CCJDC: W.A.T.E.R

WATER is a set of GIS data layers, satellite images and scanned aerial photographs covering much of the Central Coast of California, including parts of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties.

This extensive project was created by Helmut Gieben of the California Coastal Commission through funding from NOAA's Coastal Services Center and with the participation of numerous state and local individuals and agencies.

The information was originally distributed on a set of 4 CDs; the data contained here is the same as that on the CDs. It can be downloaded from this site and is free for distribution. For further information, contact Helmut Gieben at hgieben@coastal.ca.gov

User's Guide:
Click here to view (or SHIFT-click to download) the WATER User's Guide
in Adobe Acrobat format (file size = 402 Kb; http://www.centralcoastdata.org/WaterData/userguide/CDUsersGuide.pdf).

A revised version of the User's Guide for use with the web site
will soon be available here. Check back periodically.

Download Information

By clicking on the download link, you'll be linked to a listing of the WATER directories and their contents. From there you can link to the WATER directories and the data files. Once within a directory, you can display the contents of a file by clicking on it. If you want to download the file, click the RIGHT mouse button on the file name.

Software required: All of WATER's data sets are viewable in ESRI's ArcView 2.x or greater or using ArcINFO. They can also be viewed using ESRI's free GIS software called ArcExplorer. Visit ESRI's web site to download ArcExplorer.

Orthophotos for PG specs: grayscale orthoimagery, taken during some time in 1996 parameters:

System: U.S. State Plane 1983
Zone: California IV
cell size: 6 inches
Spatial accuracy: meets USGS accuracy standards for 1 inch: 100 feet accuracy (+/- 2.5 horizontal feet).

Projection information: All of WATER's data sets (except the unrectified aerial photos) are projected in: UTM, Zone 10, NAD 83, meters.