Documentation: WILLPNTS

The WILLPNTS ArcView shapefile provides a link between local observations of 
past events, activities and conditions and their geographic point locations within the 
Applegate Valley. The information provided through this database was developed 
primarily through a series of semi-structured interviews (or conversations) with 
long-term residents of the Williams watershed area south of Grants Pass, Oregon. 
There are 93 individual points within the database. Twelve of these points provide 
links only to digital photos. Some sites have links to both photos and detailed 
descriptive text. 

The majority of sites are located within the Williams watershed. All sites are located 
within the greater Applegate watershed.

Variable Fields

LINK [numeric]
Unique code identifying an individual record.

SITE [character]
Common name of site (e.g., Applegate Bridge, Williams School, Munger Creek).

TYPE1 [character]
Characterization of the general nature of the observation and site. Eight separate 
categories are used.
	activity
	bridge
	event
	landmark
	occurrence
	ownership
	reservoir
	stream

TYPE2 [character]
Additional characterization of the general nature of the observation and site. 
Eighteen categories are used.
	activity
	camp
	center
	church
	condition
	farm
	fish
	flood
	historic
	homesite
	logging
	sawmill
	school
	store
	swimming
	well
	wildlife
	woodlot

BDATE [character]
Initial approximate year for which observations apply. This field is vacant when 
there is insufficient information from key informants.

EDATE [character]
Last approximate year for which observations apply. This field is vacant when there 
is insufficient information from key informants. Note: the BDATE and EDATE 
fields are the same for single event observations such as floods.

CODES [character]
Alpha-numeric codes representing the conversation or conversations from which 
information for individual records was derived. Information from one conversation 
may be applied to several records, and one record may utilize information from 
several conversations. The codes are developed from a combination of the date of 
the conversation and the initials of the interviewers (e.g., 122096PRCY, 
012197PRCY).

TEXT [character]
Brief textual description of the observation and site. Additional or more detailed 
descriptions are generally available in a related text document (see TXTLNK).

TXTLINK [character]
Path name and document containing detailed text description of observation and 
site. This field can be used in ArcView to "hot-link" the points in the WILLPNTS 
theme to detailed text descriptions. Most, but not all records have associated 
descriptive documents. As written in the table, the ArcView project must be one 
directory below the AG_DATA directory.

	Example: AG_DATA/DATA/TXTLNK/pnt82.txt
	where AG_DATA/DATA/TXTLNK is the path to the TXTLNK directory 
	within the DATA directory within the AG_DATA directory, and pnt82.txt is 
	the text document within the TXTLNK directory related to the record for 
	LINK 82.

PHOTOLNK [character]
Path name and photo file related to the observation and site. This field can be used 
in ArcView to "hot-link" the points in the WILLPNTS theme to relevant photos. 
Not all records have associated photos. As written in the table, the ArcView project 
must be one directory below the AG_DATA directory.

	Example: AG_DATA/DATA/PHOLNK/DGRAY1.GIF
	where AG_DATA/DATA/TXTLNK is the path to the PHOLNK directory 
	within the DATA directory within the AG_DATA directory, and 
	DGRAY1.GIF is the text document within the PHOLNK directory related 
	to the subject record.

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The field data were collected under the direction of Interrain Pacific between 
October, 1996 and March, 1997 as part of a local knowledge development pilot 
project. Local knowledge is defined here as site-specific information derived from 
individuals--regardless of position, education or credential--who, by nature of their 
residence, work or activity have made direct observations of resource conditions, 
events and activities within a specific geographic area of interest.The database was 
developed by Interrain Pacific in May, 1997.

Interrain Pacific
1200 NW Front Street, Suite 490
Portland, Oregon  97209
503-226-8108
www.interrain.org