Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Defense Mapping Agency Publication_Date: 2005 Title: CARIB_WVS_GEO_WGS84.SHP - World Vector Shoreline of the Caribbean Sea region Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1071 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/background/carib_bnds/carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.zip Online_Linkage: http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/GISdata/basemaps/carib/wvs/carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Twichell, D.C. Originator: Cross, V.A. Originator: Paskevich, V.F. Originator: Hutchinson, D.R. Originator: Winters, W.J. Originator: Hart, P.E. Publication_Date: 2005 Title: GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1071 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071 Description: Abstract: The World Vector Shoreline (WVS) dataset was developed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency - DMA) as a digital data file, at a nominal scale of 1:250,000 and referenced to the World Geodetic System (WGS-84) datum. The WVS is divided into ten ocean basin area files. This data layer is a subset of the North America region and provides a shapefile of the islands of the Caribbean Sea region. Purpose: This ArcView shapefile may be used as a general basemap data layer to illustrate the islands of the Caribbean Sea region and may be utilized in any Geographic Information System (GIS). Supplemental_Information: This version of the data set does not include all the features (such as lakes, rivers, breakwaters, glaciers, international boundaries, country names, etc.) that DMA has in their original data set (WDBII). Shoreline based on Mean High Water (MHW). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2005 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.732369 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.420692 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.274625 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 10.041227 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: World Vector Shoreline Theme_Keyword: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Theme_Keyword: National Imagery and Mapping Agency Theme_Keyword: Defense Mapping Agency Theme_Keyword: coastlines Theme_Keyword: digital vector data Theme_Keyword: ArcView Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme_Keyword: boundaries Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Caribbean Sea Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: These data are NOT to be used for navigation purposes. These data are NOT to be used for legal purposes. The representation of international boundaries and maritime limits is not necessarily authoritative and does not necessarily represent an official acceptance by the United States Government of the limits claimed. Public domain data from the U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the United States Geological Survey as the originator of this dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Information 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 Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/background/carib_bnds/carib_wvs_geo_wgs84-thumb.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image showing the extent and coverage of the data layer. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/background/carib_bnds/carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Overview showing the extent and coverage of the data layer. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: Please recognize the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, formerly the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), as the originator of the source data. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attributes were labeled by visual identification. Country name, sovereign and island name were identified from various map sources. The island attribute is incomplete. Logical_Consistency_Report: The shapefile was processed via a Build and Clean operation. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes. No duplicate features are present. All polygons are closed, and all lines intersect where intended. No undershoots or overshoots are known to be present. Completeness_Report: This is a subset of the World Vector Shoreline north America coastline. The islands of the Caribbean Sea region were extracted to create an ArcView shapefile format data layer for use in GIS applications. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Feature specification that 90% of all identifiable shoreline features should be located within 500 meters (i.e. 2mm at 1:250,000) of their true geographic position with respect to the WGS-84 datum. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: International Hydrographic Review Publication_Date: 1990 Publication_Time: Unknown Title: World Vector Shoreline for North America Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000 Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: wvs_wnatl Source_Contribution: The main source material for the WVS was DMA's Digital Landmass Blanking (DLMB) database which was derived primarily from the Joint Operations Graphics and coastal nautical charts produced by DMA. The DLMB data consisted of a land/water flag file on a 3 by 3 arc-second interval geographic grid. This raster database was converted into vector form to create WVS and explains the 3 arc-second stepping interval apparent in the coastline when plotted out at high scale. For areas of the world not covered by the DLMB database, the shoreline was taken from the best available hard copy sources at a preferred scale of 1:250,000 (or up to 1:125,000 where the source data allowed). The DMA WVS datasets were compiled into separate 'coast' format data files for use with the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program cartographic plotting program MAPGEN during the 1980's. These 'coast' format files were the source to retrieve the WVS datasets and is the result of what is presented here. Process_Step: Process_Description: Program 'getcoast' was used to extract the vector coastline information Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: wvs_wnatl.cdr Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: wvs_wnatl.cdt Process_Date: 20011128 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: wvs_natl.txt 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: The vector text file was imported into a vector segment in the PCI database and verified Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: wvs_wnatl.txt Process_Date: 20011128 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: na.pix 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: The WVS data for the Caribbean region was extracted from the North America region and stored in a new vector segment of the PCI file. The working file was copied and renamed for better identification. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: na.pix Process_Date: 20040322 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib.pix 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: The vector data was checked to insure closed polygons for all the islands. Attribute fields were added. The final vector segment was exported from the PCI file. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: carib.pix Process_Date: 20040323 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.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: Created a 'prj' file for the data layer. The data layer was visually checked in ArcView and ArcGIS. Polygons were processed to remove dangles and to insure closure. Attributes were checked and corrected for misspellings. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.shp Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.dbf Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.shx Process_Date: 20040328 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.shx Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.prj Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator 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 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: 5736 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: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Depth_Datum_Name: Mean high water Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: carib_wvs_geo_wgs84 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: 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: COUNTRY Attribute_Definition: Country Name Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: text - country name Attribute: Attribute_Label: SOVEREIGN Attribute_Definition: Governing Country Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: text - name of governing country Attribute: Attribute_Label: ISLAND Attribute_Definition: Island name Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: text - island name Overview_Description: Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Information 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 Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Shapefile Format_Version_Number: 3.3 Format_Specification: ESRI Shapefile Format_Information_Content: 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 .shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional). File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive Transfer_Size: 5.088 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1071/data/background/carib_bnds/carib_wvs_geo_wgs84.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/GISdata/basemaps/carib/wvscarib_wvs_geo_wgs84.zip Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser. Offline_Option: Offline_Media: DVD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 4.75 Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes Recording_Format: UDF Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20060120 Metadata_Review_Date: 20051019 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich 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 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 Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile