U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-001

HYDROPLY: U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: HYDROPLY: U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas

Edition: 1.0

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/usa/water/hydroply.zip>

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/basemaps/usa/water/hydroply.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

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001>

Online_Linkage: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001>

Description:

Abstract:

U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas represents the water feature areas (e.g., bays, glaciers, lakes, and swamps) of the United States.

Purpose:

U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas provides the water feature areas for geographic display and analysis at regional and national levels.

Supplemental_Information:

U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas (HYDROPLY) is an ESRI shapefile with polygon features. 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: 1:1,000,000.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Currentness_Reference:

ground condition: 1995-1999; 1972-1994; publication date: 1998, 1999

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.877236

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.885902

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.383904

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.887792

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: polygon

Theme_Keyword: hydrography

Theme_Keyword: water

Theme_Keyword: bays

Theme_Keyword: glaciers

Theme_Keyword: lakes

Theme_Keyword: reservoirs

Theme_Keyword: streams

Theme_Keyword: swamps

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: CMGP

Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001

Theme_Keyword: OFR03-001

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: northeastern United States

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine

Place_Keyword: Eastern United States

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 1995-1999

Temporal_Keyword: 1972–1994

Temporal_Keyword: 1998

Temporal_Keyword: 1999

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

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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: hydroply

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Overview showing the extent of the clipped HYDROPLY shapefile for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Set_Credit:

Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey and Environmental Systems Resources Institute, Inc. as the originators of this dataset would be appreciated.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Originator: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Publication_Date: 20020000

Title: U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas

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) \usa

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes.

Completeness_Report:

After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials. Data completeness generally reflects the content of the original Digital Line Graph (DLG) files.

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 geospatial part of this data set was originally extracted from the individual 1:2,000,000-scale State boundary Digital Line Graph (DLG) files produced by the U.S. Geological Survey which have a positional accuracy of 1,720 meters. It was updated several times using various sources whose horizontal positional accuracies are unknown.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 19991109

Title: nationalatlas.gov - - Water Features

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia, USA

Publisher: United States Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition: 1972-1994; publication date: 1998, 1999

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas

Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This file was originally digitized by the National Mapping Division based on the sectional maps contained in 'The National Atlas of the United States of America' published by the USGS in 1970. The 1:2,000,000-scale Digital Line Graph (DLG) data were merged into a single national hydrography coverage. Where necessary to effect the merge, alignment changes were made. The names were taken from the USGS Topographic 1:100,000-scale maps. For Alaska, the names were taken from the USGS Topographic 1:250,000-scale maps. State lines across water bodies were removed from the national coverage. State attributes were assigned to the features.

Some spatial features were added and corrected. Some name attributes were added or corrected. All occurrences of St. were changed to Saint. Extra spaces were removed from the attributes. Hydrographic features for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were added. A minor adjustment was made to the shoreline in Galveston Bay, Texas.

Process_Date: 1999

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded the ArcView Shapefile version of the data, hydrogp020.tar.gz, from <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html> and extracted it. Removed unneeded attributes. Removed null records. Reduced the width of attributes. 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: National Atlas

Process_Date: 20000828

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.shx

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The ESRI urban shapefile was clipped to to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.shx

Process_Date: 20020222

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydroply.shx

Process_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

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: 1155

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: hydroply

Entity_Type_Definition:

The polygons represent the water feature areas within United States.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

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: FEATURE

Attribute_Definition: The type of water feature.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bay or Estuary or Ocean

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A body of salt water.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Canal

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

An artificial open waterway constructed to carry water, to irrigate or drain land, to connect two or more bodies of water, or to serve as a waterway for water craft.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Glacier

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A field of ice on land.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lake

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A standing body of water with a predominately natural shoreline surrounded by land.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lake Dry

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: An area that at one time contained a standing body of water.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lake Intermittent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A standing body of water that contains water for only part of the year.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Reservoir

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A constructed basin formed to contain water.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Reservoir Intermittent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A constructed basin formed to contain water for only part of the year.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Stream

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Swamp or Marsh

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A noncultivated, vegetated area that is inundated or saturated for a significant part of the year.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: The water feature name.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute_Definition:

The two-letter abbreviation for each state in which the water feature is located.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards 5–2

Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology

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).

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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 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

Resource_Description:

Downloadable Data: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, hydroply.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: ESRI polygon shapefile

Format_Information_Content:

Five files (urban.shp, urban.dbf, urban.shx, urban.sbx, urban.sbn) comprising the ArcView polygon shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic.

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Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

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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.

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: 20030306

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: UAA

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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