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LAKES: major lakes of the northeast United States
 

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Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Valerie Paskevich
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: LAKES: major lakes of the northeast United States
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/water/lakes.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/basemaps/usa/water/lakes.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 the larger, major lakes within the United States. The shapefile dataset was 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 lakes of the United States.
Supplemental_Information:
U.S. Lakes (LAKES) 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.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
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: -71.198121
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.000040
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.392842
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: ArcView polygon shapefile
Theme_Keyword: basemap
Theme_Keyword: major lakes of the northeastern United States
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001
Theme_Keyword: OFR 03-001
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: northeast United States
Place_Keyword: New England
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Lake Champlain
Place_Keyword: Lake Winnipesaukee
Place_Keyword: Lake Ontario
Place_Keyword: Seneca Lake
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: 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: lakes
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Overview showing the extent of the clipped LAKES shapefile for the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project area.
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: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication_Date: 1999
Title: ESRI Data & Maps, Disk 1
Edition: 1999
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI Data and Maps CD
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, CA
Publisher: Environmental Research Institution, Inc. (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 data set contains the US lakes shapefile clipped to the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project view area
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: vector digital data
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: 1999
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.shp
Source_Contribution:
The LAKES shapefile was taken in it's complete form from the ESRI data distribution disk.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The individual complete lakes shapefile was copied from the ESRI data distribution disk.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.dbf
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.shx
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The lakes shapefile was clipped using the ArcView extension Xtools to fit the extent of the Gulf of Maine surficial sediment GIS project view area. The Area attribute was then recomputed using the Xtools extension to reflect the new polygon values.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.dbf
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.shx
Process_Date: 20021106
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: lakes.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: 6
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: lakes.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:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.006
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.783
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: Area of Polygon in native units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 54.765
Range_Domain_Maximum: 7746.332
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Lake Name
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lake Champlain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lake Champlain
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lake Ontario
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lake Ontario
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lake Winnipesaukee
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lake Winnipesaukee
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Seneca Lake
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Seneca Lake
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: 02543-1598
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, lakes.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: ArcView Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 3.2
Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
The three ArcView shapefiles (lakes.dbf, lakes.shp, lakes.shx) 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: 20030311
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 Rd.
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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