Keywords: Distance measure; Red giant stars; Stellar photometry; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way stellar halo; Metallicity

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DATA

3. METHOD

3.1. Overview

3.2. Dwarf - giant classification

4. PERFORMANCE OF THE ALGORITHM

4.1. Verification from SDSS/SEGUE

4.4. Systematic and random uncertainties for the entire catalog

5. THE METALLICITY DISTRIBUTION OF THE OUTER GALAXY

6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS