The historical map of New Jersey published originally by the Geological Survey of New Jersey was scanned, georeferenced and reprojected to the New Jersey State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 83 using ERDAS IMAGINE software.
Purpose
The georeferenced historical geological map can be used as layers in geographic information systems and can extract historical information.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1889
Bounding Box
West
-74.33
East
-73.90
North
41.10
South
40.583
Theme Keyword
Geological map
geoscientificInformation
Rocks
Roads
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Bergen county
Hudson county
Essex county
Union county
Passaic county
New Jersey
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Person
Tsering Wangyal Shawa
Delivery Point
Princeton University Library
City
Princeton
State
New Jersey
Postal Code
08544
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45am - 5:00pm
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Cross-Reference
Originator
New Jersey Geological Survey
Publication Date
1889
Publication Time
March 2004
Title
Atlas Sheet No. 7 (Northeastern and Red Sandstone)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
raster digital data
Series Information
Series Name
New Jersey Geological Survey Atlas Sheets
Publication Information
Publication Place
[Trenton, NJ]
Publisher
New Jersey Geological Survey
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Raster
Raster Object Information
Raster Object Type
Pixel
Row Count
12411
Column Count
9122
Vertical Count
1
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Grid Coordinate System
Grid Coordinate System Name
State Plane Coordinate System
State Plane Coordinate System
SPCS Zone Identifier
FIPS 2900
Transverse Mercator
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
row and column
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
16.000000
Ordinate Resolution
16.000000
Planar Distance Units
survey feet
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Vertical Coordinate System Definition
Altitude System Definition
Altitude Datum Name
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
Altitude Distance Units
feet
Altitude Encoding Method
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20040415
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Princeton University
Contact Person
Tsering Wangyal Shawa
Contact Position
GIS Librarian
Contact Address
Address
Princeton University Library
City
Princeton
State or Province
New Jersey
Postal Code
08544
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45am - 5:00pm
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
