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Puget Sound 20-Foot Contours

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Summary


Generalized cartographic contour isolines.

These contours have been derived from a wide range of primary source data and are only as accurate as that source data.

They are derived from 30 foot resolution data and are useful only for determining general elevation trend and for cartographic display.

Description


Generalized 20-foot contour isolines derived from Puget Sound lowlands combined bathymetry and elevation digital elevation model.


Layer information

Layer Name reg_psctr020_line
Subject Category Topography
Title Puget Sound 20-Foot Contours
Feature Count 292463
Feature Type Line
Next Update As needed
Spatial reference EPSG:2926
Control ID 179
Place Keywords Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington State
Theme Keywords Topo, Bathymetry, Elevation
Supplemental Information

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Attribute information

OBJECTID

From ESRI

Description

Internal feature number.

Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

ELEVATION

No Source Noted

Description

Not Found

Domain

-960 to 7760 by 1

IDX_MINOR

No Source Noted

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.00000000 to 10.00000000 by

IDX_20FT

No Source Noted

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.00000000 to 1000.00000000 by

IDX_40FT

No Source Noted

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.00000000 to 1000.00000000 by

IDX_100FT

No Source Noted

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.00000000 to 1000.00000000 by

IDX_50FT

No Source Noted

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.00000000 to 1000.00000000 by

Shape

From ESRI

Description

Feature geometry.

Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

SHAPE

From ESRI

Description

Feature geometry.

Domain

Coordinates defining the features.


Contact information

Maintained by KCGIS Center
Primary KCGIS Center

giscenter@kingcounty.gov


Terms of Use

Summary


Generalized cartographic contour isolines.

These contours have been derived from a wide range of primary source data and are only as accurate as that source data.

They are derived from 30 foot resolution data and are useful only for determining general elevation trend and for cartographic display.

Description


Generalized 20-foot contour isolines derived from Puget Sound lowlands combined bathymetry and elevation digital elevation model.


Contact information

Maintained by KCGIS Center
Primary KCGIS Center

giscenter@kingcounty.gov


Terms of use and copyright


Change history

12/1/2005

ArcInfo 9.0 Workstation LATTICECONTOUR command used with following arguements: interval (20), base_contour (-1000), contour_item (elevation), weed_tolerance (#), z_factor (#).

Resulting coverage inspected in ArcGIS and exported to shapefile format to Spatial Data Warehouse.

12/1/2005

Downloaded and unzipped psdem_2005.asc from <http://www.ocean.washington.edu/data/pugetsound/psdem2005.html>

12/1/2005

Used ArcInfo 9.0 workstation ASCIIGRID command to convert ascii-formatted file to ESRI grid format

12/1/2005

Use ArcInfo 9.0 workstation PROJECTDEFINE to establish Washington State Plane North, NAD 83, units Feet projection header.

Used PROJECTGRID command to reproject grid to HARN.