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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1284

Shapefile for Coastal Zone Management Program Counties of the United States and Territories, 2009 (CZMP_counties_2009.shp)


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Screen capture of CZMP_counties_2009.kmz viewed in Google Earth<sup>TM</sup>.

Figure 3. Screen capture of CZMP_counties_2009.kmz viewed in Google EarthTM.

The data were compiled in ArcGIS® version 9.3.1 (http://resources.arcgis.com/). The downloadable file has been compressed with the “send to compressed folder” tool in the Windows® operating system and may be extracted by Windows® Explorer or other utilities capable of uncompressing a zip file. The zipped file includes data, metadata, projection parameters, and a browse graphic. The metadata also are provided online in several formats: parseable text, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), frequently asked questions (FAQ), and Extensible Markup Language (XML). The zipped file may be used as is in applications such as the ArcGISSM Online map viewer (http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html). The unzipped shapefile can be viewed by many GIS applications.

CZMP_counties_2009.kmz is a version of the dataset suitable for viewing in Google EarthTM, a virtual globe data viewer (fig. 3).

A free version of Google EarthTM may be downloaded from http://www.google.com/earth.


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