About the CD-ROM
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Publication Information
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Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5680
Geological Survey of Canada Paleontological age determinations in the Kananaskis
west-half map area(NTS 82J), British Columbia and Alberta,
M.E. McMechan, B.S. Norford, E.W. Bamber, L.E. MacDonald, T.T. Uyeno,  and G.S. Nowlan


© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2008

Digital Topographic Data provided by Geomatics Canada, Natural Resources Canada.

Directory Structure on CD-ROM
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The CD-ROM is divided into the following directories:
 
\      	      	  - Contains this readme file, an end-user agreement for digital 
		    data (licence.txt); and a file containing the recommended citation 
		    (citation.txt).
\apps        	  - Contains ESRI® ArcReader™ v. 9.2 software (see below for 	
              	 	    information on installation).
\data	  	  - Contains data files designed for GIS and database analysis and 
		    querying.
\doc        		  - Contains documents in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
  \HTML        	  - Directory for HTML format.
    \images     	  - Contains images for HTML files.
\GIS_Map  	  - Contains Published Map File (PMF) and shape files for viewing
	        	    using ArcReader. 
 
 
Applications Directory (\apps)
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Contains installation file for ArcReader™ for use where ArcGIS software is not
already installed.

The installation file for ArcReader™ v 9.2 for Windows® was downloaded
from http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/download.html. Please visit this 
web site for system requirements, and further information on the product. 
 
Installation of ArcReader™ under Windows® requires administrator privileges.
During installation, files are put in the TEMP directory. A TEMP environment
variable must be set and the TEMP directory should be writable. 
 
To install ArcReader™, unzip the file ArcReader92.zip to a convenient folder and
then run or double-click on the file setup.exe file and follow the instructions of the 
installation wizard.
 
To view the digital data once ArcReader™ has been installed, navigate to the 
GIS_Map folder on the CD-ROM and double-click on the file MAP5680.pmf.

 
Data Directory (\data)
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Contains GIS data in SHAPE file format. The GIS map feature class names and
attributes are explained in the \doc\html\descript.htm file on this CD.

 
GIS Map Directory (\GIS_Map) 
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Contains all files required for displaying the data with ArcReader™. This map is
intended to demonstrate the utility of GIS and is not meant to display all capabilities
of the paleontological data nor the entire attribute set of the Geomatics Canada data.

 
Assistance
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Questions, suggestions, and comments regarding the geological information
contained in the data sets should be addressed to the contact person identified 
under 'Point of contact' in the metadata file.
 
Questions, suggestions, and comments regarding the digital format, distribution,
or cartographic products should be addressed to the contact person identified 
under 'Distribution information' in the metadata file.