100-Meter Bathymetric Contours: Monterey Bay, California, 1997
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This line shapefile shows contour coverage of Monterey Bay at 100-meter intervals. These data were created from the 20-Meter Bathymetry Grid (bathy20m) using the spatial analyst. Shapefiles for this layer are available in WGS84 and UTM Zone 10 (NAD83) projections and in Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) format. 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
- These data were created as a vector representation of a raster-based bathymetry surface. 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 | 3.044 |
| 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°30ʹ5ʺ--W 121°48ʹ/N 37°8ʺ--N 36°29ʹ54ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Hatcher, Gerry |
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Subjects
| Subject | Continental margins |
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| Subject | Bathymetric maps |
| Subject | Multibeam mapping |
| Subject | Contours (Cartography) |
| Subject | Monterey Bay (Calif.) |
| Subject | 1997 |
| Subject | Imagery and Base Maps |
| Subject | Inland Waters |
| 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. A GMT version of this layer is also available. 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/nw621rn3777 |
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). 100-Meter Bathymetric Contours: Monterey Bay, California, 1997. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/nw621rn3777
Collection
GIS data of the Monterey Bay
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