CCALBATC consists of bathymetric contours at 10-m and 50-m intervals for the area offshore of central California between Point Arena to the north and Point Sur to the south. The lines were digitized from 1:250,000-scale NOAA charts.
This is one of a collection of digital files of a geographic information system of spatially referenced data related to the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program "Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Project" <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/mbms>. The data were collected and analyzed between 1994 and 2000.
Chin, John, McHendrie, Graig, Madison, Carol, and Wong, Florence L. , 2001, CCALBATC - bathymetric contours for the central California region between Point Arena and Point Sur.:.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
Wong, F.L., and Eittreim, S.E., 2001, Continental Shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-179, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 10.03028445526
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 10.03028445526
Planar coordinates are specified in Meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is GRS1980.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257.
CCALBATC is an ArcInfo data set that consists of bathymetric contours whose attributes are described in the database table CCALBATC.AAT. The essential attributes in that table are described below.
LENGTH (m) ELEV_M
min 13 -4000
max 192414 -10
mean 28283 -1079
stdv 38330 1175
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These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information about the shallower areas of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1974, Bathymetric map, vicinity Pt. Sur to Pt. Reyes: NOAA NOS 1307N-11B.
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1974, Bathymetric map, Pt. Reyes to Tolo Bank: NOAA NOS 1307N-18B.
Incomplete in deeper water parts.
Polygon and chain-node topology present.
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- Access_Constraints: None
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- Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
This information is not intended for navigational purposes.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
(650) 329-5327 (voice)
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USGS Open-File Report 01-179
Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
| Data format: | bathymetric contours in format ArcInfo line coverage (version 8.0.2) Size: 3.7 Mb |
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| Network links: |
<http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-179/> |
(650) 329-5327 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
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