USGS GIS 2004
Hands-on metadata
Basic resources
Setting up
- Executable software is in C:\USGS\tools\bin
- Open a command prompt window (Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt)
- Add C:\USGS\tools\bin to your PATH:
C:\> PATH C:\USGS\tools\bin;%PATH%
If you put %PATH% first, then the system will find the older version of mp distributed with ArcGIS and use that instead.
- Now you can use
cd
to change directories, and you can still run the software.
Simple examples
- one
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mp one.txt -e one.err.txt -x one.xml -h one.html
- Format: indented text
- Content: one element, a name
- Can run mp to produce XML, HTML
- Error report cites missing elements
- two
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mp two.txt -e two.err.txt -x two.xml -h two.html -f two.faq.html
- Format: indented text
- Content: bibliographic citation, hypertext link, contact
- Can now show FAQ-style HTML as well
- three
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mp three.txt -e three.err.txt -x three.xml -h three.html -f three.faq.html
err2html three.err.txt -o three.err.html
- Format: indented text
- Content: some errors
- Using err2html, original error report can be re-expressed in HTML
- four.cfg
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mp -c four.cfg four.txt
err2html -c four.cfg four.err
- Config file directives specify templates for output files
- This makes the command line easier to type
- Makefile
-
make
- List files to be processed on line beginning all:
- Updates only files you have changed
Fun with Tkme
- Basic operation
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- Create shortcut
- Windows and menus, help and tips
- Moving about in the record
- Inserting elements
- Collapsing and expanding the tree
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Context menus
- Cutting and pasting
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- Sections of metadata
- Blocks of text
- Snippets
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- Saving a snippet
- Recalling a snippet
- Deleting a snippet
- Tricks
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- Navigating using the output window
- Extensions and profiles
- Editing ArcCatalog metadata
Practical examples and problems
- Surficial geologic map of parts of the Misheguk Mountain and Baird Mountains quadrangles, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
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- Text format, generally well written.
- Format_Name nonsensical, Format_Version_Date likewise.
- Network_Resource_Name not specific.
- No Source_Information--is it all new mapping?
- No Browse_Graphic.
- Preliminary geologic map of the Perris 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
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- Text format, generally well written.
- Unknown element Latitude_of_True_Scale in Polyconic should be deleted; value matches Latitude_of_Projection_Origin.
- Lacks specific distribution information.
- Funky Online_Linkage, Issue_Identification in Citation.
- Needs blank lines separating paragraphs in some text fields (Abstract, Attribute_Accuracy_Report, Entity_and_Attribute_Overview, Distribution_Liability).
- Currentness_Reference hard to understand.
- No Source_Information, but Cross_Reference appears to be a precursor work by the same author.
- Map and digital database of sedimentary basins and indications of petroleum in the Central Alaska Province
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- Faults
- Sedimentary basins
- Generally well written, good level of detail.
- Text format, saved as text from HTML page in browser, so requires cleanup.
- Created using ArcCatalog (text REQUIRED left over in Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus and Metadata_Contact).
- Contains references to local hard disks and LAN systems.
- Incorrect date format in Publication_Date.
- No Series_Information, Publication_Information, or Larger_Work_Citation in Citation.
- Strange keywords chosen.
- ESRI attributes documented.
- Information in Resource_Description should be part of Digital_Transfer_Information.
- Standard_Order_Process essentially empty.
- Metadata_Review_Date in the past.
- Contains Security_Information, Hours_of_Service, Metadata_Security_Information.
- Atlas of natural hazards in the Hawaiian coastal zone
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- Geologic attributes of the coastal zone of Hawaii, Hawaii
- Generally informative, not badly written.
- Text format.
- Title is file name; Abstract contains title. Supplemental_Information could be used to create Abstract.
- Place_Keyword elements include other islands, but this is for Hawaii only.
- Completeness_Report and Positional_Accuracy are meaningless.
- Distance_and_Bearing_Representation does not apply to shapefiles.
- Codeset_Name used where Enumerated_Domain_Value should have been.
- Overview_Description perfunctory, not needed.
- No Standard_Order_Process, no download information.
- Note that the shapefile cannot be read by ArcExplorer due to punctuation in field names.
- Digital geologic map of Loudoun County, Virginia
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- LOUD_META.TXT
- Citation incomplete
- Indentation problem within Supplemental_Information
- Time_Period_of_Content makes no sense
- Metadata_Reference_Information out of order
- Essentially no Data_Quality_Information
- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview just tells you to look in other files, especially one Geol_db.txt, which is neither on the web site nor in the .zip files.
- Distribution_Information incomplete
- Digital geologic map of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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Using NPS metadata tools with ArcGIS 8
- George Lienkaemper will discuss this
This page is <http://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/talk/usgsgis/>
Maintained by Peter Schweitzer
Last updated 24-Mar-2004