Unpublished Digital Geologic Map of Padre Island National Seashore and Vicinity, Texas (NPS, GRD, GRI, PAIS, PAIS digital map) adapted from a Texas Bureau of Economic Geology map and digital data by Gibeaut and Tremblay (2005)
2012. Unpublished Digital Geologic Map of Padre Island National Seashore and Vicinity, Texas (NPS, GRD, GRI, PAIS, PAIS digital map) adapted from a Texas Bureau of Economic Geology map and digital data by Gibeaut and Tremblay (2005). National Park Service (NPS) Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program
The Unpublished Digital Geologic Map of Padre Island National Seashore and Vicinity, Texas is composed of GIS data layers complete with ArcMap 9.3 layer (.LYR) files, two ancillary GIS tables, a Map PDF document with ancillary map text, figures and tables, a FGDC metadata record and a 9.3 ArcMap (.MXD) Document that displays the digital map in 9.3 ArcGIS. These data formats also fully represent all of the features present on a GRI digital map, as well as containing related ancillary information GIS data tables. The data is also available as a 2.2 KMZ/KML file for use in Google Earth. Google Earth software is available for free at: http://www.google.com/earth/index.html. Users are encouraged to only use the Google Earth data for basic visualization, and to use the GIS data for any type of data analysis or investigation. The data were completed as a component of the Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program, a National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Division funded program that is administered by the NPS Geologic Resources Division (GRD). Source geologic maps and data used to complete this GRI digital dataset were provided by the following: Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. Detailed information concerning the sources used and their contribution the GRI product are listed in the Source Citation sections(s) of this metadata record (pais_metadata.xml; available at http://nrdata.nps.gov/pais/nrdata/geology/gis/pais_metadata.xml). Users of this data are cautioned about the locational accuracy of features within this dataset. Based on the source map scale of 1:5,000 and United States National Map Accuracy Standards features are within (horizontally) 2.5 meters or 8.3 feet of their actual location as presented by this dataset. Users of this data should thus not assume the location of features is exactly where they are portrayed in Google Earth, ArcGIS or other software used to display this dataset. All GIS and ancillary tables were produced as per the NPS GRI Geology-GIS Geodatabase Data Model v. 2.1. (available at: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/inventory/geology/GeologyGISDataModel.cfm). The GIS data is available as a 9.3 personal geodatabase (pais_geology.mdb), and as shapefile (.SHP) and DBASEIV (.DBF) table files. The GIS data projection is NAD83, UTM Zone 14N, however, for the KML/KMZ format the data is projected upon export to WGS84 Geographic, the native coordinate system used by Google Earth. The data is within the area of interest of Padre Island National Seashore.
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Date of Issue
- 2012-03-19
- Publisher
- National Park Service (NPS) Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program
- Units
- GRD , GRI , PAIS
- Keywords
- coastal geomorphology map, DBASE IV tables, Digital Data, Digital Geologic Map, Digital Geologic-GIS Map, Environment, Geodatabase, Geologic Map, Geologic Resource Evaluation, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, Geologic Unit Descriptions, Geologic Unit Information Table, Geologic Units, Geologic-GIS Map, Geology, Geology Help Map Document, geomorphology map, Geoscientific Information, GIS Data, Google Earth, GRD, GRE, GRI, KML, KMZ, Map Table, National Park Service, North America, NPS, Padre Island National Seashore, PAIS, PAISSUR (Surficial Units), PAISSURA (Surficial Contacts), Personal Geodatabase, Shapefile, Source Geologic Maps, Source Map Information Table, Source Maps, Texas, Unit Table, United States, US, USA