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Shipwrecks (Great Lakes), Wisconsin 2014
- Identification Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Data Quality Information
- Distribution Information
- Spatial Representation Information
- Metadata Reference Information
Identification Information
- Citation
- Title
- Shipwrecks (Great Lakes), Wisconsin 2014
- Originator
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Publication Date
- 2014-01-11
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- mapDigital
- Other Citation Details
- Wisconsin Coastal Atlas dataset
- Abstract
- [This dataset represents shipwrecks in the Great Lakes of Wisconsin as points in shapefile format. It is compiled from the shipwreck database maintained by the Wisconsin Historical Society. More information about the shipwreck database is available here (http://maritimetrails.org/about_shipwreck_database.php).]
- Purpose
- This layer is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.
- Supplemental Information
- Wisconsin Coastal Atlas dataset also available from the Coastal Atlas online: https://www.wicoastalatlas.net/
- Scale Denominator
- 10000
- Temporal Extent
- Time Instant
- 2014-01-11T00:00:00
- Temporal Extent
- Time Instant
- 2014-01-11T00:00:00
- Bounding Box
- West
- -93
- East
- -86.5
- North
- 47.5
- South
- 42.5
- Bounding Box
- West
- -92.088283
- East
- -86.772267
- North
- 47.12635
- South
- 42.478917
- ISO Topic Category
- society
- Place Keyword
-
Wisconsin
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Place Keyword
-
Great Lakes
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword
-
Point
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- FGDC
- Theme Keyword
-
Shipwrecks--Wisconsin
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Legal Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- asNeeded
- Language
- eng
- Credit
- Wisconsin Historical Society UW Sea Grant Institute (University of Wisconsin)
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Delivery Point
- 1975 Willow Drive
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- WI
- Postal Code
- 53706
- Country
- US
- Phone
- (608) 262-0905
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- David Hart
- Position Name
- Senior Scientist
- Delivery Point
- 1975 Willow Dr., Goodnight Hall, Room 201
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- Wisconsin
- Postal Code
- 53706
- Country
- United States of America
- dhart@aqua.wisc.edu
- Phone
- (608) 262-6515
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- Tamara Thompsen
- Position Name
- Maritime Archaeologist
- Tamara.Thomsen@wisconsinhistory.org
Spatial Reference Information
- Reference System Identifier
- Code
- 4326
- Code Space
- EPSG
- Version
- 9.5.1
Data Quality Information
- Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
- Lineage
- Process Step
- Description
- Renamed dataset to conform to GeoData@Wisconsin naming conventions.
- Process Date
- 2018-09-20T00:00:00
Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Format Version
- 1.0
- Distributor
- UW Sea Grant Institute (University of Wisconsin)
- Distributor
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Online Access
- https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_Shipwrecks_2014.zip
- Protocol
- WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
- Name
- GeoData@Wisconsin
- Function
- download
Spatial Representation Information
- Vector
- Topology Level
- geometryOnly
- Vector Object Type
- point
- Vector Object Count
- 631
Metadata Reference Information
- Hierarchy Level
- dataset
- Metadata File Identifier
- 35EC573E-282C-40DD-8512-CE14E033F989
- Metadata Point of Contact
- Name
- David Hart
- Position Name
- Senior Scientist
- Delivery Point
- 1975 Willow Dr., Goodnight Hall, Room 201
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- Wisconsin
- Postal Code
- 53706
- Country
- United States of America
- dhart@aqua.wisc.edu
- Phone
- (608) 262-6515
- Metadata Point of Contact
- Name
- Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
- Position Name
- metadata technician
- Delivery Point
- 550 N. Park Street
- City
- Madison
- Administrative Area
- WI
- Postal Code
- 53706
- Country
- US
- askmap@library.wisc.edu
- Phone
- (608)262-1471
- Metadata Date Stamp
- 2019-11-21
- Metadata Standard Name
- ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
- Metadata Standard Version
- 2007
- Character Set
- utf8