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  1. Title: Ocean Depths: California Coast, 2000

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    Summary: This point shapefile depicts ocean depths gridded on a 5-minute latitude/longitude interval. This coverage was created from data extracted from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) "TerrainBase" dataset. The TerrainBase global digital terrain model contains a complete matrix of land elevation and ocean depth values for the entire world. NGDC/World Data Center-A developed the model using the best public domain data available at the time of publication. The intended use of this coverage is as a companion dataset to the Department of Fish and Wildlife "Trawl Logbook Catch Grid," developed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the States of Washington, Oregon and California, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (see coverage "caltrawl" in Resource Details Supplemental Information). The coarse resolution of the estimated depths facilitates rapid display on microcomputer and comparative analysis of trawl block data. These data are not suitable for inshore habitat analysis nor for navigation purposes. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (2000). Ocean Depths: California Coast, 2000. Marine Region GIS Lab. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gc081vs0264. Converted to California Teale Albers NAD83 by the California Department of Fish and Game --BEGIN ORIGINAL METADATA - THIS INFORMATION MAY NOT BE CURRENT-- Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Originator: California Department of Fish and Game Publication_Date: 199707 Title: NOAA 5-minute Gridded Sea Floor Elevations Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: \\Molib01\GIS_Library\Elevation\Water\Points\calbath5 Description: Abstract: Calbath5 is a point dataset of ocean depths gridded on a 5-minute latitude/longitude interval. This dataset was created from data extracted from the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) "TerrainBase" dataset. The TerrainBase global digital terrain model contains a complete matrix of land elevation and ocean depth values for the entire world. Purpose: Assess California coastwide ocean depths. Supplemental_Information: Converted to California Teale Albers NAD83 by the California Department of Fish and Game -- BEGIN ORIGINAL METADATA - THIS INFORMATION MAY NOT BE CURRENT -- DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME -- GIS METADATA NOAA 5-minute Gridded Sea Floor Elevations COVERAGE NAME: calbath5 COVERAGE PATH: dfghost /tsb/dfgbase/gislib METADATA FILE: calbath5.txt METADATA DATE: July 11, 1997 ------------------------- COVERAGE DESCRIPTION: Calbath5 is a point coverage of ocean depths gridded on a 5-minute latitude/longitude interval. This coverage was created from data extracted from the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) "TerrainBase" dataset. The TerrainBase global digital terrain model contains a complete matrix of land elevation and ocean depth values for the entire world. NGDC/WDC-A developed the model using the best public domain data available at the time of publication. The intended use of calbath5 is as a companion dataset to the Department of Fish and Game "Trawl logbook catch grid", developed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the States of Washington, Oregon, and California, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (see coverage "caltrawl"). The coarse resolution of the estimated depths facilitates rapid display on microcomputer and comparative analysis of trawl block data. This coverage is not suitable for inshore habitat analysis nor for navigation. PROCESSING STEPS 1. Internet accessed NOAA/NGDC site: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/seltopo.html 2. Entered min/max decimal degree lat/long values for coverage caltrawl, plus a 0.1 degree buffer. 3. Selected output options: TerrainBase, ascii,lon/lat/datavalue, comma-delimited, Least Sig.Byte 1st. 4. In ARCVIEW, added comma-delimited table and created a new event theme. 5. Converted event theme to shapefile. 6. Extracted points within extent of coverage "caltrawl", plus manually extended buffer. Re-converted to a new shapefile. 7. Edited attributes, added meters, feet, fathom units. Constants: 1 meter = 3.2808 feet; 1 fathom = 6 feet. 8. Removed grid anomolies where offshore values had non-negative data values, i.e. where ocean points had elevations greater than zero. 9. Ran spatial join, adding item BLOCK10_ID from coverage "caltrawl". 10.In ARC/INFO ran shapearc to convert shapefile to a coverage. 