Polygon Attribute Table (PAT)

Filename

{covername}.PAT

Description

The Polygon Attribute Table (PAT) provides the linkage between geographic locations (polygons) and soil landscape attributes in the associated database tables.

Contents

  Field  Name         Type  Width
  -----  ----         ----  -----
    1    AREA           F     4    (internal ARC/INFO)
    2    PERIMETER      F     4    (internal ARC/INFO)
    3    SLC#           B     4    (internal ARC/INFO)
    4    SLC-ID         B     4    (not used)
    5    SL             I     6    (relate key)
    6    ECO            I     4    (relate key)
    7    SLV2_0         I     6    (SL number in V2)
    8    NEWSL          I     6    (revised SL numbers)
    9    PATSHOULDABIN  I     6    (SL errors in V2.0 PAT)

Relationships

• A record in this file is unique with respect to SLC#.
• The SL field is used to relate to the soil and landscapes databases
• The ECO field is used to relate to the Ecostratification databases

Note: SL numbers are not always unique in this file. Also, since EcoDistricts typically include many SLC polygons, ECO numbers are almost never unique in this file.

effective version 2.1 Contact: Peter Schut