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California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog

Offshore of San Francisco Map Area

Maps that show these data are published in Open-File Report 2015-1068, "California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of San Francisco, California."

Each GIS data file for the Offshore San Francisco 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 10.2, Esri, 2014). 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 San Francisco 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

OffshoreSanFranciscoGIS.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 San Francisco map area		TIFF 32 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	Bathymetry_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	113.7 MB	Dartnell, P., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Bathymetry--Offshore of San Francisco, California
Bathymetry Hillshade (2m/pixel), Offshore of San Francisco map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BathymetryHS_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	22.8 MB	Dartnell, P., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, BathymetryHS--Offshore of San Francisco, California
Contours, Offshore of San Francisco map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Contours_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	2.7 MB	Dartnell, P., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Contours--Offshore of San Francisco, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of San Francisco map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterA_8101_2004_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	30.0 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter--Offshore of San Francisco, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of San Francisco map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterB_8101_2007_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	3.4 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter--Offshore of San Francisco, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of San Francisco map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterC_8101_2008_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	7.1 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter--Offshore of San Francisco, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of San Francisco map area		TIFF 8 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	BackscatterD_7125_2006_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	1.5 MB	Dartnell, P., Erdey, M.D., Kvitek, R.G., and Bretz, C.K., 2014, Backscatter--Offshore of San Francisco, California
Offshore Geology and Geomorphology, Offshore of San Francisco map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Geology_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	0.6 MB	Greene, H.G., Johnson, S.Y., Manson, M.W., Hartwell, S.R., Endris, C.A., and Bruns, T.R., 2014, Geology and geomorphology--Offshore of San Francisco map area, California
Faults, Offshore of San Francisco map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Faults_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	0.1 MB	Greene, H.G., Johnson, S.Y., Manson, M.W., Hartwell, S.R., Endris, C.A., and Bruns, T.R., 2014, Faults--Offshore of San Francisco map area, California
Folds, Offshore of San Francisco map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Folds_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	0.1 MB	Greene, H.G., Johnson, S.Y., Manson, M.W., Hartwell, S.R., Endris, C.A., and Bruns, T.R., 2014, Folds--Offshore of San Francisco map area, California
Habitat, Offshore of San Francisco map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Habitat_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	2.0 MB	Endris, C.A., Greene, H.G., and Dieter, B.E., 2014, Habitat--Offshore of San Francisco map area, California
Seafloor Character (2m/pixel), Offshore of San Francisco map area		TIFF 32 bit integer	txt, xml, html, faq	SeafloorCharacter_OffshoreSanFrancisco.zip	3.3 MB	Erdey, M.D. and Cochrane, G.R., 2014, Seafloor Character--Offshore of San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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
Visual observations of benthic habitat from video USGS Cruise F307NC		ESRI Shapefile (points)	txt, xml, html, faq	f307nc_video_observations.zip	0.2 MB	Edwards, B., Phillips, E.L., Golden, N.E., Krigsman, L., and Dartnell, P., 2014, F307NC_video_observations