U.S. Geological Survey
Open-file Report 2005-1170

Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves Volume II

GIS Description
  Abstract
  Introduction
  Updates
  File formats
  Acknowledgments
  References
  Contacts

Regional Data
  Bathymetry
  Navigation
  Samples

Mapped areas
  N. Anacapa Passage
  S. Anacapa
  S. Anacapa Passage
  SE. Santa Cruz

DATA CATALOG

Each GIS data file is listed with a brief description, links to figures, metadata files, and downloadable files. The data were compiled in ArcInfo (versions 8.0.2, and 9.0 ESRI, 1998-2003). Raster data layers are registered TIFF images in the UTM Zone 10 coordinate system with datum NAD83. Point, line and polygon features are in shapefile format, and are also projected in UTM Zone 10 coordinate system with datum NAD83. We recommend you create a single new folder within which to unzip the files you want to use.

The downloadable files have been compressed with the UNIX "tar" and '"zip" commands and can be unzipped by '"g unzip" on UNIX systems or with Winzip on Windows systems. The numbers following ".tgz" are the file size when compressed and uncompressed. The .tgz file for a TIFF image includes the image (.tif), the world registration file (.tfw), and the metadata file (.txt). The .tgz for a shape file includes a .dbf , .shp, .shx, .sbx, and .sbn file, and the metadata .txt file and an .html metadata version of the .txt file.

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ArcGIS Project File

Save this ArcView Project file scagisv2.mxd (compressed, 115 K; uncompressed, 717 K) to the directory you created for this GIS to view the GIS with ArcGIS.

Basemap Data

GIS data files that cover the entire northern Channel Islands area are available on the U.S. Geological Survey's website, Open-file Report 03-85, Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves Volume I. Regional basemap data layers include

The following basemap files that have been updated for Volume II, Version 1.0 and are available to download in the below Data Catalog:

California State Jurisdiction boundary
Existing Marine Protected Areas in Southern California
10 Meter Bathymetric Contours
Proposed Marine Protected Areas in Southern California
usSEABED sample data
survey track lines.

For these updated basemap files, please see the below data catalog.

GIS data files

ArcView Theme Description	Quick view	Metadata	Compressed shape files Right-click (Windows) or click-and-hold (Macintosh) to download files from web
Basemaps
California state waters (3 nautical miles)	calif3nm.html (65K)	text FAQ	calif3nm.tgz 83K (129K)
Exisiting marine protected area boundaries in Southern California	Channel_Islands_MPA.html (49K)	text FAQ	Channel_Islands_MPA.tgz 38K (134K)
Bathymetric contours from 1:250,000-scale NOAA charts and MBARI Santa Barbara Bay Multibeam Data	cntr10m.html (247K)	text FAQ	cntr10m.tgz 34M (88M)
Proposed marine protected area boundaries in Southern California	scampa.html (51K)	text FAQ	scampa.tgz 10K (20K)
Location and contents of samples (USSEABED)	scasmpl.html (162K)	text FAQ	scasmpl.tgz 183K (3.3M)
Survey tracks from one-minute (time) navigation fixes.	scasstrk.html (66K)	B-1-99-SC B-2-99-SC M-1-00-SC M-1-99-SC S-5-04-SC	scasstrk.tgz 166K (620K)
Scuba and ROV dive habitat observations
Assorted visual observations of benthic habitat from rov and scuba dives	scav2obs.html (45K)	text FAQ	scav2obs.tgz 78K (2.62M)
Sidescan sonar backscatter images 1-m pixels
North Anacapa Passage	nanp1m.html (100K)	text FAQ	nanp1m.tgz 29.6M (49.4M)
South Anacapa Island	sana1m.html (80K)	text FAQ	sana1m.tgz 23.1M (49.2M)
South Anacapa Passage	sanp1m.html (240K)	text FAQ	sanp1m.tgz 30.7M (41.4M)
Southeast Santa Cruz Island	secru1m.html (48K)	text FAQ	secru1m.tgz 35.9M (72.1M)
Benthic habitat polygon shape files:
North Anacapa Passage	nanphab.html (158K)	text FAQ	nanphab.tgz 29.7M (52.6M)
South Anacapa Island	sanahab.html (159K)	text FAQ	sanahab.tgz 35.2M (61.3M)
South Anacapa Passage	sanphab.html (178K)	text FAQ	sanphab.tgz 30.2M (50.6M)
South East Santa Cruz Island	secrhab.html (142K)	text FAQ	secrhab.tgz 40.3M (62M)

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