Murphy Oil Company Limited Seismic Data in the Sydeny Area

DP ME 94, Version 1, 2006. Digital Seismic Data (Seismic Lines and Shot Locations) from a Seismic Survey by Murphy Oil Company Limited in the Sydney Area, Cape Breton County in 1972 on NTS Sheets 11J/04 and 11K/01

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Identification Information
 
Citation Information
  Title: DP ME 94, Version 1, 2006. Digital Seismic Data (Seismic Lines and Shot Locations) from a Seismic Survey by Murphy Oil Company Limited in the Sydney Area, Cape Breton County in 1972 on NTS Sheets 11J/04 and 11K/01
  Originator: Brian E. Fisher, Jeff S. McKinnon, Jeff C. Poole, Adam J. Sherry
  Publication Date: 2006
  Edition: 1
  Data Type: vector digital data
  Series: Digital Product
  Issue Identification: DP ME 94
  Publisher: Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch
  Publication Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Online linkage: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp094.asp
 
Data Description
  Abstract: This digital product is the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSNR&R) digital version of the seismic survey conducted in 1972 by Murphy Oil Company Ltd. in the Sydney area. The digital product was created by the NSNR&R, Mineral Resources Branch (MRB) staff in cooperation with staff from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the TGI-2 project. The data was digitized by Nancy Morash (DOE) and provided by DOE to MRB as a shapefile. GIS databases were developed from this data. The digital product contains layers for features such as: seismic lines; location of seismic shots; and a neatline around the survey area.
  Purpose: The purpose of this data set is to add another seismic survey to the surveys which have already been compiled as part of the NSNR&R MRB GIS.
  Supplemental Information: Dataset ID = s094sy; Data Class = seismic; Project ID = TGI-2-seismic
  Language English
  Data Credit: Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
  Data Environment ArcInfo 8.3 on a SUN Sparc 20 workstation running Solaris 7
  Native Data Set Format ArcView 3.2a shape files
 
Contact Information
 
  Jeff Poole
    Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch
    Digital Information Services Supervisor
    1701 Hollis Street, P.O. Box 698
    Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    B3J 2T9
    (phone) 902-424-8139
    (fax) 902-424-7735
    Staff Contact
    Available: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. AST Monday - Friday
 
Time Period Information
  Beginning Date: 1972
  Ending Date: unknown
  Currentness Reference: ground condition
 
Data Status
  Progress: Complete
  Update Frequency: None planned
 
Spatial Domain
  West Coordinate: -60.15
  East Coordinate: -59.83
  North Coordinate: 46.18
  South Coordinate: 46.07
  G-Poly coordinates
  G-Poly Pair (1 of 5) 46.18, -60.15
  G-Poly Pair (2 of 5) 46.18, -59.83
  G-Poly Pair (3 of 5) 46.07, -59.83
  G-Poly Pair (4 of 5) 46.07, -60.15
  G-Poly Pair (5 of 5) 46.18, -60.15
 
 
Keywords
  Theme Keywords: Downloadable Data; Geologic & Geophysical; geoscientific Information; digital products; digital geoscience data; digital databases; Geophysics (GP); Seismic (SEI); SEI Databases; geophysics
  Place Keywords: Nova Scotia; Sydney; Cape Breton County; 11J/04; 11K/01
 
Access and Usage Information
  Access Constraints:

The access constraints are contained in the following License Agreement which the user must agree to before using the data. A copy of the License Agreement is included with the digital product. The License Agreement reads as follows:

"For the data contained on this medium (media), or any part thereof, herein called the DATA

Between the PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA as represented by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, hereinafter referred to as NR&R and the recipient of the data hereinafter called the USER

For good consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, NR&R licences the non-exclusive use of the digital DATA to the USER on the following terms and conditions.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

NR&R remains the owner of the DATA and is not assigning copyright privileges to the USER.

The USER agrees to acknowledge NR&R as the source of the DATA, if using or distributing it in its original form, whether in whole or in part, or as part of a value added product.

NR&R reserves the right to modify and/or update the DATA without obligations to notify the USER.

