GIS compilation of geoscience data: on ArcView GIS version of previously published thematic maps from Inglefield Land, North-West Greenland

This report contains a CD-ROM with a digital version of the Thematic Map Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 96/1 published as paper maps with a general description
in 1996. The maps and the digital data are made available here as an ArcView GIS project file customised to the Thematic Map Series product. The digital GIS data are provided as shape files, grid files and image files with associated data files. The digital GIS data are positioned in either geographic decimal degrees or in UTM co-ordinates Zone 20. The best view-projection is UTM Zone 20.

This CD-ROM is for users who have an ArcView GIS software licence and a basic knowledge of the ArcView GIS software. The freeware ESRI ArcExplorer (version 1.1.2) is not a
suitable viewer for the digital GIS data due to lack of projection facilities in the program.

An Acrobat Reader version of the Thematic Map Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 96/1 is also included on the CD-ROM.

The printed part of the report contains background information and a brief summary of the experience gained in the process of producing an entirely digital version of the maps.

The major part of the work was carried out as part of a project financed by the Government of Greenland (Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum, formerly the Minerals Office). The concepts and techniques developed during this project have been integrated into the information system GimmeX (Geoscience Information Management for Mineral Exploration in Greenland) and will be used for future GIS compilations of geodata from Greenland.

The report contains no new geoscientific information on lnglefield Land.