Yukon Fireweed, Government of Yukon: Link to Government of Yukon Home Department of Highways and Public Works: Link to Department Home Page
blue bar
[Government of Yukon Home] [Deparment Home] [Department Search] [Department Site Map] [Department News] [Geomatics Yukon Publications] [Department Services] [Geomatics Yukon Contact]

Government of Yukon > Departments > Highways and Public Works > Information and Communications Technology Branch > Geomatics Yukon

Popular Topics

Contact Us:

Geomatics Yukon
Information & Communication Technologies Division
Department of Highways and Public Works
Email: geomatics@gov.yk.ca

Last Updated January 4, 2008

Government of Yukon Wordmark

 

Metadata


Metadata is information about a dataset, such as who is responsible for it, when it was created, what its source was, its spatial extent, its accuracy, and other characteristics about the data. Every dataset should have metadata attached to it.

The Government of Yukon follows the FGDC standard for capturing metadata. Further information on the FGDC standard can be found at the following URL: http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/geospatial-metadata-standards

blue bullet Metadata is available for all data layers in the Yukon Government Corporate Spatial Warehouse (CSW). Click Here

blue bullet For more information about the CSW project, Click Here

blue bullet Other Metadata Available: Metadata available with Data for Download

Metadata is available with most of the data available in the Yukon Spatial Data Clearinghouse. With each data set there is a summary of the metadata status and how it can be viewed (either on the web or downloaded with the data).

blue bar
Home | Search | Copyright | Privacy | Disclaimer
 
 
© Government of Yukon 2003