ArcView Metadata Collector
   
Name/Version: ArcView Metadata Collector v. 2.0 (NOAA Coastal Services Center)
Reviewer:
Not reviewed, but see comments under 'Other relevant information and tips,' below. The information here was derived from descriptive information provided on the NOAA web site
Version and date of last known release: version 2.0, 11/04/1999
Other relevant information and tips:
AJ Wortley, Outreach Specialist for the Wisconsin Cartographer's Office examined Version 2.0 of the ArcView Metadata Collector and provided this synopsis to the lio-tech mailing list.
Fernanda Néry has observed several quirks of the Metadata Collector. Here are her observations.
Function: CSDGM metadata creation tool
Software
Platform:
ArcView 3.x and OS that supports it. ArcView 3.0 also requires download and installation of ESRI's Dialog Designer extension (included with ArcView 3.1+).
Principal Contact:
There is no support for technical questions regarding the code provided by either the software developers, Jeff Cowen and David Stein, Technology Planning and Management Corporation, or the NOAA Coastal Services Center that provided funding for this project.
Status: Available
Metadata Storage Structure: Database
Brief Description:
The ArcView Metadata Collector is an ArcView extension module to aid building CSDGM compliant for any data type supported by ArcView. The tool automatically extracts some elements of metadata directly from these datasets including bounding coordinates, projection, and attributes.
Cost: None
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Hugh Phillips, hphillips@ibm.net