Land Environments New Zealand (LENZ) - Level 4 Polygons (2009)

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Metadata
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information
Originator

Ministry for the Environment

Publication Date

1/12/2002

Title

lenz4s

Geospatial Data Presentation Form

vector digital data

Online Linkage

LENZ Level 4 Polygons.shp

Description
Abstract

Land Environments of New Zealand (LENZ) is a classification of fifteen climate, landform, and soil variables chosen for their relevance to biological distributions. Classification groups were derived by automatic classification using a multivariate procedure. Four levels of classification detail have been produced from this analysis, containing 20, 100, 200, and 500 groups respectively.

Purpose

Detailed descriptions of the input data layers, the methods, and the resulting classification groups are contained in two publications:
Leathwick et al. 2003. Land Environments of New Zealand. David Bateman Ltd, Auckland; and
Leathwick et al. 2003. LENZ Technical Guide, Ministry for the Environment. This layer is the first with only 20 environments.

Supplemental Information

This dataset was converted to Shape file polygons from the native Grid format. Fundemental data layer is interger. Attatched attribute table identifies LENZ level IV groups and their average environment.

Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date

1/1/2000

Currentness Reference

publication date

Status
Progress

Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency

None planned

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates
West Bounding Coordinate

166.259164

East Bounding Coordinate

179.484414

North Bounding Coordinate

-34.003027

South Bounding Coordinate

-47.412894

Keywords
Theme
Theme Keyword

ECOLOGY Landscape Biodiversity

Theme Keyword

ECOLOGY Landscape Classification

Access Constraints

None

Use Constraints

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/

Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization

Ministry for the Environment

Contact Position

Senior Adviser, Geospatial Information

Contact Address
Address Type

physical address

Address

23 Kate Sheppard Place

City

Wellington

Country

New Zealand

Contact Voice Telephone

+64 4 439 7400

Contact Electronic Mail Address

info@mfe.govt.nz

Data Set Credit

John Leathwick, Gareth Wilson, Daniel Rutledge, Peter wardle, Fraser Morgan, Kirsty Johnston, Malcolm McLeod, Russel Kirkpatrick

Native Data Set Environment

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy
Attribute Accuracy Report

Not Relevant

Logical Consistency Report

Not Relevant

Completeness Report

Complete

Positional Accuracy
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

No assessment has been made of the additive effects of positional inaccuracies in the data used to define LENZ.

Vertical Positional Accuracy
Vertical Positional Accuracy Report

No assessment has been made of the additive effects of positional inaccuracies in the data used to define LENZ.

Lineage
Process Step
Process Description

Land Environments of New Zealand (LENZ) was derived by combining data from the Land Resource Inventory (LRI) database, thin plate spline surfaces fitted to long-run average climate data from climate stations throughout New Zealand, and a slope layer computed from a 25 meter DEM derived by Landcare Research from 20 m contour data used in the production of NZMS 260 series topographic maps.

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation

D:\Data_Spatial\LENZ\LENZ Re-release\LENZ_Class\LENZLevel1_Dissolve_Export

Process Date

20090608

Process Time

13100400

Process Step
Process Description

Dataset copied.

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation

D:\Data_Spatial\LENZ\LENZ Re-release\LENZ_Class\Working\LENZLevel1_Dissolve_Export

Process Date

20090608

Process Time

13160000

Process Step
Process Description

Converted to polygons for distribution

Process Date

June 2009

Process Step
Process Description

Metadata imported.

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation

D:\Data_Spatial\LENZ\LENZ Re-release\LENZ_Class\LENZ Level 1 Polygons.shp.xml

Process Date

20090616

Process Time

11563300

Process Step
Process Description

Metadata imported.

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation

D:\Data_Spatial\LENZ\LENZ Re-release\LENZ_Class\LENZ Level 2 Polygons.shp.xml

Process Date

20090616

Process Time

11574000

Process Step
Process Description

Metadata imported.

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation

D:\Data_Spatial\LENZ\LENZ Re-release\LENZ_Class\LENZ Level 3 Polygons.shp.xml

Process Date

20090616

Process Time

11583100

Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method

Vector

Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type

G-polygon

Point and Vector Object Count

0

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection
Map Projection Name

New_Zealand_Map_Grid

Map Projection Parameters
Standard Parallel

0.000000

Longitude of Central Meridian

173.000000

Latitude of Projection Origin

-41.000000

False Easting

2510000.000000

False Northing

6023150.000000

Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method

coordinate pair

Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution

0.000000

Ordinate Resolution

0.000000

Planar Distance Units

meters

Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name

D_New_Zealand_1949

Ellipsoid Name

International_1924

Semi-major Axis

6378388.000000

Denominator of Flattening Ratio

297.000000

Entity and Attribute Information
Detailed Description
Entity Type
Entity Type Label

lenz4s

Attribute
Attribute Label

FID

Attribute Definition

Internal feature number.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute
Attribute Label

Shape

Attribute Definition

Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute
Attribute Label

VALUE

Attribute
Attribute Label

LVL_4

Attribute
Attribute Label

HECTARES

Attribute
Attribute Label

ELEVATION

Attribute
Attribute Label

ANNUAL_TEM

Attribute
Attribute Label

MIN_TEMP

Attribute
Attribute Label

ANNUAL_SOL

Attribute
Attribute Label

WINTER_SOL

Attribute
Attribute Label

OCT_VPD

Attribute
Attribute Label

WAT_BAL_RA

Attribute
Attribute Label

WATER_DEFI

Attribute
Attribute Label

SLOPE

Attribute
Attribute Label

DRAINAGE

Attribute
Attribute Label

AGE

Attribute
Attribute Label

CHEM_LIMIT

Attribute
Attribute Label

ACID_SOL_P

Attribute
Attribute Label

EXCH_CALCI

Attribute
Attribute Label

INDURATION

Attribute
Attribute Label

PARTICLE_S

Attribute
Attribute Label

ORIG_FID

Distribution Information
Distributor
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Organization

Landcare Research Ltd.

Contact Position

GIS Technician

Contact Address
Address Type

mailing address

Address

PB 3127

City

Hamilton

Postal Code

2001

Country

New Zealand

Contact Voice Telephone

64 7 858 3703

Contact Facsimile Telephone

64 7 858 4964

Contact Electronic Mail Address

briggsc@landcare.cri.nz

Resource Description

Downloadable Data

Standard Order Process
Digital Form
Digital Transfer Information
Transfer Size

0.000

Digital Transfer Option
Online Option
Computer Contact Information
Network Address
Network Resource Name

www.koordinates.com

Distribution Information
Distributor
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Organization

Koordinates.com

Contact Electronic Mail Address

ed.korkery@koordinates.com

Contact Instructions

This dataset can be downloaded from www.koordinates.com

Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date

20090629

Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization

Ministry for the Environment

Contact Person

Karl Majorhazi

Contact Position

Senior Adviser, Geospatial Information

Contact Address
Address Type

physical address

Address

Environment House

Address

23 Kate Sheppard Place

City

Wellington

Country

New Zealand

Contact Voice Telephone

64 4 439 7400

Metadata Standard Name

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version

FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention

local time

Metadata Extensions
Online Linkage

http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Profile Name

ESRI Metadata Profile