Unpublished Digital Geologic Map of Bluestone National Scenic River and Vicinity, West Virginia (NPS, GRD, GRI, BLUE, BLUE digital map) adapted from a West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Open-File Report Series map by Matchen et. al. (2011)
2012. Unpublished Digital Geologic Map of Bluestone National Scenic River and Vicinity, West Virginia (NPS, GRD, GRI, BLUE, BLUE digital map) adapted from a West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Open-File Report Series map by Matchen et. al. (2011). National Park Service (NPS) Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program
The Unpublished Digital Geologic Map of Bluestone National Scenic River and Vicinity, West Virginia is composed of GIS data layers complete with ArcMap 9.3 layer (.LYR) files,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: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey. Detailed information concerning the sources used and their contribution the GRI product are listed in the Source Citation section(s) of this metadata record (blue_metadata.xml; available at http://nrdata.nps.gov/geology/gri_data/gis/blue/blue_metadata.xml). Users of this data are cautioned about the locational accuracy of features within this dataset. Based on the source map scale of 1:24,000 and United States National Map Accuracy Standards features are within (horizontally) 12.2 meters or 4 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 (blue_geology.mdb), and as shapefile (.SHP) and DBASEIV (.DBF) table files. The GIS data projection is NAD83, UTM Zone 17N, 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 Bluestone National Scenic River.
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Date of Issue
- 2012-07-20
- Publisher
- National Park Service (NPS) Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program
- Units
- BLUE , GRD , GRI
- Keywords
- BLUE, BLUECN1 (Structure Contours Showing Base of the Princeton Formation), BLUEFLD (Folds), BLUEGLG (Geologic Units), BLUEGLGA (Geologic Contacts), BLUEGLN (Linear Geologic Units), BLUEGOL (Geologic Observation Localities), BLUEMIN (Mine Point Features), BLUESEC (Geologic Cross Section Lines), Bluestone National Scenic River, BLUESYM (Map Symbology), 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, Geoscientific Information, GIS Data, Google Earth, GRD, GRE, GRI, KML, KMZ, Map Table, National Park Service, North America, NPS, Personal Geodatabase, Shapefile, Source Geologic Maps, Source Map Information Table, Source Maps, Unit Table, United States, US, USA, West Virginia