Williams, Glynn, 2004, caribis - Caribbean Island Nations Coastline Boundaries: Open-File Report 2004-1400, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
Brink, Uri ten , Danforth, William, Polloni, Chris, Parker, Castle Eugene , Uozumi, Toshi, and Williams, Glynn, 2004, Project PROBE Leg II - Final Report and Archive of Swath Bathymetric Sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS Navigation Data Collected During USGS Cruise 03008 (NOAA Cruise RB0303) Puerto Rico Trench 18 February - 7 March, 2003: Open-file Report 2004-1400, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Coordinates defining the features.
Coordinates defining the features.
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To supplement the main featured mosaic image of the Puerto Rico trench survey area in a GIS.
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- Use_Constraints: These data are not to be used for navigation purposes.
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Downloadable Data: Open-File Report 2004-1400
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Data format: | The six files (caribis.dbf, caribis.prj, caribis.sbn, caribis.shp, caribis.shx caribis.xml) in format ArcView shapefile (version 3.2) ESRI polygon shapefile Size: 12 |
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