Ponding Basins
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- Description:
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- Abstract:
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This layer shows the ponding basins of Guam, which are mostly located in northern Guam. The features were digitzed on-screen by visual interpretation of up-to-date source layers, primarily LiDAR-derived surface raster layers and satellite imagery (2011). An older dataset created by the Water and Environmental Research Institute around 1998 was used as a starting point. Note that many ponding basins may have originated as natural features (karst sinkholes) whose contours have been altered. This dataset may not be complete. Most features were also not verified in the field.
- Purpose:
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To show the location of ponding basins on Guam. GIS data inventory of the Government of Guam.
- Supplemental_Information:
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The features were digitzed on-screen by visual interpretation of up-to-date source layers, primarily LiDAR-derived surface raster layers and satellite imagery (2011). An older dataset created by the Water and Environmental Research Institute around 1998 was used as a starting point. No distinction was made between man-made or natural. Note that this dataset may not be complete. Most features were also not verified in the field.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 2011
- Status:
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- Progress: In work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
- Keywords:
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- Place:
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- Place_Keyword: United States Territory
- Place_Keyword: Pacific Islands
- Place_Keyword: Guam
- Place_Keyword: Micronesia
- Place_Keyword: Western Pacific
- Place_Keyword: Northwestern Pacific
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: sink
- Theme_Keyword: ponding basins
- Theme_Keyword: drainages
- Theme_Keyword: drainage basin
- Theme_Keyword: stormwater
- Access_Constraints: none
- Use_Constraints:
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Data set is not for use in litigation. Bureau of Statistics & Plans (BSP) cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of the data to be in a particular system.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Statistics & Plans (BSP)
- Contact_Person: Maria Kottermair
- Contact_Position:
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GIS Support for the Bureau of Statistics & Plans (BSP), Research Assistant III, WERI-UOG
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: P.O. Box 2950
- City: Hagatna
- State_or_Province: Guam
- Postal_Code: 96932
- Country: US
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 671-472-4201-3
- Hours_of_Service: 8am - 5 pm +10 UTC
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mariakottermair@uguam.uog.edu
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI ArcMap 10.0
- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Maria Kottermair
- Publication_Date: March 2013
- Title: Ponding Basins
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.57
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: 145
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.65
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.19
- Data_Set_Credit: Maria Kottermair, University of Guam (WERI).
- Security_Information:
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- Security_Classification: Unclassified
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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Data are believed to be logically consistent. Ponding basins were identified using LiDAR (2007)-derived raster and for additional verification, WorldView2 imagery by Digital Globe from 2011. A dataset created by WERI (no metadata was available) was added (55 feature points). All points were checked against the LiDAR data for verification, two points were deleted because they did not show up in either LiDAR or satellite imagery. Few ponding basins were identified using only WorldView2 imagery (e.g., near airport and Home Depot) because were excavated after 2007, hence not existing in the LiDAR data.
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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Ponding basin shapefile was obtained from UOG-WERI but not metadata information was available. It is very likely that the original file was created as part of an urban runoff project by Denton et al. in 1998 (see source information).
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Water & Environmental Research Institute, University of Guam
- Contact_Person: Gary Denton
- Contact_Position: Professor of Environmental Toxicology
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gdenton@uguam.uog.edu
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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Ponding basins were primarily identified using various LiDAR (2007)-derived raster layers. In addition, satellite imagery QuickBird (2005) and WorldView2 (2011) by Digital Globe were used for verification. No distinction was made if man-made or natural. Some ponding basins may be natural sinkholes or other natural depressions. Other than location and source, no additional attributes have been added. The dataset will be updated and expanded as part of an Guam Hydrologic Survey (GHS) project involving delineation of sinkholes and other depressions (2013-2014).
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Guam Coastal Management Program (GCMP), Bureau of Statistics & Plans
- Contact_Person: Maria Kottermair
- Contact_Position: GIS Support for GCMP, Research Assistant III, WERI-UOG
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mariakottermair@uguam.uog.edu
- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Denton et al.
- Publication_Date: 1998
- Title: Ponding basins
- Online_Linkage:
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<http://www.weriguam.org/reports/item/urban-runoff-in-guam-major-retention-sites-elemental-composition-and-environmental-significance.html>
- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Some ponding basin might have been misclassified. Additional attributes other than location name (for some ponding basins only) have not been collected.
- Completeness_Report:
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The dataset is believed to be complete up to 2011 with minor errors. Newer development (after 2011) which may have created ponding basin are not included here.
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Statistics & Plans (BSP)
- Contact_Position: GIS Manager
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: P.O. Box 2950
- City: Hagatna
- State_or_Province: Guam
- Postal_Code: 96932
- Country: United States
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 671-472-4201-3
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 671-477-1812
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vtorres@mail.gov.gu
- Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm
- Distribution_Liability:
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Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use for this data.
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Ordering_Instructions: Please ID Point of Contact indicated
- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Transfer_Size: 0.002
- Resource_Description: Downloadable data.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20130810
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Guam Coastal Management Plan, Bureau of Statistics and Plans
- Contact_Person: Maria Kottermair
- Contact_Position: GIS support for GCMP, University of Guam (WERI)
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mariakottermair@uguamlive.uog.edu
- Hours_of_Service: 8am - 5 pm local Guam Time
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type:
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REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.
- City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.
- State_or_Province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.
- Postal_Code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.
- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Review_Date: 20131010
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: ponding_basins
- Entity_Type_Definition: Point location of ponding basins of Guam
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
- Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Comment
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Source
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Latitude
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Longitude
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LOCATION
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
- Planar:
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- Planar_Coordinate_Information:
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- Planar_Distance_Units: meters
- Lineage:
Generated by mp version 2.9.3 on Sun Oct 20 21:31:47 2013