Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: OFR 00-304
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey
Description:
Abstract:
This is a point layer of the U.S. cities that
fall within the nestates data layer and border the Long Island Sound study
area.
Purpose:
The purpose of this data layer is to provide a general reference as to
locations of the major metropolitan cities and towns that fall within the
nestates layer and border the Long Island Sound study area.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20000718
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.0352
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.9868
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.7421
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.1051
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: arcview
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Theme_Keyword: points
Theme_Keyword: cities
Theme_Keyword: towns
Theme_Keyword: northeast states
Theme_Keyword: mid-atlantic
Theme_Keyword: new england
Theme_Keyword: ESRI
Theme_Keyword: Environmental Systems Resources Institute, Inc.
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: Vermont
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword: New England
Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have 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.
The ArcView shapefile, cities.shp, provided by ESRI with their software
distribution was used to create the nestate data layer for use with the
Long Island Sound study project views.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The cities.shp file was projected from geographic to UTM zone 18, WGS84
spheroid.
Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: cities.shp
Distribution_Liability:
Although this derived data set and its lineage dataset have 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: ARCV
Format_Information_Content:
cities.dbf
cities.shp
cities.shx
cities.avl
cities.sbn
cities.sbx
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 110Kbytes
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 a WWW browser available.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCV
Format_Information_Content:
The six ArcView files (cities.dbf, cities.shp, cities.shx, cities.avl,
cities.sbn, cities.sbx) comprising a general data layer showing the U.S.
cities falling within the nestates data layer.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 30Kbytes
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 a WWW browser available. The
user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable
to unzip the archived file.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
This GIS layer is available in an ArcView shapefile format. Users must have
ArcView 3.0 or later, or another GIS application capable of importing the
data.
