:
      Online_Linkage: unknown
  Description:
    Abstract:
      This shapefile is the complete coverage of 1:24,000 quads
      for the US and 1:63,360 quads for Alaska
    Purpose:
      To serve as a reference for Quadrangle information
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: unknown
        Ending_Date: unknown
    Currentness_Reference: unknown
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.3333
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.5500
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72.0000
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.6750
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: US
      Theme_Keyword: Quadrangles
      Theme_Keyword: 1:24,000
      Theme_Keyword: 1:64,000
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: US
  Access_Constraints:
    None
  Use_Constraints:
    None
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: USGS
        Contact_Person: 
      Contact_Position: 
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    ArcView version 3.1 shapefile format
 
DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:  Process preformed by USGS unknown
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        I&M Process: USGS ArcInfo export file (.e00) brought into
        ArcInfo . Coverage projected to UTM zone of interest and
        NAD83. Coverage was then exported to a shapefile.
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: NPS I&M Program
            Contact_Person: 
          Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing and physical address
            Address: 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 200
            City: Fort Collins
            State_or_Province: CO
            Postal_Code: 80525
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (970)225-3585
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          Hours_of_Service: Normal Business Hours

SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 56946

SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
	Grid_Coordinate_System
		Grid_Coordinate_System_Name:Universal Transverse Mercator
		Universal Transverse Mercator:
			UTM_Zone_Number:
			Transverse_Mercator:
				Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian:0.9996
				Longitude_of_Cental_Meridian:
				Latitude_of_Projection_Orgin:0.0
				False_Easting:500000
				False_Northing:0.0
	Planar_Coordinate_Information:
		Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:coordinate pair
		Coordinate_Representation:
			Abscissa_Resolution:0.61
			Ordinate_Resolution:0.61
		Planar_Distance_Units:meters
   Geodetic_Model:
	Horizontal_Datum_Name:North American Datum of 1983
	Ellipsoid_Name:GRS 80
	Semi-Major_Axis:6378137
	Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:298.257

DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: USGS
        Contact_Person: 
      Contact_Position: 
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 
        City: 
        State_or_Province: 
        Postal_Code: 
        Country: 
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
      Hours_of_Service: 
  Resource_Description:

METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

  Metadata_Date: 19991019
  Metadata_Review_Date: 
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: NPS I&M Program
        Contact_Person: 
      Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
        Address: 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 200
        City: Fort Collins
        State_or_Province: CO
        Postal_Code: 80525
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 970-225-3585
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
      Hours_of_Service: Normal Business Hours
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998