EUB/AGS Inventory of Holocene Landslides, Peace River Area, Alberta (NTS 84C)

This compact disc constitutes release of the report in a common digital format. The common format chosen is Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). This format allows viewing on any computer capable of running a suitable version of Adobe® Acrobat Reader®. Adobe® Acrobat Reader® is available from Adobe's Web site at www.adobe.com.

Navigation of Files

This compact disc constitutes release of Geo-Note 2003-43, which includes a brief report and a landslide inventory map prepared for the Alberta Energy Utilities Board/Alberta Geological Survey (EUB/AGS) by M.R. Davies, R.C. Paulen and A.S. Hickin. The intent is to make the maps available in a variety of common digital formats to meet various users needs including GIS operators and those requiring an exact version of the published map in a readily printable format. GIS files are available in ArcInfo Export (.e00) and shapefile formats. The printer-ready files are in Postscript (.eps) format and also in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF).

A brief description follows of each of the folders and how they may be used.

PDF

This folder contains Adobe® Acrobat PDF documents of the published version of the maps. This format allows viewing on any computer capable of running a suitable version of Adobe® Acrobat Reader®.

Postscript

This folder contains postscript files of the published version of the maps. These files can be either imported into a graphics software package or plotted directly from the Windows Explorer window:

1. Right click on the .eps file
2. Select Print, OK
3. Choose a printer from the dropdown list, then click OK.

Table 1. Contents of folders PDF and Postscript

File	PDF Report (.pdf)	Title	PDF  Map (.pdf)	Postscript Map (.eps)	Title	Scale
NTS84C	yes	Digital Inventory Map of Holocene Landslides, Peace River Area (NTS 84C)	yes	yes	Inventory of Holocene Landslides, Peace River Area (NTS 84C)	1:250 000

ArcExport (.e00)

Export files in this folder were created from coverages in ArcInfo Version 8.1.2. See Table 2 for projection parameters and Table 3 for coverage descriptions.

ArcView (shapefiles)

Shapefiles provided were created in ArcView version 3.2a. See Table 2 for projection parameters and Table 3 for shapefile descriptions.  A free version of ArcExplorer 2.0.800 is included on the CD-ROM  for viewing the shapefile. 

Table 2. Projection parameters for ArcExport and ArcView files

Projection	UTM
Zone	11
Datum	NAD 83
Spheroid	GRS1980
Scale Factor	0.9996

Table 3. Contents of folders ArcExport and ArcView - Landslide data.  Detailed descriptions of fields are given in the report.

point features			line features
smallslides_u11	slide_id	unique identifying number	largeslides_u11	slide_id	unique identifying number
	mat_1	material involved in first movement		mat_1	material involved in first movement
	mat_2	material involved in second movement		mat_2	material involved in second movement
	mode_1	mode of first movement		mode_1	mode of first movement
	mode_2	mode of second movement		mode_2	mode of second movement
	move_1	type of first movement		move_1	type of first movement
	move_2	type of second movement		move_2	type of second movement
	tot_length	total length of slide area		tot_length	total length of slide area
	tot_width	total width of slide area		tot_width	total width of slide area
	northing	northing coordinate (UTM, Zone 12)		northing	northing coordinate (UTM, Zone 12)
	easting	easting coordinate (UTM, Zone 12)		easting	easting coordinate (UTM, Zone 12)
	aspect	aspect of slide, cardinal direction		aspect	aspect of slide, cardinal direction
	age	relative age of slide		age	relative age of slide

Once you have installed Adobe® Acrobat Reader®, you can print and navigate to the desired section via the table of contents and the links throughout the report. The links in the table of contents are rollover links, and the 'hand' will turn to a 'pointing hand' when you move your mouse over a section. The links in the report are outlined in blue.

Click on the link below to open the PDF document.

Geo-Note 2003-43

Also on the CD is a metadata folder. Metadata, or "data about data," describe the content, quality, condition and other characteristics of the data.

Disclaimer & Copyright

©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, 2005

The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board/Alberta Geological Survey (EUB/AGS) and its employees and contractors make no warranty, guarantee or representation, express or implied, or assume any legal liability regarding the correctness, accuracy, completeness, or reliability of this publication. Any digital data and software supplied with this publication are subject to the license conditions. The data are supplied on the understanding that they are for the sole use of the licensee and will not be redistributed in any form, in whole or in part, to third parties. Any references to proprietary software in the documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in this release, do not constitute endorsement by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board/Alberta Geological Survey of any manufacturer’s product.

If this product is an EUB/AGS Special Report, the information is provided as received from the author and has not been edited for conformity to EUB/AGS standards.

Crediting Information Sources

When using information from this publication in other publications or presentations, acknowledgment must be given to the EUB/AGS. The following reference format is recommended:.

Davies, M.R., Paulen, R.C. and Hickin, A.S. (2005): Inventory of Holocene Landslides, Peace River Area, Alberta (NTS 84C); Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, EUB/AGS Geo-Note 2003-03.

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