Kosrae Caves

Type  Shapefile

Tags  caves, place of interest, natural feature

Summary

To show the locations of prominent caves on Kosrae.

Description

This dataset shows the location of prominent caves on Kosrae. It was formatted for GIS by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) from location information provided by Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority (KIRMA). It should be noted that Kosrae has no karst terrain whatsoever, so caves found on the island are all in volcanic bedrock. The natural caves are lava tubes.

Credits

Original data by KIRMA (2019) 
GIS dataset by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

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 caves, place of interest, natural feature

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

Citation 

Title Kosrae Caves
Publication date 2020-08
Creation date 2013-01-01 00:00:00

Presentation formats digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data

Citation Contacts 

Responsible party - originator

Contact information 
Online resource
Online location (URL) www.pohnpei-adventure.com

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

Contact information 
Address
e-mail addressirei@islandresearch.org
Online resource
Online location (URL) www.islandresearch.org

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

Contact information 
Address
e-mail addressirei@islandresearch.org
Online resource
Online location (URL) www.islandresearch.org

Resource Details 

Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Spatial representation type vector

Supplemental information
The dataset is included in the Digital Atlas of Micronesia, module Kosrae, 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
Original data by KIRMA (2019) 
GIS dataset by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude 162.947754
East longitude 163.029147
South latitude 5.291195
North latitude 5.368487
Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact - point of contact

Contact information 
Online resource
Online location (URL) www.pohnpei-adventure.com

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 Kosrae
Postal code 96941
Country FM
e-mail addressirei@islandresearch.org
Online resource
Online location (URL) 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 32658
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 8

Data Quality 

Scope of quality information 
Resource level dataset

Data quality report - Completeness omission 

Lineage 

Process step 
When the process occurred 2017-02-04 00:00:00
Description
a. Converted KML dataset to shapefile; b. Projected shapefile to WGS84 UTM Zone 58N; 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 downloaded online.

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
Online resource
Online location (URL) www.islandresearch.org

Distribution format
Name Shapefile

Transfer options
Transfer size 0.013

Online source
Online location (URL)http://islandatlas.org
Name Digital Atlas of Micronesia – module Kosrae

Fields 

Details for object kos_caves 
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 FID 
Field description
Internal feature number.

Description source
Esri

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

Field Source 
Field description
Original data

Field TYPE 

Field SUB_TYPE 

Field Latitude 
Field description
In WGS 84

Field Longitude 
Field description
In WGS 84

Field Name 
Description source
KML source file


Field Shape 
Field description
Feature geometry.

Description source
Esri

Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.

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