11.Reprojected decimal degree coverage to Teale albers, using default datum. (NOAA/NGDC datum unknown) VITAL STATISTICS: Standard Teale Parameters? [x] YES; [ ] NO Datum: NAD 27 Projection: Albers Units: Meters 1st Std. Parallel: 34 00 00 (34.0 degrees N) 2nd Std. Parallel: 40 30 00 (40.5 degrees N) Longitude of Origin: -120 00 00 (120.0 degrees W) Latitude of Origin: 00 00 00 (0.0 degrees N) False Easting (X shift): 0 False Northing (Y shift): -4,000,000 Source: U.S. DOC NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center URL http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/seltopo.html Source Media: digital file Source Projection: unprojected, geographic latitude/longitude Source Units: decimal degrees, elevations in meters Source Scale: various Capture Method: event theme created from NOAA data Conversion Software: [ ] PC-ARC/INFO; [x] Workstation ARC/INFO [x] ARCVIEW Version: 7.x (HP-UX 10.x); ARCVIEW 3.0 Data Structure: vector ARC/INFO Coverage Type: point ARC/INFO Precision: single ARC/INFO Tolerances: fuzzy= 112.354m; dangle= 1.0 m Number of Features: points: 3036 File Size: appx. 760K, uncompressed arc export file: calbath5.e00 Data Updated: 1997.07.11 DATA DICTIONARY: Structure for CALBATH5.PAT COL ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N.DEC DESCRIPTION 1 AREA 4 F 3 ARC/INFO default 5 PERIMETER 4 F 3 ARC/INFO default 9 CALBATH5# 4 B - ARC/INFO default 13 CALBATH5-ID 4 B - ARC/INFO default 17 LON 4 F 2 Longitude, decimal degrees 21 LAT 4 F 2 Latitude, decimal degrees 25 DATAVALUE 4 B - Original NOAA value, depth in meters 29 METERS 4 B - Absolute value of DATAVALUE 33 FEET 8 F 0 Depth in feet 41 FATHOMS 4 B - Depth in fathoms 45 BLOCK10_ID 6 I - DFG Trawl Block Identifier Description of item (field) values: BLOCK10-ID ---- ID corresponding to the block number appearing in the "Washington-Oregon-California Trawl Logbook". Due to misalignment of grids, instances of BLOCK10-ID in this coverage are only appoximate. DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT: A term to describe the type of height values represented in the model (such as mean, mode, point, etc.) cannot be assigned to the TerrainBase model since it is comprised of a variety of source data. The type of terrain height represented by these source data sets varies from one model to the next. For example, the FNOC model has modal heights, while the USA model uses point heights, and the Europe model has mean heights. Consequently, it is not possible to assign a single term to represent all of the height values given in the TerrainBase model. To satisfy interested users, however, a term that can be used which is common to all of the source data is best estimate of height. That is, the data represent the best estimate of height for each 5-minute cell. Although such a term has minimal scientific value, it does emphasize the fact that the data only represent reasonable estimates of the height of the terrain (NOAA/NGDC 1997). METADATA CONTACT: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Paul Veisze, Spatial Data Coordinator California Department of Fish and Game Technical Services Branch -- GIS Unit 1730 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-323-1667 \ Fax: 916-323-1431 ^---\-> Email: pveisze@dfg.ca.gov \ http://www.dfg.ca.gov =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= RESPONSIBILITY FOR DATA ACCURACY AND UPDATES: Topography/TerrainBase Technical data contact: Paula Dunbar, pdunbar@ngdc.noaa.gov. NOAA/NGDC Mail Code E/GC3, 325 Broadway Boulder, CO USA 80303. phone 303-497-3930, fax 303-497-6513 -- end of file calbath5.txt -- -- END ORIGINAL METADATA -- Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 199707 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -126.008643 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.667519 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.292535 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.047396 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: bathymetry Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: California Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3036 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area Albers_Conical_Equal_Area: Standard_Parallel: 34.000000 Standard_Parallel: 40.500000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 0.000000 False_Northing: -4000000.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: calbath5.pat Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Area is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Perimeter is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: CALBATH5# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: CALBATH5-ID Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: LON Attribute: Attribute_Label: LAT Attribute: Attribute_Label: DATAVALUE Attribute: Attribute_Label: METERS Attribute: Attribute_Label: FEET Attribute: Attribute_Label: FATHOMS Attribute: Attribute_Label: BLOCK10_ID Distribution_Information: Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Transfer_Size: 0.396 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20030929 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: California Department of Fish and Game Contact_Person: GIS Service Center Contact_Address: Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: geodata@dfg.ca.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile --END ORIGINAL METADATA-- This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  2. Title: Lithuania

