Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves Volume 1

GIS Description
  Abstract
  Introduction
  Updates
  File formats
  Acknowledgments
  References
  Contacts

Regional Data
  Basemaps
  Bathymetry
  Navigation
  Samples

Mapped areas
  S. Vandenberg
  N. Anacapa
  S. San Miguel
  Big Sycamore

Data Catalog

Revision History

DATA CATALOG

Each GIS data file is listed with a brief description, a link to a graphic, links to metadata files, and a link to the downloadable file. The data were compiled in ArcInfo (version 8.0.2, ESRI, 1998-2002). Raster data layers are registered TIFF images in the UTM Zone 10 coordinate system with datum NAD83. Point, line and polygon features are in shapefile format, and are in geographic units (latitude, longitude) with horizontal datum NAD83. We recommend you create a single new folder within which to unzip the files you want to use. Some .tgz files will generate sub-folders when unzipped. These folders should not be changed if you intend to use the ArcView project provided below.

The downloadable files have been compressed with the UNIX 'tar' and 'gzip' commands and can be unzipped by 'gunzip' on UNIX systems or with Winzip on Windows systems. The numbers following ".tgz" are the file size when compressed and uncompressed. The .tgz file for a TIFF image includes the image (.tif), the world registration file (.tfw), and the metadata file (.txt). The .tgz for a shape file includes a .shp, .shx, and .dbf file and the metadata .txt file.

Some virus-detection software will misinterpret the compressed format as virus-bearing. Use the override option (for example, "Stop" in McAfee VirusScan) to complete the file transfer.

ArcView Project File

Save this ArcView Project file scagisv1.apr (compressed, 43K; uncompressed, 239K) to the directory you created for this GIS to view the GIS with ArcView.

coastline from 1:24,000-scale sources

cacoast.html (51K)

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Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Boundary

cinms6nm.html (77K)

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California state waters (3 nautical miles)

calif3nm.html (81K)

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Existing marine protected area boundaries in Southern California

South Vandenberg Reserve

svanrsv.html (59K)

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North Anacapa Island

nanarsv.html (45K)

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Big Sycamore Reserve

bsycrsv.html (43K)

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Proposed marine protected area boundaries in Southern California

scampa.html (58K)

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Survey tracks from one-minute (time) navigation fixes.

scasstrk.html (6K)

B-1-98-SC
B-1-99-SC
M-1-00-SC

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svan1m.tgz 47M (138M)

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smig1m.tgz 36M (106M)

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nana1m.tgz 42M (78M)

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bsyc1m.tgz 40M (133M)

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svanobs.tgz 5K (18K)

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smigobs.tgz 5K(16K)

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nanaobs.tgz 6K (23K)

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bsycobs.tgz 6K (20K)

Bathymetric contours from 1:250,000-scale NOAA charts

cins10m.html (23K)

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Location and contents of samples (USSEABED, 1999)

scasmpl.html (55K)

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svanhab.html (118K)

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svanhab.tgz 42K (146K)

smighab.html (252K)

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smighab.tgz 703K (1.9M)

nanahab.html (249K)

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nanahab.tgz 2.3 M (16.7M)

bsychab.html (140K)

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bsychab.tgz 162K (274K)