2 degree graticule for Gulf of Mexico region

 

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U. S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 19980407
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: 2degree graticule for Gulf of Mexico region
Description:
Abstract:
Contains a 2degree graticule for the Gulf of Mexico region.
Purpose:
This GIS overlay is a component of the U. S Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center's, Gulf of Mexico ArcView GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19980405
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -99.5
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.5
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.01
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.5
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico Database
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems
Theme_Keyword: polyline
Theme_Keyword: shapefiles
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-Thu 6:30am-3:30pm; Fri 6:30am-10:30am
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: gratic
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: 2degree graticule of Gulf of Mexico ArcView project area
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI Shapefile format
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 18
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: gratic.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Gratic
Attribute_Definition:
A text string to identify the graticule. The string, defined such as -89d or 33d6'N, may be used to label the graticule on the map view.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Gulf of Mexico IMS 2degree graticule
Distribution_Liability:
Although this derived data set has been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCE
Format_Information_Content:
geology.shp geology.dbf geology.shx
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 2,551Kb
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9600
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.
Fees: none
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCE
Format_Information_Content:
The three ArcView shapefiles (gratic.dbf, gratic.shp, gratic.shx) comprising the 2degree graticule (gratic) coverage for the ArcView Gulf of Mexico project area.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 1689Kb
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9600
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
There are no technical requirements for downloading the data. However to use the ArcView shape files the user must have an ESRI software product or some other GIS program that allows importing of ArcView shapefiles.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 19990819
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: CSDGM version 2
Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints:
None. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Generated by mp on Thu Aug 19 11:22:52 1999