| LA GIS CD Supplement 2 Frequently Asked Questions |
Monday, December 12, 2005 |
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| What
is the Louisiana GIS CD? |
The Louisiana GIS CD is a two CD set that contains over
40 spatial layers of geographic data including a satellite
image of Louisiana. It has been supplemented twice. |
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| What is in supplement 2 of the Louisiana GIS CD? |
The supplement, released as a DVD, contains recently released or revised geospatial data of Louisiana pertinent to oil spill prevention, contingency planning, response, damage assessment, and environmental restoration. |
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where does the data for the CD and its supplements come? |
Data on the CD are the best publicly available spatial
data sources. The CD is the culmination of several years
of data development and assembly by sponsoring agencies,
and was developed by Louisiana State University with funding
from the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office. |
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| Who
are the sponsors? |
The organizations listed below collectively contributed data,
assistance, support, resources, and funding to the development
of this CD.
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Coastal Engineering and Environmental Consultants, Inc., Westwego, LA
- Louisiana Census Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana Oil Spill Research and Development Program, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana State Land Office, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana State Legislative Services, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- LSU CADGIS Research Laboratory, Baton Rouge, LA
- LSU Coastal Studies Institute, Baton Rouge, LA
- LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology, Baton Rouge, LA
- LSU Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, Baton Rouge, LA
- McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
- Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
- T. Baker Smith and Sons, Inc., Houma, LA
- Tetra Tech EM, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
- US Census Bureau, Washington D.C.
- US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC
- US Minerals Management Service, Washington DC
- USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette and Baton Rouge, LA
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| What
comes on the CDs? |
The following layers of geospatial data are available through supplement 2.
New Layers |
- Board of Elementary & Secondary Education Districts
- Ecoregions of Louisiana (EPA)
- Louisiana House & Senate Districts
- Louisiana Land-Water Interface
- Louisiana Public Land Survey System
- Louisiana Public Service Commission Districts
- Louisiana Schools (2004)
- Off-Shore Lease Blocks (Federal)
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- Off-Shore Lease Blocks (State)
- TIGER Blocks
- TIGER Block Groups
- TIGER Tracts
- TIGER Unified School Districts
- TIGER Zip Code Boundaries
- U.S Congressional Districts
- USGS 1:24,000 Digital Elevation Model
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| Revised Layers (from the original release and supplement 1). |
- Baseline Sampling and Analysis Monitor Points
- Louisiana Marinas and Boat Launches
- Watershed Basin Subsegments
- Louisiana Oil & Gas Wells
- TIGER Hydrography (line & polygon)
- TIGER Roads
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| Refererence Layers |
- 2002 Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Image with 15 meter resolution
- DOTD Parish Boundaries (with 2000 Demographic Estimates)
- TIGER Parish Boundaries
- TIGER Populated Places (points and polygons with 2000 Demographic Estimates)
- Primary Roads
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| From where can I get the CDs? |
TBA |
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| Can
I get the data online? |
Yes! Use "Search Atlas" and specific "LAGISCDv2s2" as the collection. |
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| Is
metadata provided on the CDs? |
Yes, fully compliant Federal Geographic Data Committee
(FGDC) metadata accompanies each data layer on the DVD and from the web. |
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| Will
there be revisions and updates to the data? |
Yes, as corrections and revisions are made to the layers
on the CD, they will be updated on the Atlas site. Messages
will inform users of revised data layers. Also, additional
layers will be provided on the site as they become available.
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| In
what projection and datum are the data? |
The vector data on the CD is in geographic latitude/longitude
coordinates (decimal degrees), NAD-83 datum. The raster
data is in UTM zone 15 coordinates (meters), NAD-83 datum.
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