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Street Tree Inventory, Village of Cayuga Heights, 2019

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Fred Cowett
Publication Date
2019
Title
Street Tree Inventory, Village of Cayuga Heights, 2019
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-009097
Abstract
This point dataset represents street trees in the Village of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins County, New York, as inventoried in June/July 2019.
Purpose
This inventory of trees can be used to support studies of species diversity, tree size and health, risks of invasive pests, and carbon sequestration.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Period
Beginning
201906
End
201907
Bounding Box
West
-76.502808
East
-76.475769
North
42.477722
South
42.456169
Theme Keyword
trees
street trees
tree inventory
urban forestry
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
none
ISO Topic Category
biota
Theme Keyword
biology
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
CUGIR Category
Place Keyword
Cayuga Heights (N.Y.)
Tompkins County (N.Y.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Person
Fred Cowett
Delivery Point
836 Hanshaw Rd
City
Ithaca
State
NY
Postal Code
14850
Contact Telephone
None
Contact Electronic Mail Address
fcowett@cayuga-heights.ny.us
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
All point data are represented by coordinate pairs.
Completeness Report
All streets were inventoried excluding streets such as Strawberry Lane and Parkway Place which are considered private. Portions of roads on the Cornell University campus within village boundaries was not inventoried, but information on these trees can be obtained from the Cornell University Campus Tree Inventory.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Fred Cowett
Publication Date
2009
Title
Street Tree Inventory, Village of Cayuga Heights, 2009
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-008026
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
200911
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Contribution
previous inventory
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Point
Point and Vector Object Count
2851
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000001
Longitude Resolution
0.000001
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
cayuga_heights_trees_2019
Entity Type Definition
Street Trees in the Village of Cayuga Heights
Entity Type Definition Source
Cowett
Attributes
SiteID
Site ID number (unique integers)
Definition Source
Cowett
SpCode
Species Code, usually from UFORE, but also from the USDA PLANTS Database where necessary (UFORE and USDA PLANTS Databasehttp://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/tools/ufore/ or http://plants.usda.gov/)
Definition Source
Cowett
BotanicNam
Botanical (scientific) name of the tree (string)
Definition Source
Cowett
CommonName
Common name of the tree (string)
Definition Source
Cowett
DBH
Diameter at Breast Height, in inches (1 to unbounded)
Definition Source
Cowett
Address
Number portion of the address of the parcel closest to the tree. "999999" if no address. (text string)
Definition Source
Cowett
Street
Street name of the address of the parcel closest to the tree (text string)
Definition Source
Cowett
Side
Indicates whether the tree is located on a street different from the parcel street address, such as a side street, or a street at the rear of the parcel
Front
Tree is along the street of the parcel address
Side
Tree is along the side of the parcel (i.e. not along the street of the parcels address)
Rear
Tree is along the rear of the parcel
Median
Tree is on a median
Definition Source
Cowett
OnStreet
Name of the street closest to the tree (may be different from the streetname of the parcel) (text string)
Definition Source
Cowett
X
x coordinate of the tree, in "NAD83(2011) / New York Central (ftUS)" (EPSG:6535) (real number)
Definition Source
CUGIR
Y
y coordinate of the tree, in "NAD83(2011) / New York Central (ftUS)" (EPSG:6535) (real number)
Definition Source
CUGIR
Latitude
latitude (WGS84) (real number)
Definition Source
Cowett
Longitude
longitude (WGS84) (real number)
Definition Source
Cowett
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shapefile
Format Name
metadata
Format Name
HTML metadata
Format Name
OGC:WMS
Distributor
Albert R. Mann Library
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/90/97/cugir-009097.zip
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/90/97/fgdc.xml
Online Access
https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/90/97/fgdc.html
Online Access
https://setup.cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wms?version=1.1.0request=GetMaplayers=cugir009097bbox=-76.50361917000001,42.45552241,-76.47495783,42.47836859width=256height=204srs=EPSG:4326format=image/png
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20231012
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Albert R. Mann Library
Contact Address
Address
Albert R. Mann Library
City
Ithaca
State or Province
New York
Postal Code
14853
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
607-255-5406
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mann-ref@cornell.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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