M1 and M2 Moorings: Monterey Bay, California, 1997
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile shows the approximate locations and watch circles of M1 and M2 moorings in the Monterey Bay region of California. Packet radio transmissions from moorings were used to get the average location of the two moorings over one week then a 1 km watch circle was created around those locations. Shapefiles for this layer are available in WGS84 and UTM Zone 10 (NAD83) projections. This layer is part of the GIS Data of the Monterey Bay collection, a compilation of data and imagery of the Monterey Bay area, including coastline, imagery, and bathymetry.
- Purpose
- This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This collection of data provides documented layers of of the Monterey Bay to persons/institutions of interest throughout the research and educational communities.
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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| Form | Shapefile |
| Extent | 0.011 |
| Place | Moss Landing, California, US |
| Publisher | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
| Date valid | 1997 |
| Publication date | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Map data | Scale not given. ; W 122°24ʹ27ʺ--W 122°53ʺ/N 36°45ʹ30ʺ--N 36°40ʹ50ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Hatcher, Gerry |
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Subjects
| Subject | Buoys |
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| Subject | Monterey Bay (Calif.) |
| Subject | 1997 |
| Subject | Inland Waters |
| Subject | Structure |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
| Supplemental information |
All data are registered to the WGS84 datum with two versions of each feature, image, and grid coverage included in the collection. One is in a Geographic (decimal degrees) coordinate system and the second is in a Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone 10 projection. For strict accuracy and hard-copy production requiring feature, grid, and/or image data, the UTM projection coverages should be used. In fact, some ArcView functions will not be available unless the data are displayed in a projection. This is because a Geographic Coordinate System is NOT a projection but rather a spherical coordinate system dealing directly in latitude and longitude. However, at the scale of maps covering Monterey Bay, the errors produced by ignoring this fact are small. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/tt490rv9775 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission.
- Copyright
- Copyright ownership resides with the originator.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Hatcher, G. (1998). M1 and M2 Moorings: Monterey Bay, California, 1997. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tt490rv9775
Collection
GIS data of the Monterey Bay
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