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 polygon GIS layer background of the U.S. states bordering
the Long Island Sound study area.
Purpose:
The purpose of this data layer is to provide a broad and general reference
of the U.S. land mass surrounding the Long Island Sound study area. It
provides a regional overview of the U.S. northeast region and contains
all six New England states and 3 Mid-Atlantic states.
Supplemental_Information:
This data layer is a subset of a data layer provided by Environmental Systems
Research Institute, Inc (ESRI). Though its coastline is very coarse, it
provides a general reference for the individual U.S. lands surrounding
the Long Island Sound study area. It has been edited from the original
ESRI data set to eliminate several of the census attributes contained in
the original dataset table. The user wishing the full, unedited dataset
should contact ESRI or refer to the data provided by ESRI with their software
installations. Additionally, since the coastline is very coarse, overlaying
the medium resolution data layer, cst27, to this data set shows a number
of errors in the accuracy of the coastline in this data layer. It is used
and included here as a simple and quck way to provide a visual of the US
land body for the ArcView project views.
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: -81.2806
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.6017
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.4264
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.7281
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: polygons
Theme_Keyword: northeast states
Theme_Keyword: mid-atlantic
Theme_Keyword: new england
Theme_Keyword: ESRI
Theme_Keyword: Environmental Systems Research 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, states.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 states.shp file was projected from geographic to UTM zone 18, WGS84
spheroid.
Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: nestates.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:
nestates.dbf
nestates.shp
nestates.shx
nestates.avl
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 20Kbytes
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 four ArcView files (nestates.dbf, nestates.shp, nestates.shx, nestates.avl) comprising a general data layer showing the U.S. states bordering
the Long Island Sound study area.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 14Kbytes
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.
