Author Index File Metadata
Welcome to the Office of Geomatics metadata for the Author Index File.
This metadata was written using the Content Standards for Digital Geospatial
Metadata,
- 1.0 Identification Information:
- basic information about the data set.
- 4.0 Spatial Reference Information:
- description of the reference frame for and the means to encode the coordinates in the data set.
- 6.0 Distribution Information:
- information about the distributor of and options for obtaining the data set
- 7.0 Metadata Reference Information:
- information on the currentness of the metadata information, and the responsible party.
- 1.1 Citation:
- 1.1.1 Originator: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- 1.1.2 Publication Date: December 1995
- 1.1.4 Title: Author Index File
- 1.1.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form: database
- 1.1.8 Publication Information:
- 1.1.8.1 Publication Place: St. Louis, Missouri
- 1.1.8.2 Publisher: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- 1.2 Description:
- 1.2.1 Abstract: Bibliographical information related to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's gravity data file.
- 1.2.2 Purpose: The purpose of the Author Index File is simply to provide bibliographical data associated with the various gravity surveys which are contained in NGA's Point Gravity Anomaly (PGA) database.
- 1.3 Time Period of Content:
- 1.3.1 Range of Dates/Times: Dates range from approximately 1945 to present.
- 1.3.2 Currentness Reference: survey date
- 1.4 Status:
- 1.4.1 Progress: Complete
- 1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency: Daily
- 1.5 Spatial Domain:
- 1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates:
- 1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees
- 1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees
- 1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate: 90 degrees
- 1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate: -90 degrees
- 1.6 Keywords:
- 1.6.1 Theme:
- 1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus: DoD Glossary of Mapping, Charting, and Geodetic Terms
- 1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: AIF, Author Index File, Gravity sources, Gravity survey
- 1.7 Access Constraints: All requests for this data should be made to NGA, which is the sole authorized distributor.
- 1.8 Use Constraints: DoD. Upon release of this data NGA requires that copies not be made external to the receiving organization.
- 1.9 Points of Contact:
- 1.9.2 Contact Organization Primary:
- 1.9.2.1 Contact Organization: NGA Geospatial Sciences Division
- 1.9.2.2 Contact Person: Physical Geodesy Program Manager
- 1.9.3 Contact Position: Program Manager
- 1.9.4 Contact Address:
- 1.9.4.1 Address Type: mailing address
- 1.9.4.2 Address: 3838 Vogel Road L-41
- 1.9.4.3 City: St. Louis
- 1.9.4.4 State or Province: Missouri
- 1.9.4.5 Postal Code: 63010-6238
- 1.9.4.6 Country: United States of America
- 1.9.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (314) 676-4239 or DSN 846-4239
- 1.9.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone: (314) 676-4432 or DSN 846-4432
- 1.9.8 Contact Electronic Mail: gandg@nga.mil
- 1.9.9 Hours of Service: 0900-1500 Mon to Fri (Central Time)
- 1.12 Security Information:
- 1.12.1 Security Classification System: Department of Defense
- 1.12.2 Security Classification: SECRET
- 1.12.3 Security Handling Description: Not Applicable
1.0 Identification Information:
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- 4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
- 4.1.4 Geodetic Model:
- 4.1.4.2 Ellipsoid Name: World Geodetic System 1984
- 4.1.4.3 Semi-major Axis: 6378137
- 4.1.4.4 Altitude Encoding Method: 298.257223563
4.0 Spatial Reference Information
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- 6.1 Distributor:
- 6.1.2 Contact Organization Primary:
- 6.1.2.1 Contact Organization: NGA Geospatial Sciences Division
- 6.1.2.2 Contact Person: William Bakula
- 6.1.3 Contact Position: Geodesist
- 6.1.4 Contact Address:
- 6.1.4.1 Address Type: mailing address
- 6.1.4.2 Address: 3838 Vogel Road L-41
- 6.1.4.3 City: St. Louis
- 6.1.4.4 State or Province: Missouri
- 6.1.4.5 Postal Code: 63010-6238
- 6.1.4.6 Country: United States of America
- 6.1.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (314) 676-4239
- 6.1.9 Hours of Service: 0900-1500 Mon to Fri (Central Time)
6.0 Distribution Information:
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- 7.1 Metadata Date: 1 December 1995
- 7.2 Metadata Review Date: 1 March 1998
- 7.3 Metadata Future Review Date: 1 March 1999
- 7.4 Metadata Contact:
- 7.4.1 Contact Person Primary:
- 7.4.1.1 Contact Person: Physical Geodesy Program Manager
- 7.4.1.2 Contact Organization: NGA Geospatial Sciences Division
- 7.4.3 Contact Position: Geodesist
- 7.4.4 Contact Address:
- 7.4.4.1 Address Type: mailing address
- 7.4.4.2 Address: 3838 Vogel Road L-41
- 7.4.4.3 City: St. Louis
- 7.4.4.4 State or Province: Missouri
- 7.4.4.5 Postal Code: 63010-6238
- 7.4.4.6 Country: United States of America
- 7.4.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (314)676-4239 or DSN846-4239
- 7.4.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone: (314)676-4432 or DSN846-4432
- 7.4.8 Contact Electronic Mail: gandg@nga.mil
- 7.4.9 Hours of Service: 0900-1500 Mon to Fri (Central Time)
- 7.5 Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- 7.6 Metadata Standard Version: June 8, 1994
- 7.10 Metadata Security Information:
- 7.10.1 Metadata Security Classification System: Department of Defense
- 7.10.2 Metadata Security Classi