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    Summary: Title from "Map VIII."; Insets: Map I. Lithuania and the European states -- Map II. Pre-historic Lithuania -- Map III. Kingdom of Lithuania under the reign of Mindaugis (1242-1263) -- Map IV. Kingdom of Lithuania under the reign of Gediminas (1316-1341) -- Map V. Lithuanian empire under the domination of Algirdas and Keistutis (1345-1377) -- Map VI. Lithuanian Empire under the domination of Vytautas-the-Great (1392-1430) -- Map VII. Lithuanian state before the partitions. 88 x 63 centimeters, on sheet 95 x 67 centimeters Scale 1:1,500,000 General Map Collection

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  3. Title: Future Erosion, San Mateo County Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Project, 2008

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the projected extent of coastal erosion expected with 4.6 feet of sea level rise. The points depicted represent the highest estimated 100 yr tide elevation for locations surrounding the San Francisco Bay. Source: Pacific Institute. Source Date: 2008. This layer is part of the San Mateo County Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Project. These data are 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. County of San Mateo Information Services Department and Pacific Institute. (2019). Future Erosion, San Mateo County Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Project, 2008. County of San Mateo Information Services Department. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qq750jp2957. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  4. Title: Map Of An Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon & North California In The Years 1843-44. By Brevet Capt. J. C. Fremont Of The Corps Of Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief Of The Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore, Md (Raster Image)

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    Summary: The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840's. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer. Map is without color. Book is bound with full leather with "Executive Documents 2d Sess. 28th Cong." on the spine in gold. Appears in "Report of The Exploring Expedition to The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  5. Title: Climatic Map Of California. Published By The Southern Pacific Company. 1888. Compiled by E. McD. Johnstone, S.P. Co. From Map Prepared Under The Direction Of Brig. Gen. H.C. Wright, Chief Of Eng'rs. U.S.A. Lith H.S. Crocker & Co. S.F. Cal. Entered ... 1887, by the Southern Pacific Company ... Washington ... (Raster Image)

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    Summary: Second edition. Shows the different temperature zones of the state by use of color. Also used as a promotional broadside for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Above the map reads "If You Intend To Travel Take The "Sunset Route" Of The Southern Pacific Company." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  6. Title: San Francisco, California 1915 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: San Francisco and vicinity. It was published by Southern Pacific Company in 1915. Scale [ca. 1:30,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, street car routes, drainage, selected public buildings, parks, cemeteries, wharves, and more. Also shows the grounds of Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes inset: San Francisco and adjacent territory. Also includes indexes to points of interest. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  7. Title: San Francisco and vicinity

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Includes indexes and inset of "San Francisco and adjacent territory.". Text of "San Francisco, what to see, how to see it," map of "Southern Pacific and connections," and ill. on verso. Scale approximately 1:30,800

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  8. Title: Map of the United States showing the Texas & Pacific Railway and its connections, November, 1875

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; In upper right margin: Map no. 2. 26 x 38 centimeters Scale not given General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Alaska and the routes of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's British Columbia coast steamers

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Annotated.; Rail and steamship lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway shown in red; other railroads and trails shown in black.; "Checked to Dec. 1923, C.P. Ry. Lines."; "A 6044." 43 x 76 centimeters Scale approximately 1:4,500,000 General Map Collection

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  10. Title: Map showing lands belonging to the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in ... North Dakota

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    Summary: The shaded sections indicate Railroad Lands for sale. Map corrected to June 1st, 1893.; "Compiled and drawn by A.J. Pray." 86 x 67 centimeters No scale given. General Map Collection

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  11. Title: Map to accompany report of Gen. G.M. Dodge, Chief Engineer on the crossing of the Missouri River, 1867

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    Summary: 1 map

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  12. Title: [Dunedin] Public relations service city map

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    Summary: Title devised by catologuer. Oriented with north towards upper right. On verso: Dunedin and surrounding area. Includes useful telephone numbers listing.

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  13. Title: Map showing mounted police stations in the North West Territories

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights and soundings.; Shows railroads and Indian reserves. 86 x 129 centimeters, sheets 94 x 71 centimeters Scale 1:792,000; 12 1/2 miles to 1 inch General Map Collection

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  14. Title: Massachusetts (Town Halls, 2007)

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    • 2007
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    Summary: The Town Halls layer shows the location of 355 primary executive offices, including town or city halls and annexes. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) GIS Program in cooperation with the Regional Planning Agencies and participating communities developed the data. Stored in the ArcSDE, the layer is named TOWNHALLS_PT_MEMA.

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  15. Title: Map of California illustrating its climatology, comparative area, rail lines, topography, etc., compiled from official and authentic sources

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading.; Shows rail lines, average temperatures, area in square miles.; Inset maps of Area and Average temperatures.; Index and text on verso. 64 x 52 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  16. Title: Zoning Map, Southborough, Massachusetts, 1984 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Zoning map of the town of Southborough, compiled and produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. It was published by the Planning Board in 1984. Scale [ca. 1:14,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  17. Title: Land Use Plan, District of Columbia, 1996 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Composite map of adopted land use plans. It was published by the Metropollitan Washington Council of Governments in 1996. Scale 1:192,000. 1 in. = 3 miles. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Datum 1983, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  18. Title: Polygon Mask: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2011

