Readme file Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping of Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska By Luke D. Trusel, Guy R. Cochrane, Lisa L. Etherington, Ross D. Powell, and Larry A. Mayer Scientific Investigations Map 3122 2010 INTRODUCTION This publication includes Portable Document Format (PDF) files of four oversize maps; an accompanying pamphlet; and eight text files of FGDC-compliant metadata. DIGITAL COMPILATION The maps were initially compiled and edited in ESRI ArcGIS 9.3. The GIS data were converted and edited in Adobe(r) Illustrator(r) CS4 format. Map projection: Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 8 Datum: 1983 North American Datum Not all elements in the complete Scientific Investigations Maps were prepared in an ESRI GIS environment. Pamphlet figures were prepared in Adobe(r) Illustrator(r). MAP FILES FOR VIEWING AND PLOTTING MuirInletBathymetrySheet1.pdf LowerMuirInletSheet2.pdf UpperMuirInletSheet3.pdf MuirInletGeoformsSheet4.pdf ASSOCIATED PAMPHLET FILE MarineBenthicHabitatMappingMuirInlet.pdf METADATA metadata folder contains: metadata-backscatter.txt metadata-bathy.txt metadata-benthic.txt metadata-contours40m.txt metadata-geoform.txt metadata-glacierbaycoastline.txt metadata-multibeam_hs.txt metadata-watercolumn.txt SOFTWARE UTILITIES FOR PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF) FILES The PDF files are accessed using Adobe Acrobat Reader software, available free from the Adobe website http://www.adobe.com. Follow instructions at the website to download and install the software. Acrobat Reader contains an on-line manual and tutorial.