Learning Objectives:
- Define “metadata” in the context of the geospatial data set
- Use a metadata utility to create a geospatial metadata document for a digital database you created
- Formulate metadata for a graphic output that would be distributed to the general public
- Formulate metadata for a geostatistical analysis that would be released to an experienced audience
- Compose data integrity statements for a geostatistical or spatial analysis to be included in graphic output
- Identify software tools available to support metadata creation
- Interpret the elements of an existing metadata document
- Explain why metadata production should be integrated into the data production and database development workflows, rather than treated as an ancillary activity
- Outline the elements of the U.S. geospatial metadata standard
- Explain the ways in which metadata increases the value of geospatial data