Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Description:
Abstract:
This ArcView shapefile represents the islands
of the Caribbean. This shapefile 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 Caribbean
Island boundaries and coastline.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20010703
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: -64.6386
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.3822
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.7333
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_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Caribbean
Place_Keyword: Caribbean Islands
Place_Keyword: Anguilla
Place_Keyword: Antigua and Barbuda
Place_Keyword: Aruba
Place_Keyword: Bahamas, The
Place_Keyword: Barbados
Place_Keyword: British Virgin Islands
Place_Keyword: Cayman Islands
Place_Keyword: Cuba
Place_Keyword: Dominica
Place_Keyword: Dominican Republic
Place_Keyword: Grenada
Place_Keyword: Guadeloupe
Place_Keyword: Haiti
Place_Keyword: Jamaica
Place_Keyword: Martinique
Place_Keyword: Montserrat
Place_Keyword: Netherlands Antilles
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: St. Kitts and Nevis
Place_Keyword: St. Lucia
Place_Keyword: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Place_Keyword: Trinidad and Tobago
Place_Keyword: Turks and Caicos Islands
Place_Keyword: Virgin Islands
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.
image showing extent and islands contained in the Caribbean shapefile
Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
GIF
Data_Set_Credit:
This dataset is a subset of the cntry98.shp file distributed by ESRI
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.2
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: none
Completeness_Report:
This data set contains the complete Caribbean data layer as used within the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program, ArcIMS map server
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication_Date: 19990801
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: ESRI Data & Maps
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, CA
Publisher: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI)
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19990801
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: cntry98.shp
Source_Contribution:
The countries falling within the Caribbean area were extracted
from the source shapefile to make this subset. This attribute
table was also edited to remove the colormap field.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Caribbean shapefile was clipped to the extent of
the project view area.
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:
carib.avl
carib.dbf
carib.prj
carib.shp
carib.shx
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 40,114Kb
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 five files comprising the Caribbean land mass
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 14Kb
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.
