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.
Resource_Description: Long Island Sound: bckgrnd.shp
Distribution_Liability:
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 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.
The user must have a system with a DVD capable of reading an UDF 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.