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile depicts a mask of the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California, onto which other thematic data can be layered. This layer is part of the Conservation Lands Network regional biodiversity GIS database. This dataset was developed/compiled for use in the San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project, a Project used to identify a Conservation Lands Network (CLN) for biodiversity preservation to inform conservation investments and lasting cooperative conservation partnerships. The Conservation Lands Network GIS Database is the primary output of the Project. The data depicts the spatially explicit CLN that is recommended for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California. Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Polygon Mask: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2011. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/pq288hb1597. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  19. Title: Stream Conservation Targets: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2011

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    Summary: This polyline shapefile depicts the streams in the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California, that were identified as Priority 1: 1) The essential streams for steelhead draining to the San Francisco Estuary as identified in Becker et.al. 2007; 2) Streams identified as Core Areas in the Public Draft Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Central California Coast Coho Salmon. Both Dependent and Independent coho streams were given a Priority 1; 3) Historic coho streams in CalFish Coho Distribution data; 4) Streams with high diversity assemblages of warm-water native fish in streams draining to the Bay (Leidy 2008 Report); 5) Best coastal steelhead streams not covered by coho salmon (CalFish Winter Steelhead Distribution and Riparian/Fish Focus Team expert opinion); and 6) The healthiest steelhead streams in the Pajaro River Basin (expert opinion of Riparian/Fish Focus Team and Santa Clara County HCP). Priority 2 Streams Priority 2 streams and watersheds should receive substantial protection and restoration for long-term fish conservation. Priority 2 streams have smaller steelhead, land-locked rainbow trout populations and /or other healthy assemblages of native fish. They may also be isolated stream segments with high conservation value. For example, Upper Stevens Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains North landscape unit supports resident rainbow trout, California roach and Sacramento sucker; Coyote Creek above Coyote Reservoir supports rainbow trout and five other native fishes. In coastal areas, all identified winter steelhead streams were included as Priority 2. These include the majority of streams with any connection to the ocean. The following streams were identified as Priority 2: 1) Streams draining to the San Francisco Estuary with less healthy steelhead runs (Becker et al. (2007) than those marked Priority 1; 2) Streams draining to the San Francisco Estuary with assemblages of native fish other than steelhead (Leidy 2008); 3) Streams in the Pajaro River Basin with less healthy steelhead runs (Riparian/Fish Focus Team expert opinion and Santa Clara County Habitat Conservation Plan); 4) Coastal streams with steelhead draining into coho streams, including the Russian River basin (CalFish Winter Steelhead Distribution); 5) Streams draining to the San Francisco Estuary with landlocked rainbow trout (Leidy 2008); and 6) Streams with "reservoir anadromy," where fish grow large in the reservoir and run upstream to spawn. Streams with such potential are listed below; there may be others in smaller reservoirs not listed. These streams largely overlap with Priority 2 streams supporting other native fish assemblages: a) Calaveras Reservoir, b) San Antonio Reservoir, c) Lake del Valle, d) Anderson Reservoir, e) Coyote Reservoir, f) Lake Sonoma, g) Lake Hennessey, h) Chesbro Reservoir, i) Lake Chabot, j) San Pablo Reservoir, k) Stevens Creek Reservoir, and l) Uvas Reservoir. This dataset was developed/compiled for use in the San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project, a Project used to identify a Conservation Lands Network (CLN) for biodiversity preservation to inform conservation investments and lasting cooperative conservation partnerships. The Conservation Lands Network GIS Database is the primary output of the Project. The data depicts the spatially explicit CLN that is recommended for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California. Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Stream Conservation Targets: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2011. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/nk517ts9789. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  20. Title: Super Planning Watersheds: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2009

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile depicts a dissolve that was run on the super planning watersheds for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California. Super planning watersheds are those ranging in size from 78-194 square miles or 50,000-124,999 acres (Myers & Peltz-Lewis, 2004). Watersheds are useful for many aspects of the Project, including development of watershed integrity analysis. This data was derived from the California Watershed Map (CalWater version 2.2), a set of standardized watershed boundaries meeting standardized delineation criteria. The hierarchy of watershed designations consists of six levels of increasing specificity: Hydrologic Region (HR), Hydrologic Unit (HU), Hydrologic Area (HA), Hydrologic Sub Area (HSA), Super Planning Watershed (SPWS), and Planning Watershed (PWS). The primary purpose of CalWater is the assignment of a single, unique code to a specific watershed polygon. These data were critical for the Fish and Riparian Focus Team portion of the Project. This dataset was developed/compiled for use in the San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project, a Project used to identify a Conservation Lands Network (CLN) for biodiversity preservation to inform conservation investments and lasting cooperative conservation partnerships. The Conservation Lands Network GIS Database is the primary output of the Project. The data depicts the spatially explicit CLN that is recommended for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California. Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Super Planning Watersheds: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2009. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/xg146zh9066. Source metadata and data available at: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata-sw-calwater_download.php This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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