Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Valerie Paskevich Publication_Date: 20020630 Title: BCKGRND: Long Island Sound project background and data extent Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002/data/basemaps/ Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Larry Poppe Originator: Valerie Paskevich Publication_Date: 200206 Title: Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990: A Digital Data Release Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: atlas Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 02-002 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002 Description: Abstract: This ArcView shapefile represents the extent of the Long Island Sound project view and is used as a general background. Purpose: This ArcView shapefile may be used as a general basemap data layer to illustrate the extent of the map view and as a contrast for laying the additional data layers. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20020630 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.060498 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.994943 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.057032 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.003968 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Team Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: ArcView Theme_Keyword: arcview Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme_Keyword: polygon Theme_Keyword: bounds Theme_Keyword: area Theme_Keyword: ESRI Theme_Keyword: Environmental Systems Resources Institute, Inc. Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System Theme_Keyword: GIS Theme_Keyword: basemap Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound Place_Keyword: Connecticut Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: New Jersey Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Although this derived data set and its 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. 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: 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: ../../htmldocs/images/browse/bckgrnd.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image used as a general background and shows the extent of the data layers that fall within the Long Island Sound project area. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attributes were automatically generated by the ArcView Xtools extension. Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Title: graphic1 Type_of_Source_Media: computer program Source_Citation_Abbreviation: graphic1 Source_Contribution: A simple graphic outline of the extent of the Long Island Sound data layers was drawn on the screen using ArcView 3.2 Process_Step: Process_Description: The drawn graphic was converted to a shapefile using the ArcView Xtools extension. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: graphic1 Process_Date: 20020325 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bckgrnd.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bckgrnd.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bckgrnd.shx 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: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: bckgrnd.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile attribute file Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Compiler 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_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Polygon Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ESRI polygon shapefile Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: ID Attribute_Definition: Numeric identifier assigned to polygon area. Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed Distribution_Information: Distributor: 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" Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: bckgrnd.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 or ESRI in the use of these data or related materials. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ArcView Format_Version_Number: 3.2 Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile Format_Information_Content: The five ArcView files (bckgrnd.dbf, bckgrnd.shp, bckgrnd.shx, bckgrnd.avl, bckgrnd.prj) comprising a general data layer showing the U.S. bckgrnd falling within the USA basemap data layer distributed with the Long Island Sound ArcView project file and an ASCII version of the metatdata file. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 4.31 Kbytes Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: http://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of02-002/data/basemaps/bckgrnd.zip Offline_Option: Offline_Media: DVD Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 4.75 Recording_Density_Units: Gigabytes Recording_Format: ISO9660 Compatibility_Information: The user must have a system with a DVD capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard DVD-R disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of a WWW browser available. Technical_Prerequisites: This GIS layer is available in an ArcView shapefile format. Users must have ArcView 3.0 or later, or another GIS application capable of importing the data. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20020507 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 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