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3. LIN<NTS#>

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LIN<NTS#>

A table below summarizes what information is included in this file:

Geologic/geomorphic line features - LIN<NTS#>
DESCRIPTION: moraine, arete, cirque, meltwater channel, esker, ice limit, and land slide direction features
COVERAGE: LIN<NTS#>
FEATURE CLASS: LINE
ATTRIBUTES: (Name: Description; Format--width, output, type, decimals)
    FNODE# sequence number of the from-node; 4,5,B
    TNODE# sequence number of the to-node; 4,5,B
    LPOLY# sequence number of the left-polygon; 4,5,B
    RPOLY# sequence number of the right-polygon; 4,5,B
    LENGTH length in metres calculated from UTM coordinate system; 4,12,F
    GEO(NTS#)# arc sequence number; 4,5,B
    GEO(NTS#)-ID arc identifier; 4,5,B
    SYMBOL contains code numbers for symbolizing arcs using gsc.lin* lineset for Arc/Info users only; 4,4,I
    FEATURE name of geologic or geomorphic features; 150,150,C
    PRJ_NAME project name; 30,30,C
    MAPPER mapper name; 42,42,C
    FIELD_YEAR year of mapping;10,10,C (e.g. 1993-1995)
    NTS# NTS map sheet number; 7,7,C
    NTS_NAME name of NTS map sheet; 15,15,C
PRECISION: Single
DATA SOURCE: Digitized from NTS map sheet containing data from field observation and air photo interpretation
INPUT SCALE: 1:50 000
RESPONSIBILITY Terrain Sciences Division, Geological Survey of Canada

* The symbolset GSC.LIN is located at \DATA\ARC\SYMBOLS.

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