ArcView Appendix 1: Useful Coverages

 

Files are located on this CD-ROM as well as on the T: and V: drives on the GIS network.  .  Keep in mind that coverages are only as good as the people that input the information.  

Coverage Description

Info

Location

Major Rivers

 

T:/akbase/covers/ Majriv

Minor Rivers

Minriv

T:/akbase/covers/

Detailed river coverage

Rivers

T:/akbase/covers/

Inch-to-mile quads

ITM Quads

T:/grids/itmquads

Townships

Twpspoly

T:/twpspoly/polygon

Major lakes

 

T:/akbase/covers/lakes/polygon

Very simple coast

 

T:/akbase/covers/aksimple/arc

Medium detail coast

 

D:/akbase/akcoast/arc

DNR’s 1:63360 coastline

 

T:/ DNRcoast98/arc

Sections

 

T:/grids/secd_ak/polygon

Major roads

 

T:/akbase/covers/ Majrds/arc

Minor roads

 

T:/akbase/covers/ minrds/arc

ITM roads

by quad

T:/akbase/roads/roaditm/arc

General Land Status

statewide

T:/landstat/Dnr/akstatus/polygon

DRGs 1:63,360

by quad

V:/_drg/Albers/

DRGs 1:250,000 by qm V:/_drg/Albers/250k

DLGs (Hydrology)

by quad

T:/DLGs/hydro/covers

Other hydro quads (ADEC)*most complete* by quad T:/ADEC250/Central/data/hydro

DNR hydro quads

Names after 1:63,360 quads, such as "anca1"

T:/hydro/DNRitms/itm1/

T:/hydro/DNRitms/itm2/

     

 


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