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California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog

Offshore of Carpinteria Map Area

Maps that show these data are published in Scientific Investigations Map 3261, "California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Carpinteria, California."

Each GIS data file for the Offshore of Carpinteria map area is listed below with a brief description, a small image, and links to the metadata files and the downloadable data files. The data were compiled in ArcMap (version 10.0, ESRI, 2011). Raster data layers are registered TIFF images and are in the UTM Zone 11 coordinate system, with datum WGS84. Point, line, and polygon features are in shapefile format and are projected in UTM Zone 11 coordinates, with horizontal datum WGS84. We recommend that you create a single new folder within which to unzip the files you want to use.

The downloadable data files have been compressed with the "zip" command, and they can be unzipped with Winzip (or other tool) on Windows systems. The .zip file for a TIFF image includes the image (.tif), the world registration file (.tfw), and the text (.txt) and XML (.tif.xml) versions of the metadata. The .zip for a shapefile includes the .aux, .dbf, .shp, .shx, .sbx, and .sbn files, as well as the text (.txt) and XML (.shp.xml) versions of the metadata.

Web Services

Web services were created using an ArcGIS service definition file. The ArcGIS REST service and OGC WMS service include all Offshore Carpinteria data layers listed in the "GIS Data Files" table. Data layers are symbolized as shown on the associated map sheets. Individual web services for each GIS file are available from the main service pages provided in the links below.

ArcMap users: Instructions to use these services in ArcMap version 10.0 or above.

ArcGIS REST Service

OGC WMS Service

ArcGIS Project File

OffshoreCarpinteriaGIS.mxd.zip (0.1 MB) is a compressed (with the "zip" command) version of the ArcMap document (.mxd) that has all the data layers loaded in the table of contents and has all the data symbolized as on the SIM map sheets. Download and save this ArcGIS project file, including all data layers, to the directory you created for this GIS.

GIS Data Files

Date last modified: August 8, 2013

Theme Description	View	File Format	Metadata	File Compressed	File Size
Bathymetry (2m/pixel), Offshore of Carpinteria map area		TIFF 32 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	Bathymetry_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	79 MB
Bathymetry Hillshade (2m/pixel), Offshore of Carpinteria map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BathymetryHS_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	15 MB
Contours, Offshore of Carpinteria map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Contours_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	0.4 MB
Backscatter (2m/pixel), collected by CSUMB, reprocessed by USGS, Offshore of Carpinteria map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterA_CSUMB_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	11.2 MB
Backscatter (2m/pixel), collected and processed by USGS, Offshore of Carpinteria map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterB_USGS_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	99 MB
Offshore Geology and Geomorphology, Offshore of Carpinteria map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Geology_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	0.2 MB
Faults, Offshore of Carpinteria map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Faults_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	0.1 MB
Folds, Offshore of Carpinteria map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Folds_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	0.1 MB
Habitat, Offshore of Carpinteria map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Habitat_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	0.3 MB
Seafloor Character (2m/pixel), Offshore of Carpinteria map area		TIFF 32 bit integer	txt, xml, html, faq	SeafloorCharacter_OffshoreCarpinteria.zip	0.7 MB
Depth To Transition, Santa Barbara Channel		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	DepthToTransition_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	1.5 MB
Transgressive Contours, Santa Barbara Channel		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	TransgressiveContours_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	0.7 MB
Sediment Thickness (2m/pixel), Santa Barbara Channel		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	SedimentThickness_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	1.6 MB
Isopachs, Santa Barbara Channel		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Isopachs_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	0.7 MB
Visual observations of benthic habitat from video USGS Cruise S1C08SC		ESRI Shapefile (points)	txt, xml, html, faq	s1c08sc_video_observations.zip	0.2 MB
Visual observations of benthic habitat from video USGS Cruise Z206SC		ESRI Shapefile (points)	txt, xml, html, faq	z206sc_video_observations.zip	0.1 MB