| description:
|
Citation Information Originator: Michigan Natural Features Inventory and MI Dept of Natural Resources
Publication_Date: 1999
Title: Quaternary Geology of Michigan
Edition: 2.0
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Lansing, MI
Publisher: MDNR
Larger_Work_Citation: RMAP data
Description Abstract
Digital version of 1982 Quaternary Geology map of Michigan.
Purpose
State wide planning, evaluation, or management.
Supplemental_Information
Procedures_Used
Hard copy maps digitized by the Michigan Natural Features Inventory using
Intergraph Microstation. Michigan Resource Information System (MIRIS) data
used as base reference. Digitized into three files in the Michigan state
plane coordinate system. Converted to ARCINFO coverages using igdsarc
command. Cleaned in ARCINFO. Projected to Michigan GEOREF coordinate system
by MDNR Land and Mineral Services Division, Resource Mapping & Aerial Photography Section.
All three coverages joined together using append command.
Reviews_Applied_to_Data
Final data compared to original hard copy to assure accuracy of line work
and attribution.
Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets
NA
References_Cited
W.R. Farrand & D.L. Bell, 1982, Quaternary Geology of Southern Michigan,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
W.R. Farrand & D.L. Bell, 1982, Quaternary Geology of Northern Michigan,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, pre-1990, Michigan Resource
Information System base data, Michigan Department of Natural Resources,
Lansing, MI |