Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Description:
Abstract:
This ArcView shapefile represents the Canada and
and it's individual provinces. The shapefile dataset is provided by Environmental Research
Institution, Inc. (ESRI) as data distribution with
their software.
Purpose:
This ArcView shapefile may be used as a general
basemap data layer to illustrate the boundaries
of Canada and it's coastline.
boundaries and coastline.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20010708
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.1333
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.8097
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.2333
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.9133
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile
Theme_Keyword: basemap
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Canada
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Although this derived data set and it's 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.
Although this derived data set and it's 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:
canada.avl
canada.dbf
canada.prj
canada.sbn
canada.sbx
canada.shp
canada.shx
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 285,704Kb
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.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCV
Format_Information_Content: The seven files comprising the Canada land mass
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 123Kb
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:
The base map overlay is available as an
ArcView shapefile format. The user must have
ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and
process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user
may utilize another GIS application package capable
of importing the data.
Access to the data and information contained on this
CD-ROM was developed using the HyperText Markup
Language (HTML) utilized by the World Wide Web
(WWW) project. Development of the CD-ROM
documentation and user interface in HTML allows a user
to access the information by using a variety of
WWW information browsers to facilitate browsing and
locating information and data. To access the information
contained on this disk with a WWW client browser, open
the file 'index.htm' at the top level directory of this CD-ROM
with your selected browser.
This CD-ROM should be readable by a variety of
operating systems including Windows 95/98/NT,
Macintosh and UNIX.
