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California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog

Offshore of Bolinas Map Area

Maps that show these data are published in Open-File Report 2015-1135, "California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Bolinas, California.

Each GIS data file for the Offshore of Bolinas 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 10 coordinate system, with datum WGS84. Point, line, and polygon features are in shapefile format and are projected in UTM Zone 10 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 of Bolinas 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

OffshoreBolinasGIS.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

Theme Description	View	File Format	Metadata	File Compressed	File Size	Suggested Citation
Bathymetry (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 32 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	Bathymetry_OffshoreBolinas.zip	113.7 MB	Dartnell, P., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Bathymetry--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Bathymetry Hillshade (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BathymetryHS_OffshoreBolinas.zip	22.8 MB	Dartnell, P., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, BathymetryHS--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Contours, Offshore of Bolinas map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Contours_OffshoreBolinas.zip	2.7 MB	Dartnell, P., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Contours--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterA_8101_2004_OffshoreBolinas.zip	30.0 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter A [8101]--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterB_8101_2007_OffshoreBolinas.zip	3.4 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter B [8101]--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterC_7125_OffshoreBolinas.zip	7.1 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter C [7125]--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterD_Snippets_OffshoreBolinas.zip	1.5 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter D [Snippets]--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterE_Swath_OffshoreBolinas.zip	1.5 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter E [Swath]--Offshore of Bolinas, California
Offshore Geology and Geomorphology, Offshore of Bolinas map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Geology_OffshoreBolinas.zip	0.6 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Greene, H.G., Manson, M.W., Hartwell, S.R., Endris, C.A., and Watt, J.T., 2014, Geology and geomorphology--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Faults, Offshore of Bolinas map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Faults_OffshoreBolinas.zip	0.1 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Greene, H.G., Manson, M.W., Hartwell, S.R., Endris, C.A., and Watt, J.T., 2014, Faults--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Folds, Offshore of Bolinas map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Folds_OffshoreBolinas.zip	0.1 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Greene, H.G., Manson, M.W., Hartwell, S.R., Endris, C.A., and Watt, J.T., 2014, Folds--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Habitat, Offshore of Bolinas map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Habitat_OffshoreBolinas.zip	2.0 MB	Dieter, B.E., Greene, H.G., and Endris, C.A., 2014, Habitat--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Seafloor Character (2m/pixel), Offshore of Bolinas map area		TIFF 32 bit integer	txt, xml, html, faq	SeafloorCharacter_OffshoreBolinas.zip	3.3 MB	Erdey, M.D. and Cochrane, G.R., 2014, Seafloor Character--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Depth To Transition, Bolinas To Pescadero		TIFF 32 bit integer	txt, xml, html, faq	DepthToTransition_BolinasToPescadero.zip	1.2 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Sliter, R.W., Watt, J.T., Phillips, E.L., Ross, S.L., Ross, S. L., and Chin, J.L., 2014, Depth To Transition--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Transgressive Contours, Bolinas To Pescadero		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	TransgressiveContours_BolinasToPescadero.zip	0.5 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Sliter, R.W., Watt, J.T., Phillips, E.L., Ross, S.L., Ross, S. L., and Chin, J.L., 2014, Transgressive Contours--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Sediment Thickness (2m/pixel), Bolinas To Pescadero		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	SedimentThickness_BolinasToPescadero.zip	1.0 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Sliter, R.W., Watt, J.T., Phillips, E.L., Ross, S.L., Ross, S. L., and Chin, J.L., 2014, Sediment Thickness--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Isopachs, Bolinas To Pescadero		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Isopachs_BolinasToPescadero.zip	0.6 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Sliter, R.W., Watt, J.T., Phillips, E.L., Ross, S.L., Ross, S. L., and Chin, J.L., 2014, Isopachs--Offshore of Bolinas map area, California
Visual observations of benthic habitat from video USGS Cruise F208NC		ESRI Shapefile (points)	txt, xml, html, faq	f208nc_video_observations.zip	0.2 MB	Edwards, B., Phillips, E.L., Golden, N.E., Krigsman, L., and Dartnell, P., 2014, F208NC_video_observations