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Metadata

This tutorial topic describes what metadata is, who creates it, and why it's important.  Additionally, there is a sub-page on how to create metadata.  This tutorial topic will familiarize you with the concept of metadata.

All geodata on INSIDE Idaho have FGDC-compliant metadata. Metadata records contain a vast amount of information and can likely answer many questions you may have about a particular data set.  You can view the metadata for any data set on INSIDE Idaho by clicking the "Read" icon in the "Metadata" column of the data table pages.

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