The DATA is provided to the USER on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the DATA is with the USER and the USER shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the DATA or drawing conclusions based upon it.

NR&R shall not be liable to the USER, his/her clients, servants, agents, contractors, assigns, or to any other person for any loss or damage of any kind including personal injury or death arising from the use of the DATA or accompanying written materials, or from errors, deficiencies or faults therein, whether such damage is caused by negligence or otherwise. If errors or omissions are found in the DATA, the USER will notify NR&R.

This Licence is the entire Agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous Agreements or understandings between NR&R and the USER hereto, whether written or oral, in connection with or incidental to the DATA. This Licence shall be binding upon the parties hereto and each of their executors, administrators, successors and assigns and shall ensure to the benefit of such executors, administrators, successors and authorized assigns.

This Licence must be included with the DATA if the USER copies, resells, or re-distributes the DATA whether in whole or in part.

This Licence can be terminated by NR&R at any time. Upon such termination, the USER shall refrain from using the DATA and destroy all copies and backups in the USER'S possession.

This Licence is in effect once the USER reads and accepts the Terms and Conditions of this Licence. If the USER is unable or unwilling to fully comply with these terms and conditions, the USER must refrain from using the DATA. By using the DATA, the USER acknowledges that he/she was aware of the terms and conditions of this Licence when he/she accepted it, understood them, and agreed to be bound by them."

A copy of the terms and conditions of the license are available with the downloaded product.

  Use Constraints: Any constraints on the use of the data are contained in the above license agreement. The terms and conditions of the license accompany the downloaded digital product. A statement of some use constraints can be viewed in the technical prerequisites.
 
Browse Graphic Information
  Filename: none
  Description: none at this time
 
Security Information
  Classification System: none
  Classification: Unclassified
  Handling Description: none

 
Data Quality Information
 
Positional Accuracy
  Positional Accuracy Report: There may be positional accuracy errors in the digital data that come from the original data collection, plus there are errors added by the process of digitizing the features from the original map. The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the data is with the user and the user shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the data or drawing conclusions from it.
 
Processing Step Information
 
Processing Step (1 of 6)
  Description: In 2004 Paul Harvey (DEO) provided MRB with a shapefile containing seismic data for a survey done by Murphy Oil Company Limited in 1972 in the Sydney area. The work was to be compiled as part of the TGI-2 project.
  Software and Version: ArcInfo 8.3/ArcView 3.2a
  Date: January 2004
  Contact Person: (see Contact Information)
 
Processing Step (2 of 6)
  Description: In 2004, Mineral Resources Branch created a series of datasets based on seismic surveys in the province of Nova Scotia. A shot point coverage was created for this survey from a shapefile created by Nancy Morash (DOE) from the digitizing of the original map. A seismic line coverage was created for each survey by using the 'generate' command in ArcInfo to connect the shot points. The work was done by casual employees Jeff McKinnon.
  Software and Version: ArcInfo 8.3/ArcView 3.2a
  Date: January - Febuary 2004
  Contact Person: (see Contact Information)
 
Processing Step (3 of 6)
  Description: In October 2004 the data set was reviewed and edited by Brian Fisher.
  Software and Version: ArcView 3.2a
  Date: October 2004
  Contact Person: (see Contact Information)
 
Processing Step (4 of 6)
  Description: Jeff McKinnon made edits to the database to ensure that the database met MRB standards.
  Software and Version: ArcView 3.2a
  Date: November 2004
  Contact Person: (see Contact Information)
 
Processing Step (5 of 6)
  Description: In January 2006, the data set was converted from UTM zone 20 NAD27 coordinates to UTM zone 20 NAD83 coordinates. This was initially done by Jeff McKinnon running SHPTRANS. Angie Ehler checked all the shape files and projected some shape files that were missed during the initial processing.
  Software and Version: ArcView 3.2a
  Date: January 2006
  Contact Person: (see Contact Information)
 
Processing Step (6 of 6)
  Description: In August 2006, the new data set was released for free download from the MRB website as digital product, DP ME 94 version 1.
  Software and Version: ArcInfo 8.3
  Date: August 2006
  Contact Person: (see Contact Information)

