Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Valerie Paskevich Originator: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI) Publication_Date: 20010331 Title: USA: United States basemap data layer for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project. Edition: 1.1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data 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/usa/usa.zip Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001/data/basemaps/usa/usa.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: This ArcView shapefile represents a portion of the US northeast. Eventhough the dataset has been generalized to improve draw performance, it provides an overview of the United States with a resonably detailed coastline and provides boundaries that are good for regional and state level maps. The individual 50 states compiled from the higher resolution state shapefile datasets 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 United States boundaries and coastline for the Gulf of Maine Surficial Sediment GIS project area. Supplemental_Information: This data set was created from the high resolution ESRI United States shapefiles. The original state shapefiles were processed to dissolve the individual counties and create a comprehensive shapefile for each state. Some fields from the original dataset were not carried over. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1999 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: -66.949831 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.459687 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.069976 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 Theme_Keyword: individual states Theme_Keyword: regions Theme_Keyword: Environmental Systems Resources Institute, Inc. Theme_Keyword: ESRI Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System Theme_Keyword: GIS Theme_Keyword: aggregates Theme_Keyword: regional synthesis Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: basemap Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Atlantic East Coast Place_Keyword: eastcoast Place_Keyword: northeast Place_Keyword: mid-atlantic Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Computer Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02532 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: usa Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Overview showing the USA basemap data layer for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project extent. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) must be attributed as the originator of this data set. This dataset is compiled from ESRI's 50 individual state 'trct' files. 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: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI) Publication_Date: 1999 Title: ESRI Data & Maps, Disks 3, 4 & 5 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: ESRI Data and Maps CD Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Redlands, CA Publisher: ESRI Other_Citation_Details: The data is organized on five CD-ROMS. CD#1 contains data for the world, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the United States. Detailed data for the entire United States is continued on CD #2. The very detailed data for the regions of the United States is split between the west (CD #3), the east (CD # 4), and the south (CD #5). Also, there is a sample image data on CD #5. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: none Completeness_Report: This is a subset of the compiled dataset which covers the entire US. It has been clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI) Publication_Date: 1999 Publication_Time: Unknown Title: ESRI Data & Maps, Disks 3, 4 & 5 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Issue_Identification: Western United States; Eastern United States and Southern United States (by states) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Redlands, CA Publisher: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI) Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Publication_Date: 1999 Title: ESRI Data and Maps CD Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Redlands, CA Publisher: ESRI Other_Citation_Details: The data is organized on five CD-ROMS. CD#1 contains data for the world, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the United States. Detailed data for the entire United States is continued on CD #2. The very detailed data for the regions of the United States is split between the west (CD #3), the east (CD # 4), and the south (CD #5). Also, there is a ssample image data on CD #5. Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/data/online/index.html Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000 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: 'state'trct.shp Source_Contribution: The individual 50 state 'trct' files were compiled to create individual state files. Those files were later combined to create a US shapefile with a medium resolution coastline. U.S. States and Counties were generalized from ESRI's ArcUSA 1:25,000,000-scale database. The U.S. subregions are as defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, except that in this GeoDataset New England is classified as a subregion instead of a region. Detailed states and counties were created by aggregating 1990 Census tract geography to county and then to state areas. The boundaries are therefore consistent with the boundaries of the Census tracts and have all of the detailed vertices necessary to maintain consistency with the tract level of detail. Process_Step: Process_Description: Each of the individual state shapefiles were processed to dissolve the 'trct' boundaries. The database was edited to remove unwanted attributes. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 'state'trct.shp Process_Date: 20010312 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 'state'.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: computer specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The individual 'states' were combined to create one shapefile representing the US. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 'state'.shp Process_Date: 20010331 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shx Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.sbx Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.sbn Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.avl Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Computer Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The full 50 state US shapefile was edited and clipped to include a broad northeast overview for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shx Process_Date: 20020513 Process_Time: 09:15 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shx Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Computer Specialist, GIS coordinator 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 Process_Step: Process_Description: Reprojected the dataset from NAD1983/GCS_North_American_1983 to WGS1984/GCS_WGS_1984. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.prj Process_Date: 20020529 Process_Time: 06:20 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: usa.prj Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Computer 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: 267 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 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: usa.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.018 Range_Domain_Maximum: 278.103 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: Character field Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Polygon Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ESRI shapefile polygon Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: The area of the state in square miles based on an Albers Equal Area Projection. Attribute_Definition_Source: Software Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.018 Range_Domain_Maximum: 278.103 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of Polygon Attribute_Definition_Source: Software Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.661 Range_Domain_Maximum: 547.517 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: STATE_NAME Attribute_Definition: Full state name Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: ABBREV Attribute_Definition: Two letter abbreviation of state name. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute: Attribute_Label: REGION Attribute_Definition: Regional area name where state is located. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Central Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Arbitrary grouping of central region states. States included are Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mid-Atlantic Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Arbitrary grouping of mid-atlantic regional states. States included are Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, New York, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, West Virginia Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mountain Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Arbitrary grouping of mountain regional states. States included are Nevada, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: New England Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grouping of regional New England States. States included are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pacific Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Arbitray grouping of regional states. States included are Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: South Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Arbitrary grouping of south regional states. States included are Louisiana, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southeast Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Arbitrary grouping of regional southeast states. States included are South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southwest Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Arbitray grouping of southwest regional states. States included are Arizona and New Mexico. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute: Attribute_Label: STATE_FIPS Attribute_Definition: The state FIPS code. (FIPS stands for the United States Federal Information Processing Standards.) Values range from 01 - 56. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 01 Range_Domain_Maximum: 56 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: POP_1990 Attribute_Definition: The population of the state in 1990 based on the US Census. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 453588 Range_Domain_Maximum: 29760021 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: POP_1999 Attribute_Definition: The population of the state in 1999 estimated by CACI International, Inc. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 482025 Range_Domain_Maximum: 33090214 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Computer Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov Resource_Description: United States shapefile: usa.shp Downloadable Data: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, usa.shp Distribution_Liability: 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: SHP Format_Version_Number: 3.2 Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile Format_Information_Content: The three ArcView shapefiles (usaeez-clip.dbf, usaeez-clip.shp, usaeez-clip.shx) comprising the ArcView polygon shapefiles for the USA land mass comprising the ArcView polygon, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 6.113 Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes 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. Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: The United States 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. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20030306 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Computer Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 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