Yap Elevation Contours at 10-meter Interval (derived from 10-meter DEM)

Type  Shapefile

Tags

Summary

To show the elevation contour lines on Yap.

Description

This dataset shows the elevation of Yap at 10-meter intervals. It was derived by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) from a 10-meter resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) created by U.S. Geological Survey based on topography compiled in 1969 and the shoreline dataset representing the zero contour line.

Credits

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Services, National Cartography & Geospatial Center  
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 

Themes or categories of the resource Elevation

Theme keywords contour, isolines, elevation, terrain elevation, topography, topographic surface, 1/3 arc-second DEM, Grid, Raster, National Elevation Dataset, NED, Digital Elevation Model, DEM, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS

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

Citation 

Title Yap Elevation Contours at 10-meter Interval (derived from 10-meter DEM)
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 - originator
Organization's name U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center

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 Yap, 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
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Services, National Cartography & Geospatial Center  
Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Extents 

Extent
Description
Year topography was compiled

Temporal extent
Date and time 1969-01-01

Extent
Description
Date of source imagery of partially updated shoreline (zero contour)

Temporal extent
Date and time 2016-09-09 00:00:00

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact - point of contact
Individual's name National Cartography & Geospatial Center
Organization's name USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Contact information 
Phone
Voice 817-509-3400
Fax 817-509-3469
Address
Type
Delivery point 501 W. Felix St.
City Fort Worth
Postal code 76115
Country US
Point of contact - point of contact
Organization's name U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center

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

Resource Constraints 

Legal constraints
Limitations of use
See access and use constraints information.

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 32654
Codespace EPSG
Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Georectified Grid 
Number of dimensions 2

Axis dimensions properties - row (y-axis)
Dimension size 3514

Axis dimensions properties - column (x-axis)
Dimension size 3383

Cell geometry area

Vector 
Level of topology for this dataset geometry only

Geometric objects
Object type composite
Object count 624

Data Quality 

Scope of quality information 
Resource level dataset

Lineage 

Process step 
Description
The data is acquired from USGS as Oracle Transportable Tablespaces. It is loaded to NCGC SDE servers and extracted in a UTM projection by gateway ArcObjects services.

Process contact - processor
Individual's name National Cartography & Geospatial Center
Organization's name USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Contact information 
Phone
Voice 817-509-3400
Fax 817-509-3469
Address
Delivery point 501 W. Felix St.
City Fort Worth
Postal code 76115
Country US
Source data 
Relationship to the process step used

Source citation 
Alternate titles National Elevation Dataset

Process step 
When the process occurred  00:00:00
Description
1. Merged separate .tif files into single file; 
2. Clipped data; 
3. Shifted data about 26 meters WNW to better match other updated base data; 
4. Created metadata based on original metadata information supplied as html document.

Rationale
Create seamless DEM

Process contact - processor
Individual's name Maria Kottermair
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative
Contact's position GIS Specialist

Contact information 
Address
Type
e-mail addressmariakottermair@gmail.com
Source data 
Relationship to the process step used

Source citation 
Alternate titles National Elevation Dataset 10 Meter 7.5x7.5 minute quadrangles

Process step 
When the process occurred 2017-01-25 00:00:00
Description
1. Created contour lines from raster;
2. Replaced zero elevation contour with updated shoreline.
3. Formatted attribute table.

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

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

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

Distribution format
Name Shapefile

Transfer options
Transfer size 37.796

Fields 

Details for object yap_contours_10m 
Field FID 
Field description
Internal feature number.

Description source
Esri

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

Field Shape 
Field description
Feature geometry.

Description source
Esri

Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.

Field ID 

Field Contours_m 

Field Length_m 

Field Source 

Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview
ArcInfo Grid - Cell Size: one arc-second Data type: floating point Number of Rows: varies Number of Lines: varies Projection: UTM Datum: NAD83 Horizontal Units: meters Zunits: meters ArcView Shapefile - Three File Types: .dbf. shp. shx, prj Enhanced Shaded Relief - tif and tfw files as geotiff ned30m_metadata.xml ned30m_metadata.html ned30m_readme.txt USGS_NED10m_factsheet.pdf

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1998, Standards for Digital Elevation Models: Reston, VA. Softcopy in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File (PDF) format: <http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/demstds.html>

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
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Contact's position GIS Specialist

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