U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-001

USA: United States basemap data layer for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area

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Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich

Originator: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI)

Publication_Date: 20010331

Title:

USA: United States basemap data layer for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project.

Edition: 1.1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/basemaps/usa/usa.zip>

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/basemaps/usa/usa.zip>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: V.F. Paskevich

Originator: S.J. Williams

Originator: M.E. Hastings

Originator: J.T. Kelley

Originator: D.F. Belknap

Originator: L.G. Ward

Originator: D.M. FitzGerald

Originator: P.F. Larsen

Publication_Date: 2003

Title:

Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 03-001

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Other_Citation_Details:

Data is released via CD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>

Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001>

Description:

Abstract:

This ArcView shapefile represents a portion of the US northeast. Eventhough the dataset has been generalized to improve draw performance, it provides an overview of the United States with a reasonably detailed coastline and provides boundaries that are good for regional and state level maps. The individual 50 states compiled from the higher resolution state shapefile datasets provided by Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI) as data distribution with their software.

Purpose:

This ArcView shapefile may be used as a general basemap data layer to illustrate the United States boundaries and coastline for the Gulf of Maine Surficial Sediment GIS project area.

Supplemental_Information:

This data set was created from the high resolution ESRI United States shapefiles. The original state shapefiles were processed to dissolve the individual counties and create a comprehensive shapefile for each state. Some fields from the original dataset were not carried over.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.877236

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.949831

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.459687

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.069976

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile

Theme_Keyword: basemap

Theme_Keyword: individual states

Theme_Keyword: regions

Theme_Keyword: Environmental Systems Resources Institute, Inc.

Theme_Keyword: ESRI

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: aggregates

Theme_Keyword: regional synthesis

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: CMGP

Theme_Keyword: basemap

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: Atlantic East Coast

Place_Keyword: eastcoast

Place_Keyword: northeast

Place_Keyword: mid-atlantic

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02532

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: usa

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Overview showing the USA basemap data layer for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project extent.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Set_Credit:

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) must be attributed as the originator of this data set. This dataset is compiled from ESRI's 50 individual state 'trct' files.

Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI)

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: ESRI Data & Maps, Disks 3, 4 & 5

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Series_Name: ESRI Data and Maps CD

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Redlands, CA

Publisher: ESRI

Other_Citation_Details:

The data is organized on five CD-ROMS. CD#1 contains data for the world, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the United States. Detailed data for the entire United States is continued on CD #2. The very detailed data for the regions of the United States is split between the west (CD #3), the east (CD # 4), and the south (CD #5). Also, there is a sample image data on CD #5.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: none

Completeness_Report:

This is a subset of the compiled dataset which covers the entire US. It has been clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI)

Publication_Date: 1999

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: ESRI Data & Maps, Disks 3, 4 & 5

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Series_Information:

Issue_Identification:

Western United States; Eastern United States and Southern United States (by states)

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Redlands, CA

Publisher: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: ESRI Data and Maps CD

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Redlands, CA

Publisher: ESRI

Other_Citation_Details:

The data is organized on five CD-ROMS. CD#1 contains data for the world, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the United States. Detailed data for the entire United States is continued on CD #2. The very detailed data for the regions of the United States is split between the west (CD #3), the east (CD # 4), and the south (CD #5). Also, there is a ssample image data on CD #5.

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/data/online/index.html>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19990801

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 'state'trct.shp

Source_Contribution:

The individual 50 state 'trct' files were compiled to create individual state files. Those files were later combined to create a US shapefile with a medium resolution coastline.

U.S. States and Counties were generalized from ESRI's ArcUSA 1:25,000,000-scale database. The U.S. subregions are as defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, except that in this GeoDataset New England is classified as a subregion instead of a region. Detailed states and counties were created by aggregating 1990 Census tract geography to county and then to state areas. The boundaries are therefore consistent with the boundaries of the Census tracts and have all of the detailed vertices necessary to maintain consistency with the tract level of detail.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Each of the individual state shapefiles were processed to dissolve the 'trct' boundaries. The database was edited to remove unwanted attributes.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 'state'trct.shp

Process_Date: 20010312

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 'state'.shp

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: computer specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The individual 'states' were combined to create one shapefile representing the US.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 'state'.shp

Process_Date: 20010331

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shx

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.sbx

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.sbn

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.avl

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The full 50 state US shapefile was edited and clipped to include a broad northeast overview for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shx

Process_Date: 20020513

Process_Time: 09:15

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist, GIS coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Reprojected the dataset from NAD1983/GCS_North_American_1983 to WGS1984/GCS_WGS_1984.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.prj

Process_Date: 20020529

Process_Time: 06:20

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.prj

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 267

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: usa.dbf

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.018

Range_Domain_Maximum: 278.103

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Polygon

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ESRI shapefile polygon

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition:

The area of the state in square miles based on an Albers Equal Area Projection.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software Computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.018

Range_Domain_Maximum: 278.103

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of Polygon

Attribute_Definition_Source: Software Computed

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.661

Range_Domain_Maximum: 547.517

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Full state name

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ABBREV

Attribute_Definition: Two letter abbreviation of state name.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REGION

Attribute_Definition: Regional area name where state is located.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Central

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Arbitrary grouping of central region states. States included are Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mid-Atlantic

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Arbitrary grouping of mid-atlantic regional states. States included are Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, New York, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, West Virginia

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mountain

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Arbitrary grouping of mountain regional states. States included are Nevada, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: New England

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Grouping of regional New England States. States included are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pacific

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Arbitray grouping of regional states. States included are Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii and Washington.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: South

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Arbitrary grouping of south regional states. States included are Louisiana, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southeast

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Arbitrary grouping of regional southeast states. States included are South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Arbitray grouping of southwest regional states. States included are Arizona and New Mexico.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_FIPS

Attribute_Definition:

The state FIPS code. (FIPS stands for the United States Federal Information Processing Standards.) Values range from 01 - 56.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 01

Range_Domain_Maximum: 56

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: POP_1990

Attribute_Definition: The population of the state in 1990 based on the US Census.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 453588

Range_Domain_Maximum: 29760021

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: POP_1999

Attribute_Definition:

The population of the state in 1999 estimated by CACI International, Inc.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 482025

Range_Domain_Maximum: 33090214

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

United States shapefile: usa.shp

Downloadable Data: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, usa.shp

Distribution_Liability:

Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SHP

Format_Version_Number: 3.2

Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile

Format_Information_Content:

The three ArcView shapefiles (usa.dbf, usa.shp, usa.shx) comprising the ArcView polygon shapefiles for the USA land mass comprising the ArcView polygon, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 6.113

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file.

Fees: none

Technical_Prerequisites:

The United States base map overlay is available as an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20030306

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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