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| Title: | Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Atlas: Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, maps and geographic information systems data (NCEI Accession 0002825) |
| Abstract: | Currently, the most widely used approach to sensitive environment mapping in the United States is the NOAA Environmental Sensitivity Index or ESI. This approach systematically compiles information in standard formats for coastal shoreline sensitivity, biological resources, and human-use resources. ESI maps are useful for identifying sensitive resources before a spill occurs so that protection priorities can be established and cleanup strategies designed in advance. Using ESIs in spill response and planning reduces the environmental consequences of the spill and cleanup efforts. NOAA has undertaken a wide-ranging program to promote open ESI standards and to develop digital ESI databases for high-priority coastal areas in partnerships with states and other Federal agencies. NOTE: MAPS ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES This ESI Atlas Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands: Maps and Geographic Systems Data contains geographic shape files e.g., ArcView 3.x project and supporting shape and .dbf files, of the locale and identified sensitive areas and biota. Accompanying detailed Adobe Acrobat .PDF ESI maps, extensive metadata, a user guide, and files in MOSS Map Overlay and Statistical System format are also provided; in addition, files have been provided for users of ArcGIS 9.x. Biological and geographical data utilized in this atlas date from 1999 to 2005 and data were compiled 2004-2005. A digital data re-release from April 2007 is also archived at NCEI under accession number 0033616. |
| Date received: | 20060829 |
| Start date: | 20040101 |
| End date: | 20051201 |
| Seanames: | North Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | 144.567 |
| East boundary: | 145.882 |
| North boundary: | 15.344 |
| South boundary: | 13.184 |
| Observation types: | biological, GIS product, survey - biological |
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| Datatypes: | ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP, BENTHIC COMMUNITIES, biological data, BIRDS, CORAL, HABITAT, MARINE MAMMALS, REPTILES, SHORELINE |
| Submitter: | Petersen, Jill |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA |
| Contributing projects: | CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS, ESI |
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| Supplementary information: | DO NOT USE THESE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES! Information from left side of disc - March 2006 Seattle, Washington DISCLAIMER: NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. Original data was submitted to NODC as the ESI Atlas CD-ROM Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Directory file details from the included file read1.pdf are as follows: AVPROJ contains an ArcView 3.x project and the supporting shape and dbf files. The subdirectory AVPROJ contains the project file, GUAM.APR with documentation and software for installation. The project itself is a single view containing a theme for each ESI data layer. Themes have been symbolized using the standard ESI colors and patterns. It includes links from the biology and socioeconomic themes to a flat file version of the ESI tables. An ESI menu enables links to searchable breeding and source tables for more complex queries. These links can also be turned off to maximize the performance of simpler queries. DBFILES is broken down into two subdirectories, DESKTOP and RELFILES. The DESKTOP directory contains a simplified flat file format that permits data queries without establishing the complex links needed for the relational files. Supporting data tables allow more complex queries of the breeding and source items. These are the tables that are used in the ArcView project and with the ESI viewer. The RELFILES directory contains the relational data tables that were used during the ESI data collection. These are a set of normalized, relational tables that will maintain the integrity of the data during updates. Though they are considerably more complex, these tables should be used for maintenance and updating of the ESI data set. DOCUMENT contains atlas-specific metadata that should be referenced for entity and attribute information as well as data lineage. The metadata are provided in four different formats: html, sgml, text, and as a pdf. GUIDE.PDF is also in the document directory. This gives general information about how ESI data are collected and general GIS/database considerations. ESI_VIEW contains Macintosh and Windows installers for a standalone ESI data viewer. The Macintosh installer and application currently run only in Classic mode. The document TOUR describes the installation procedure and will help you to understand the ESI data. It shows how to formulate simple, yet useful queries. MARPLOT documentation is provided for more general questions on the mapping software. GEODATABASE contains the ESI data in a geodatabase format for use in ArcGIS 9.x. To use, copy the entire subdirectory, GUAM, to a hard drive. Guam.mxd, can be launched by doubleclicking or opening within ArcGIS. Relates to supporting tables and the standard ESI symbolization have been saved to the mxd. A number of ESI tools have been developed to ease the use of the data. They can be downloaded from: http://response.restoration. noaa.gov/esitoolkit. This site should be checked on occasion for possible new tools and updates to existing tools. MOSS contains the ESI geographic data in MOSS file format. This simple text format makes it easy to write translators to other GIS software. Users of these files should use the lookup tables provided in this directory rather than those in the DBFILES directory. SOURCE contains the ESI geographic data in uncompressed, double-precision, Arc export file format. These data (as all geographic data on this CD) are provided in geographic coordinates, WGS-84. SYMBOLS contains the ESI symbology and lookup tables for use with ARCEDIT and ARCPLOT software A readme.txt file tells where these files should be installed and how they work. PDFS contains electronic versions of the Guam ESI atlas in portable document format. The document GUIDE.PDF describes how to use the navigable pdf software, for example, to link from the index to the appropriate atlas page then to the back of the map. The pdfs may be used on-line or are excellent for printing out individual atlas pages. Also available: Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Digital Data Re-Release, April 2007, NCEI accession Number 0033616. Additional ESI atlases have also been archived at NCEI. The original disks for this NCEI accession have been transferred to the NOAA Central Library. A copy of each disk can be generated using the .iso files in the data/0-data/disc_image/ directory. |
| Availability date: | 20060901 |
| Metadata version: | 15 |
| Keydate: | 2006-09-06 14:59:53+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-02-18 15:53:03+00 |