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7. MWS<NTS#>*

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* Available only as a SurView data format

MWS<NTS#>

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

Meltwater channel features - MWS<NTS#>
DESCRIPTION: Mass-wasting (e.g. landslides) features with known direction, only available in SurView format.
COVERAGE: MWS<NTS#>
FEATURE CLASS: LINE / ARROWS
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
    MWS<NTS#>_ arc sequence number; 4,5,B
    MWS<NTS#>_I arc identifier; 4,5,B
    SYMBOL not used in SurView; 4,4,I
    FEATURE mass-wasting direction; 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

 

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