Metadata information:

1) Dataset:	
	Ontario_change89-01

2) Description:	
	Data contains all human-caused forest disturbances (e.g., clearcuts, roads, reservoirs)
	for the approximate period of 1989 to 2001 within the Global Forest Watch Canada Ontario 
	study area defined by selected Landsat 5/7 image pairs and the Ontario provincial boundary. 

	For project details please visit: http://www.globalforestwatch.ca

3) Data format: 
	Vector digital data, ArcView (*.shp) 

4) Creation Date: 
	March 2007.

5) Source of information-data origin: 
	Change detection was performed using orthorectified Landsat 5 and 7 images between the 
	approximate time periods of 1989 and 2001.  

6) Spatial Attributes:
	Map Projection Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
		Standard Parallel: 49.000000
		Standard Parallel: 77.000000
		Longitude of Central Meridian: -95.000000
		Latitude of Projection Origin: 49.000000
		False Easting: 0.000000
		False Northing: 0.000000

	Planar Coordinate Information
		Planar Distance Units: meters
		Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair
		Coordinate Representation
		   Abscissa Resolution: 0.000000
		   Ordinate Resolution: 0.000000


	Geodetic Model
 		Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1927
		Ellipsoid Name: Clarke 1866
		Semi-major Axis: 6378206.400000
		Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.978698


	Bounding coordinates
	   	Horizontal
	      	In decimal degrees
			West: -95.163581
			East: -77.455011
			North: 52.586010
			South: 45.907524
	      	In projected or local coordinates
			Left: -10950.578719
			Right: 1205232.560929
			Top: 396357.620553
			Bottom: -198589.345742

7) Publisher:
	Global Forest Watch Canada
	10337 146 Street 
	Edmonton, Alberta
	T5N 3A3

8) Contact name:	
	Matt Hanneman
	GIS / Remote Sensing Specialist
	Phone: (780) 422-5989
	e-mail: matt@globalforestwatch.ca