Coastal and Marine Geology Program Internet Map Server:
Gulf of Maine

Internet Map Server Description

USGS Gulf of Maine Internet Map Server default map view. Click here for a larger image. Image will open in new browser window.

The USGS Gulf of Maine Internet Map Server contains a large selection of GIS data layers from a variety of published sources.  The default map view is shown at the right and shows the Gulf of Maine region covered by the Internet Map Server.  This map view shows the following layers by default: U.S. Atlantic East Coast, portions of Canada, the location of surficial sample data collected and processed by the USGS, CMGP, Woods Hole Science Center (WHSC), the boundary of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and the Coastal Vulnerability Index showing the potential of coastal change due to sea-level rise.

A total of 42 additional data layers containing the location of surficial samples with in the Gulf of Maine region are also available for viewing and download. Other basemap data layers relative to the specific mapsite have been compiled from a variety of public domain sites and are also available for viewing and download.

Data layers may be "turned-off or on" by selecting the visible button beside the layer name. The map view will automatically update. A complete description of the available data layers are listed in the GIS Data Catalog.

Hyperlink properties

The data layers listed below have associated hyperlink properties. When the data layer is selected as the active data layer, selecting the hyperlink activity will result in the associated information being displayed in a new browser window.

• CONMAP bottom photos - When this layer is active, the user may utilize the hyperlink tool to examine archived bottom photographs. These photographs, collected during the 1960's as part of the USGS Continental Margin Program, have been rescued and georeferenced with an approximate spatial location.