Chuuk Historic Sites (German, Japanese, and TTPI sites)

Type  Shapefile

Tags  historic sites, remains, colonial period, cultural feature, place of interest, Spanish period, German period, Japanese period, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Northwestern Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Summary

To show the locations of key historic sites on Chuuk.

Description

This dataset shows some of the key historic sites and remains from the German, Japanese, and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands periods of Chuuk's history. The features shown are remains of government, civilian, and mixed-used sites and exclude military installation and World War II remnants. It was created by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2020) by compiling location information from a number of sources, including Geoview and the years of research (2001-2008) by William Jeffery (Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)) and fieldwork implemented with Arimichy Rudolph and Anerit Mailo of Chuuk State Historic Preservation Office (Chuuk SHPO), in collaboration with many people in Chuuk, including Gradvin Aisek, Tong Misa, and the other chiefs of Tonoas, informant and translator Joshua Suka, landowners and residents of Tonoas and Weno, and the US National Park Service / Historic Preservation Fund.

Credits

Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
William Jeffery, University of Guam
Chuuk State Historic Preservation Office 
US National Park Service 
Chuuk Visitor's Bureau, Geoview, Rainbird (1993), and others

Use limitations

There are no expressed warranties associated with the release of these databases. Specifically, no warranty is made that the GIS data or any subsequent updates will be error free and no warranty is made regarding the positional or thematic accuracy of the GIS data. The GIS data and any features it depicts do not represent or confer any legal rights, privileges, benefits, boundaries or claims of any kind.

Extent

Scale Range

Topics and Keywords 

Theme keywords historic sites, remains, colonial period, cultural feature, place of interest, Spanish period, German period, Japanese period

Place keywords Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Northwestern Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Citation 

Title Chuuk Historic Sites (German, Japanese, and TTPI sites)
Publication date 2020-08

Presentation formats digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data

Citation Contacts 

Responsible party - originator
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Responsible party - distributor
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Resource Details 

Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES)

Spatial representation type vector

Supplemental information
The dataset is included in the Digital Atlas of Micronesia, module Chuuk, by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) in collaboration with Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI) at the University of Guam and funding from United States Geological Survey (USGS) under WRRI 104-B Program and FSM Department of Environment, Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM).

Processing environment  Esri ArcGIS 10.6

Credits
Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
William Jeffery, University of Guam
Chuuk State Historic Preservation Office 
US National Park Service 
Chuuk Visitor's Bureau, Geoview, Rainbird (1993), and others

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude 151.636211
East longitude 151.896114
South latitude 7.330867
North latitude 7.448425

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact - point of contact
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Contact information 
Address
Type postal
Delivery point P.O. Box PS 303
City Palikir
Administrative area Chuuk
Postal code 96941
Country FM
e-mail addressirei@islandresearch.org
Online resource
Online location (URL)https://www.islandresearch.org/

Resource Maintenance 

Resource maintenance
Update frequency not planned

Resource Constraints 

Constraints
Limitations of use

There are no expressed warranties associated with the release of these databases. Specifically, no warranty is made that the GIS data or any subsequent updates will be error free and no warranty is made regarding the positional or thematic accuracy of the GIS data. The GIS data and any features it depicts do not represent or confer any legal rights, privileges, benefits, boundaries or claims of any kind.


Spatial Reference 

Reference system identifier
Value 32656
Codespace EPSG
Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector 
Level of topology for this dataset geometry only

Geometric objects
Object type point
Object count 86

Data Quality 

Scope of quality information 
Resource level dataset

Lineage 

Process step 
When the process occurred 2020-05-31 00:00:00
Description
Created shapefile based on information sourced by Danko Taborosi from various sources.

Process contact - processor
Individual's name Maria Kottermair
Contact's position GIS Specialist

Contact information 
Address
e-mail addressmariakottermair@gmail.com
Source data 
Description
Various sources, see attribute table for sources of specific features.

Source medium name online link

Source citation 
Responsible party - originator

Distribution 

Distributor 
Contact information - distributor
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Contact information 
Address
Type postal
Delivery point P.O. Box PS 303
City Palikir
Administrative area Pohnpei
Postal code 96941
Country FM
e-mail addressirei@islandresearch.org
Distribution format
Name Shapefile

Transfer options
Transfer size 0.123

Online source
Online location (URL)http://islandatlas.org

Fields 

Details for object chk_historic_site_pts 
Field Type 

Field Shape 
Field description
Feature geometry.

Description source
Esri

Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.

Field ID 

Field Notes 
Field description
Additional notes. The information imported from the KML may not be complete because of the character limitation of the text field.

Description source
KML source file

Field Descriptio 

Field Name 
Field description
Name of the feature

Description source
KML source file

Field Source 
Field description
Original data

Field FID 
Field description
Internal feature number.

Description source
Esri

Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field SubType 
Field description
Type of colonial period

Field Loc_Acc 

Field Latitude 
Field description
In WGS 84

Field Longitude 
Field description
In WGS 84

Metadata Details 

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name dataset

Last update 2020-08-28 

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ESRI-ISO

Metadata Contacts 

Metadata contact - point of contact
Individual's name Maria Kottermair
Contact's position GIS Specialist
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Contact information 
Address
Type
e-mail addressmariakottermair@gmail.com