California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog
Maps that show these Santa Barbara Channel regional datasets are published in Scientific Investigations Map 3225, "California State Waters Map Series--Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California." In addition, maps showing these data will be published in five future California State Waters Map Series SIMs of the region (namely, the Offshore of Ventura, Offshore of Carpinteria, Offshore of Santa Barbara, Offshore of Coal Oil Point, and Offshore of Refugio Beach map areas). However, not all datasets listed below will be published in every SIM (some map areas lack sufficient data). [Note that, at the time of this writing, two of the other five SIMs have been published: the Offshore of Ventura map area SIM 3254, and the Offshore of Carpinteria map area SIM 3261.]
Each GIS data file for the Santa Barbara Channel region 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 11 coordinate system, with datum WGS84. Point, line, and polygon features are in shapefile format and are projected in UTM Zone 11 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 were created using an ArcGIS service definition file. The ArcGIS REST service and OGC WMS service include all Santa Barbara Channel 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.
SantaBarbaraChannelGIS.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.
Date last modified: August 8, 2013
| Theme Description | View | File Format | Metadata | File Compressed | File Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth To Transition, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
ESRI Shapefile (line) |
txt, xml, html, faq | DepthToTransition_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 1.5 MB |
| Transgressive Contours, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
ESRI Shapefile (line) |
txt, xml, html, faq | TransgressiveContours_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 0.7 MB |
| Sediment Thickness (2m/pixel), Santa Barbara Channel |  |
TIFF 32 bit Float |
txt, xml, html, faq | SedimentThickness_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 1.6 MB |
| Isopachs, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
ESRI Shapefile (line) |
txt, xml, html, faq | Isopachs_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 0.7 MB |
| Predicted Distribution of Brittle Stars, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
TIFF 32 bit Float |
txt, xml, html, faq | BrittleStars_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 887 MB |
| Predicted Distribution of Cup Corals, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
TIFF 32 bit Float |
txt, xml, html, faq | CupCorals_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 891 MB |
| Predicted Distribution of Hydroids, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
TIFF 32 bit Float |
txt, xml, html, faq | Hydroids_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 884 MB |
| Predicted Distribution of Short Sea Pens, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
TIFF 32 bit Float |
txt, xml, html, faq | ShortSeaPens_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 889 MB |
| Predicted Distribution of Tall Sea Pens, Santa Barbara Channel |  |
TIFF 32 bit Float |
txt, xml, html, faq | TallSeaPens_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip | 877 MB |
