Type Shapefile
To show place names on Kosrae.
This dataset shows the locations of all named geographic features on Kosrae that are contained within the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The GNIS is the official database that contains all standard toponyms in the U.S. and its territories and associated states. It was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) in order to standardize place names. Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) transferred this information to GIS format and shifted to match the most recent base layer and 2015-2018WorldView-2satellite imagery. Note that the actual names contained in the dataset are copied exactly as they are in GNIS and are not necessarily correct or aligned with Kosraean orthography.
U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
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.
There is no extent for this item.
There is no scale range for this item.
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).
U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Based on attribute information (Date created/ edited)
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.
The names require thorough verification and correction of spellings to conform with Kosraean orthography.
1. Formatted text file in Excel; 2. Imported .xls into ArcMap and converted to shapefile; 3. Extracted Kosrae; 4. Projected to WGS84 UTM Zone 58N; 5. Shifted dataset about 443 meters NW to match 2016 WorldView-3 satellite imagery; 6. Added fields (source and lat_upd/long_upd).
The data for Federated States of Micronesia was downloaded from the GNIS website as a text file.
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
Note that some errors were found in the elevation values in the summits/peaks features. It seems that some numbers got mixed up due to a unit issue.
Note that some errors were found in the elevation values in the summits/peaks features. It seems that some numbers got mixed up due to a unit issue.
Original data