1-Degree Hillshade Digital Elevation Model: Monterey Bay, California, 1994

Author(s)

Hatcher, Gerry

Description

This raster dataset is a 1-degree digital elevation model containing shaded surface relief (hillshade) bathymetry data for Monterey Bay, California. These data were produced from the USGS 1-degree DEM of Monterey Bay, California (1994). These grids are provided in GCS WGS 84 and UTM Zone 10 (NAD 83) projections. This layer is part of the GIS Data of the Monterey Bay collection, a compilation of data and imagery of the Monterey Bay area, including coastline, imagery, and bathymetry. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This collection of data provides documented layers of of the Monterey Bay to persons/institutions of interest throughout the research and educational communities. Hatcher, G. (2008). 1-Degree Hillshade Digital Elevation Model: Monterey Bay, California, 1994. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/hk237ys2373 All data are registered to the WGS84 datum with two versions of each feature, image, and grid coverage included in the collection. One is in a Geographic (decimal degrees) coordinate system and the second is in a Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone 10 projection. This grid is also available in GMT and ASCII formats. To most easily use the grid data, the ArcView Spatial Analyst extension should be installed on your system. For strict accuracy and hard-copy production requiring feature, grid, and/or image data, the UTM projection coverages should be used. In fact, some ArcView functions will not be available unless the data are displayed in a projection. This is because a Geographic Coordinate System is NOT a projection but rather a spherical coordinate system dealing directly in latitude and longitude. However, at the scale of maps covering Monterey Bay, the errors produced by ignoring this fact are small.

Publisher

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Collection

GIS data of the Monterey Bay

Place(s)

Monterey Bay (Calif.)

Subject(s)

Continental margins, Bathymetric maps, Digital elevation models, Imagery and Base Maps, Elevation, and Inland Waters

Year

1994

Held by

Stanford

More details at

https://purl.stanford.edu/hk237ys2373

Use and reproduction

These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission.

Copyright

Copyright ownership resides with the originator.