Chuuk Statues and Monuments

Type  Shapefile

Tags

Summary

To show tourism points of interest in Chuuk Lagoon. 

Description

This dataset shows tourism points of interest, as considered and promoted by Chuuk Visitors Bureau. Sites include prominent hotels and dive shops, beaches and picnic sites, well known culturally-significant sites, World War II remains, and other locations of interest to visitors to Chuuk. The data layer was created by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2020) in consultation with Douglas Marar (Chuuk Visitors Bureau) and using information provided in KML form by Nely Mori Ruben (Chuuk Visitor's Bureau).

Credits

Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Chuuk Visitor's Bureau

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 statues, monuments, cultural feature, place of interest

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

Citation 

Title Chuuk Statues and Monuments
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)

Responsible party - originator
Organization's name Chuuk Visitor's Bureau

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)
Chuuk Visitor's Bureau

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude 151.580762
East longitude 152.014370
South latitude 7.308122
North latitude 7.479889

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
Point of contact - originator
Organization's name Chuuk Visitor's Bureau

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 31

Data Quality 

Scope of quality information 
Resource level dataset

Lineage 

Process step 
When the process occurred 2020-05-31 00:00:00
Description
a. Converted KML dataset to shapefile; b. Projected shapefile to WGS84 UTM Zone 56N; c. Formatted attribute table and added field (name, source, etc); 

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

Contact information 
Address
e-mail addressmariakottermair@gmail.com
Source data 
Description
KML dataset provided by Nely Mori Ruben, Chuuk Visitor's Bureau.

Source medium name online link

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 0.012

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

Fields 

Details for object chk_statues_monuments 
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 SubType 
Field description
Type of colonial period

Field FID 
Field description
Internal feature number.

Description source
Esri

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

Field Longitude 
Field description
In WGS 84

Field Loc_Acc 

Field Source 
Field description
Original data

Field Latitude 
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