Administrative Notes Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program Vol. 19, no. 02 GP 3.16/3-2:19/02 January 15, 1998 [The following draft was provided by staff of the Bureau of the Census.] DRAFT - FOR REVIEW ONLY Introduction to the LandView III CD-ROMs LandView III is a desktop mapping system that includes database extracts from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Transportation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. These databases are presented in a geographic context on maps that show jurisdictional boundaries, detailed networks of roads, rivers, and railroads, census block group and tract polygons, schools, hospitals, churches, cemeteries, airports, dams, and other landmark features. LandView III Software The mapping software in LandView III is an adaptation of MARPLOT, part of the CAMEO system (Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations). MARPLOT was developed by the Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The database software LandView III was developed at the Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Minimum and Recommended Configurations The minimum configuration required to run this CD-ROM: PC with a 486-class processor, or Macintosh with a 68020 processor, 8MB of RAM, 10MB of free hard disk space, VGA color display, 2X CD-ROM drive, Windows 3.1 (for PC), System 7.0 (for 68K Mac), System 7.1.2 (for Power Mac) To maximize performance the recommended configuration is: PC with 586 or Pentium-class processor, or Macintosh with PowerPC processor, 16 MB RAM SVGA color display 4X CD-ROM drive Windows 95 or Windows NT (for PC), System 7.1.2 or higher (for Macintosh) Software Documentation LandView III comes with several documentation and tutorial files: LandView III Guided Tour (in PDF format), LandView III Help (in both PDF and Windows Help file formats), MARPLOT user manual and technical documentation (in PDF format), and MARPLOT Help (in Windows Help file format). The Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF files is included on the CD. LandView III Product Description LandView III is a geographic reference, like an atlas. It displays: * A detailed network of roads, rivers, and railroads based upon TIGER/Line(r) 1995 files. NOTE - The TIGER/Line information is in MARPLOT format which is not readily exportable into other mapping software. * Jurisdictional boundaries - a set of generalized boundary files for states, congressional districts (105th), metropolitan areas, Native American Indian Areas, Alaska Native lands, counties, and minor civil divisions (for 20 selected states where minor civil divisions function as general purpose governmental units or constitute legal entities). NOTE - Detailed place boundaries are shown only on the local discs; the U.S. Summary disc contains only place centroids. * EPA-regulated sites, a subset of the facilities, sites, and monitoring stations represented in five EPA data bases - Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS), Biennial Reporting System (BRS), CERCLA Information System (CERCLIS), Permit Compliance System (PCS), and the Toxic Release Inventory System (TRI). * Selected demographic and economic information from the 1990 Census, and * Key geographic features of the United States provided by the United States Geological Survey and other Federal agencies. This software enables you to: * Create customized street maps showing only those classes of map features of interest. * Create thematic maps - a graphic display of geographic boundaries and Census bureau statistical data. Users can also create thematic maps from their own databases. * Easily determine the census tract and block group associated with a street address or point location on a map. * Calculate the number of people and other demographic characteristics within a radius from a given point. * Query the LandView III databases and MARPLOT map objects and export the search results to a separate file in dBASE, Lotus, Excel or fixed length text format. Users may also link the geographic areas contained in the search results to the map. * Create a user defined map layer. * Automatically match each record in a user file containing latitude and longitude coordinates to the census tract and block group level. LandView III Product Organization LandView III is distributed on a set of 11 compact discs. There are 10 local discs with each containing a grouping of states. An 11th CD-ROM (the U.S. Summary) covers the entire U.S. and includes all data except the detailed geography derived from TIGER/Line 1995 files (roads, rivers, railroads, place boundaries). The U.S. Summary Disc is designed for those users whose primary interests are creating thematic maps at the national level or performing radius calculations that extend over a number of states. With the exceptions of Delaware, District of Columbia and Prince William County, VA, this disc does not show local roads contained in TIGER/Line 1995. Therefore it would be unsuitable for either creating detailed street maps or matching street addresses to census tracts and block groups. The local discs contain the same information as the U.S. Summary disc for the grouping of states plus detailed networks of roads, rivers, and railroads based on the TIGER/Line 1995 files. NOTE - The U.S. Highways, Railroads, and Water layers present on the MARPLOT map for the national LandView CD (#11) which are from the Department of Transportation and the United States Geological Survey are not present on CDs 1-10 because these CDs have the detailed network of roads, railroads, and water extracted from the TIGER/Line 1995 files. There are no database files associated with the roads, railroads, and water layers. The local discs are designed for users who need to: create maps containing a detailed network of roads, rivers and railroads, match streets and addresses accurately to census tract or block groups or see detailed place boundaries. It also provides the same functions available on the national disc but only for the states contained on the local disc. For example, a population radius calculation performed from the District of Columbia on local disc 1 would not contain information for Virginia even if the radius encompassed portions of Virginia. Prices and Ordering Information The prices are $99 for each disc or $549 for the entire set of 11 discs. NOTE: The LandView III discs are in production and will become publicly available by the end of November, 1997. Contact Customer Services, Bureau of the Census at (301) 457-4100 or FAX (301) 457-3842 to order. For more information about LandView III contact the Products and Services Staff, Bureau of the Census at (301) 457-1128. Disc 1 CD-TGR95-LV3-1 Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Disc 2 CD-TGR95-LV3-2 North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia Disc 3 CD-TGR95-LV3-3 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi Disc 4 CD-TGR95-LV3-4 Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio Disc 5 CD-TGR95-LV3-5 Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin Disc 6 CD-TGR95-LV3-6 Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma Disc 7 CD-TGR95-LV3-7 Louisiana, and Texas Disc 8 CD-TGR95-LV3-8 Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Utah Disc 9 CD-TGR95-LV3-9 Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming Disc 10 CD-TGR95-LV3-10 Alaska, American Samoa, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Nevada, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands Disc 11 CD-TGR95-LV3-11 Contains the entire U.S. (same data as on discs 1-10) except the TIGER/Line files (roads, rivers, railroads, etc.) NOTE - Detailed networks of roads, rivers, and railroads based upon TIGER/Line 1995 data are included for Delaware, District of Columbia and Prince William County, VA to serve as samples of local disc content. [As noted on p. 7, the Landview III CD-ROMs will be distributed to selecting depository libraries.]