These files constitute the digital database, in GIS format, for USGS SIM XXXX, "Geologic map of the Suquamish 7.5' quadrangle and part of the Seattle North 7.5' x 15' quadrangle, Kitsap County, Washington" by Ralph A. Haugerud and Kathy Goetz Troost.

The database is presented in three formats:

1) Suquamish-gdb.zip: Contains Suquamish.gdb, an ESRI ArcGIS v. 9.3 file geodatabase laid out in accordance with the NCGMP09 v1.1 database schema. A description of this schema is available at http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/NCGMP09/. FGDC-style metadata for each element of the geodatabase (table, feature dataset, feature class) are stored within the geodatabase. The zip file also includes report-level metadata, an ESRI .mxd file that describes a map image similar to that in Suquamish.pdf; a geodatabase that contains contours, roads, and PLSS lines used as the map base; and a RESOURCES folder that contains an ESRI .style file, related fonts, PDF-format files of report figures, and a PDF-format file of the report text. 
	Note that to obtain proper symbolization of some features using the included .mxd file it may be necessary to install the fonts in the resources folder. 

2) Suquamish-complete.zip: A complete, automatic translation of Suquamish.gdb into shapefiles, dbf files, and pipe-delimited text files for fields longer than 255 characters. Logfile.txt documents how fields were renamed to fit within the 10-character fieldname-length limitation of the shapefile format. Also contains report-level metadata and the RESOURCES folder described above. This complete version of the database contains all the content of the native geodatabase transcribed into well-documented, stable file formats. Unfortunately, in this form the information is not particularly easy to use.

3) Suquamish-simple.zip. Automatic translation of MOST of the contents of Suquamish.gdb into simple flat shapefiles. An easy to use, though incomplete, version of the database. The zip file also contains report-level metadata and the RESOURCES folder described above. 

These files, as well as a PDF file for a publication-quality image of the map sheet, are available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/SIM/XXXX

Note that digital, detailed lidar topography and composite bathymetry used as part of the base map are not contained in any of these files. Lidar topography is available from the Puget Sound Lidar Consortium, http://pugetsoundlidar.org (http://pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu). Composite bathymetry is available (as of late 2010) at http://www.ocean.washington.edu/data/pugetsound/. 

Ralph Haugerud
U.S. Geological Survey
c/o Dept Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington, Box 351310
Seattle, WA  98195
rhaugerud@usgs.gov

