Mapping the Caribou's Range (GIS)

If your school has ArcView 3.x or higher, the following files can be downloaded, unzipped and used by students to study the Porcupine Caribou herd's area.

All of these layers have been clipped to the extent of the Porcupine Caribou herd's range. All raster layers are projected to UTM zone 6 with a WGS84 or NAD83 datum. All shapefiles are unprojected with a NAD83 datum. Each layer has metadata associated with it in text, html and xml formats.

You can download the whole set of files at once (first option) or download each individual map and its associated files separately. For further information, please review the metadate of each dataset and the readme.txt file.

Complete set: (click on the link to download)

completeset.zip

This complete set of base maps and shapefile layers (102 mb) contains all of the files listed below.

Individual base maps or layers: (click on the links to download)

aktopo0.zip

A georeferenced composite of 1:250,000 USGS topographic maps of Northeast Alaska. (25 mb tiff)

aktopo1.zip

A georeferenced composite of 1:250,000 USGS topographic maps of Eastcentral Alaska. (20 mb tiff)

akyk_border.zip

A line shapefile of the Alaska-Yukon border. (20 k).

arcticrefuge.zip

A polygon shapefile of the boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (1.5 mb)

cantopo0.zip

A georeferenced composite of 1:250,000 Canadian topographic maps of Northern Yukon. (15 mb tiff)

cantopo1.zip

A georeferenced composite of 1:250,000 Canadian topographic maps of NorthCentral Yukon. (15 mb tiff)

hillshade.zip

A georeferenced gray-scale, shaded relief map of Northeast Alaska and the Yukon. (11 mb tiff)

lakes.zip

A polygon shapefile of lakes. (881 k)

pch_area.zip

A polygon shapefile of the Porcupine Caribou herd's range. (49 k)

pipeline.zip

A line shapefile of the Tran-Alaska pipeline. (64 k)

rivers.zip

A line shapefile of the major rivers. (801 k)

roads.zip

Major highways. (1 mb)

shadedrelief.zip

A colored shaded relief map of the terrain. (14 mb)

villages.zip

Populated places. (12k)

These data are provided for educational use only. They may be altered without notice and are not intended for scientific analysis or other uses. Please contact the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if you are considering using them for non-educational purposes.

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Caribou Mysteries is created through a partnership between the USFWS, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Toyota USA Foundation, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Last modified 27 October 2004