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About the CD: Data Dictionary

File and Data Structure
Data Dictionary
Projections
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Data Dictionary section describes the file naming scheme used for this CD-ROM and the internal structure of the files, such as defining what the fields in a database represents, technical specifications about the database structure, and the metadata.

File Naming Scheme
For this project there are 12 NTS map sheets and within each NTS map sheet directory, there are sub-directories based on data formats. Within these sub-directories are files based on a geologic theme and feature type (i.e., point, line, and polygon).

Here is a list of all the files that represents the Digital Surficial Geology data set. Please note that <NTS#> refers to the NTS map sheet number:

Select a file to see more information.
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