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CANADA: Eastern Canadian Provinces

 

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Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Valerie Paskevich
Publication_Date: 20020401
Title: CANADA: Eastern Canadian Provinces
Edition: 2002
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/basemaps/canada/canada.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/basemaps/canada/canada.zip>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: V.F. Paskevich
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: M.E. Hastings
Originator: J.T. Kelley
Originator: D.F. Belknap
Originator: L.G. Ward
Originator: D.M. Fitzgerald
Originator: P.F. Larsen
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 03-001
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details:
Data is released via CD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>
Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001>
Description:
Abstract:
Canada Provinces represents the Canadian provinces and territories as well as coastline, international boundaries, provincial boundaries, and demographics. The boundaries are digitized from CanMap®.
Purpose:
Canada Provinces provides the provinces and territories of Canada with detail appropriate for national, regional, and local levels. This is a subset of the original dataset. It has been clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area. It is used as a general basemap data layer to illustrate the Canadian provinces, boundaries and coastline for the Gulf of Maine Surficial Sediment GIS project area.
Supplemental_Information:
This is a subset of the original dataset. It has been clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area.

Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:50,000.

Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20001020
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.877236
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -60.905452
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.277749
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.390888
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: polygon
Theme_Keyword: provinces
Theme_Keyword: territories
Theme_Keyword: population
Theme_Keyword: area
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001
Theme_Keyword: OFR 03-001
Theme_Keyword: ArcView polygon shapefile
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Canada
Place_Keyword: Eastern Canada
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Temporal_Keyword: 1996
Use_Constraints:
The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data & Maps CD-ROMs for use with ESRI® software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data & Maps CD-ROMs. As used herein, "Geodata" shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes.

The redistribution rights for this data set: Redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (e.g. .gif, .jpeg, etc.) that are plotted, printed, or publicly displayed with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). Geodata is redistributable with a Value-Added Software Application developed by ESRI Business Partners on a royalty-free basis with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s).

The terms and conditions below apply to all the data sets provided on the ESRI Data & Maps CD-ROMs.

Proprietary Rights and Copyright: Licensee acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor(s). The Data and Related Materials are owned by ESRI and its licensor(s) and are protected by United States copyright laws and applicable international copyright treaties and/or conventions.

Limited Warranty and Disclaimer: ESRI warrants that the media upon which the Data and Related Materials are provided will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt.

THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND THE LICENSEE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE DATA CONTAINS SOME NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS. ESRI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE DATA WILL MEET LICENSEE'S NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS; THAT THE USE OF THE DATA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED; OR THAT ALL NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED. ESRI IS NOT INVITING RELIANCE ON THIS DATA, AND THE LICENSEE SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY ACTUAL DATA.

EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE, THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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IN NO EVENT SHALL ESRI AND/OR ITS LICENSOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, OR BUSINESS EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS, OR COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS; LOSS OF ANY GOODWILL; OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ESRI OR ITS LICENSOR(S) HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.

Third Party Beneficiary: ESRI's licensor(s) has (have) authorized ESRI to (sub)distribute and (sub)license its (their) data as incorporated into the Data and Related Materials. As an intended third party beneficiary to this Agreement, the ESRI licensor(s) is (are) entitled to directly enforce, in its own name, the rights and obligations undertaken by the Licensee and to seek all legal and equitable remedies as are afforded to ESRI.

In the event that the data vendor(s) has (have) granted the end user permission to redistribute the Geodata, please use proper proprietary or copyright attribution for the various data vendor(s), and provide the associated metadata file(s) with the Geodata. In compliance with FGDC metadata standards, ESRI has attempted to practice proper metadata methodologies by providing any data source information, descriptions, and file names to assist in this effort.

Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Information Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: canada
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Overview showing the CANADA basemap data layer for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project extent.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Data_Set_Credit:
Please review the cross reference information for the original data set credit.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: DMTI Spatial Inc.
Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication_Date: 20020401
Title: Provinces of Canada
Edition: 2002
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI Data & Maps
Issue_Identification: 2002
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Other_Citation_Details: Location: ESRI Data & Maps 2002 (CD 2) \canada

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: No duplicate features are present.
Completeness_Report:
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.

This is a subset of the original dataset and has been clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area.

Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The positional accuracy ranges from sub-meter (GPS derived) to 5 meters (1:50,000 National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) areas) .
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: DMTI Spatial Inc.
Publication_Date: 20001020
Title:
Canadian Data Bundle - Data sets from CanMap with source scales of 1:2000 to 1:50,000.
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Markham, Ontario, Canada
Publisher: DMTI Spatial Inc.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000 - 50000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20001020
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DMTI Spatial Inc. - 2 to 50
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The data set is a fully georeferenced, purely digital product. The boundaries are digitized from CanMap. Source data ranges from municipal mapping at a very large scale of 1:2,000 or larger, to a medium scale of 1:50,000 scale from NTDB*. Source time period of content ranges from a few to several years (as in the case of NTDB*). *NTDB is the National Topographic Data Base, developed and maintained by Natural Resources Canada.
Process_Date: 20001020
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: DMTI Spatial Inc. - 2 to 50
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI for Data & Maps 2002: removed erroneous island at 80 N 135 W, changed "Newfoundland" to "Newfoundland and Labrador", and deleted sliver polygons.

The following steps were performed by ESRI: Extracted data set from DMTI Spatial Canadian Data Bundle. Reduced the width of Name attribute. Added Area attribute calculating its values in square kilometers. Added Fips_admin attribute from FIPS 10-4 tables. Added Pop1996 and Dwell1996 attributes aggregating their values from Canada Municipalities. Created ArcGIS™ layer file (.lyr). Created ArcView legend file (.avl). Created projection file (.prj). Ran ArcView Avenue request ExportClean, and created spatial indices.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DMTI Spatial Inc. - 2 to 50
Process_Date: 20020131
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The orignal shapefile was clipped to include only those provinces falling within the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area. Unwanted attribute fields were deleted.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: provinces.dbf
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: provinces.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: provinces.shx
Process_Date: 20030310
Process_Time: 10:25
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: canada.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: canada.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: canada.shx
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Information Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 565

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: province_clip.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Total area of polygon in native units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Data Compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon in native units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Data Compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: The province or territory name.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: New Brunswick
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: New Brunswick
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Newfoundland and Labrador
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Newfoundland and Labrador
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Nova Scotia
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Nova Scotia
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Prince Edward Island
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Prince Edward Island
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Quebec
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quebec
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ABBREV
Attribute_Definition: The two-letter abbreviation for the province or territory.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Data Compiler
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NB
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: New Brunswick
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NF
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Newfoundland and Labrador
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Nova Scotia
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: PE
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Prince Edward Island
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: QC
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quebec

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI); ESRI International Distributors
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778
Contact_Instructions:
In the United States, contact the ESRI Telesales staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.

Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at <http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm>.

Resource_Description: Offline Data
Distribution_Liability: See use constraints.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SHP
Format_Specification:
The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml (optional).
File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied
Transfer_Size: 1.503
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media:
ESRI Data & Maps 2002 CD–ROM Set is available only as part of ESRI® software.
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees: Software purchase price
Technical_Prerequisites:
To use this data requires software that supports ArcView® GIS shapefiles.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Information Specialiast
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
Downloadable Data: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, canada.shp
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, 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: ArcView Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 3.2
Format_Specification:
The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml (optional).
Format_Information_Content:
Three files (canada.shp, canada.dbf, canada.shx) comprising the ArcView polygon shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 1.490
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file.
Technical_Prerequisites:
The data is available in ArcView shapefile format. The user must have 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 data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20030310
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Information Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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