DIGITAL COMPILATION OF VEGETATION TYPES OF THE MACKENZIE VALLEY TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR

Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1614


By:
J.F. Wright, C. Duchesne and M.M. Côté




A) DOCUMENTATION

This CD contains 1 documentation file summarizing data acquisition, compilation and digitization of the database, as well as a detailed legend description.
  
*  ESP documentation.pdf

This file is located in the root of the [OpenFile] directory and should be read first.  You will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® (which can be found in the [OpenFile\Application\Acrobat] subdirectory) to read documentation file.



B) DATA

The Vegetation Types of the Mackenzie Valley Transportation Corridor data set in ArcView® shapefile format can be found in the subdirectory [OpenFile\Data\Shapefile].  The corridor is presented as a whole data set. 

*  espveg.shp (150 MB)

The corridor is also subdivided in two regions (north and south) to decrease file size.

*  espveg_n.shp (95 MB)
*  espveg_s.shp (55 MB)

A legend file in ArcView® format for each shapefile can be found in the subdirectiory [OpenFile\Data\Legend]:

*  espveg.avl
*  espveg_n.avl
*  espveg_s.avl

Shapefiles representing the boundary of the Makenzie Valley Transportation Corridor and the communities within the corridor [OpenFile\Data\Shapefile] are also provided with an associated legend file [OpenFile\Data\Legend].

*  corridor.shp (corridor.avl)
*  towns.shp (towns.avl)

	
Standard metadata files following the FGDC standards are provided in .TXT format in the subdirectory [OpenFile\Data\Metadata].



C)  APPLICATION 

Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® in the subdirectory [OpenFile\Application\Acrobat] and ESRI® ArcExplorer® in the subdirectory [OpenFile\Application\ArcExp] are provided as freeware browsing applications.  Both must be installed on a computer to be used.

*  ar505enu.exe
*  ae2setup.exe