 
Spatial Data Organization Information
 
  Spatial Reference Method: Vector

 
Spatial Reference Information
 
  Data Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator
  Zone: 20
  Scale Factor at Central Meridian: 0.9996
  Longitude at Central Meridian: -63.0
  Latitude of Projection Origin: 0
  False Easting: 500000
  False Northing: 0
  Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983
  Projected Coordinate System: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_20N
  Datum: North American Datum of 1983
  Ellipsoid: Geodetic Reference System 80
  Semi-Major Axis: 6378137.0
  Denominator Of Flattening Axis: 298.257222

 
 
Entity Attribute Information
 
 
Overview Description
  Dataset Overview: This dataset contains a point, line and polygon shapefile.
 
Detailed Description
 
Data Layer/Table (1 of 3)
  Table Name: s094syse.shp
  Description: ArcView shapefile lines- seismic lines
  Metadata Link: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dpfields.asp
 
Data Layer/Table (2 of 3)
  Table Name: s094sysp.shp
  Description: ArcView shapefile points- shot point locations
  Metadata Link: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dpfields.asp
 
Data Layer/Table (3 of 3)
  Table Name: s094synl.shp
  Description: ArcView shapefile polygon - neatline
  Metadata Link: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dpfields.asp

 
Distribution Information
 
  Description: Downloadable Data
  Digital Custom Order Process: Digital Product Number = DP ME 94
  Available: since 2006
  Liability:

The DATA is provided to the USER on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the DATA is with the USER and the USER shall use his/her own judgment in making use of the DATA or drawing conclusions based upon it.

NR&R shall not be liable to the USER, his/her clients, servants, agents, contractors, assigns, or to any other person for any loss or damage of any kind including personal injury or death arising from the use of the DATA or accompanying written materials, or from errors, deficiencies or faults therein, whether such damage is caused by negligence or otherwise. If errors or omissions are found in the DATA, the USER will notify NR&R.

The terms and conditions of the license accompany the downloaded digital product.

  Technical Prerequisite: In order to view this dataset, mapping software is required (eg. ArcView, MapInfo, AutoCad). If you do not have this software, ESRI provides a free map viewer called ArcExplorer, which you can download over the Internet. This viewer works with the E00 files and an ArcExplorer Import Utility (import71.exe) is needed to convert the E00 files into ArcInfo coverages, which can be then viewed in ArcExplorer. Problems have been reported trying to import ARC E00 files into ArcView on Windows 95 computers. Related tables do not import into ArcView. It is not a problem on UNIX, Windows 3.1 or Windows NT platforms. If you experience this problem you can use our DXF/DBF product which contains the tables in dBase format. dBase files can be imported into ArcView.
  Ordering Fee: Free
  Instructions: The data set can be downloaded over the Internet.
  Distribution Contact:
    see contact information
 
Digital Form: (1 of 3)
  format name: ArcInfo Export (E00)
  format version: 7.2.1
  format specification: dp094v1e0.exe
  Transfer Size: 0.1 MB
  Dataset Size: 0.3 MB
  Information Content: Contains data pertaining to seismic shot points and lines.
  Decompression Technique: self extracting DOS based pkzip archive files
  Online Transfer: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp094.asp
 
Digital Form: (2 of 3)
  format name: DBF/DXF
  format specification: dp094v1dx.exe
  Transfer Size: 0.1 MB
  Dataset Size: 0.4 MB
  Information Content: Contains data pertaining to seismic shot points and lines.
  Decompression Technique: self extracting DOS based pkzip archive files
  Online Transfer: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp094.asp
 
Digital Form: (3 of 3)
  format name: ArcView Shape File (SHP)
  format version: 3.2a
  format specification: dp094v1sh.exe
  Transfer Size: 0.2 MB
  Dataset Size: 0.5 MB
  Information Content: Contains data pertaining to seismic shot points and lines.
  Decompression Technique: self extracting DOS based pkzip archive files
  Online Transfer: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/download/dp094.asp

 
Metadata Reference
 
  Creation Date: 20060802
  Metadata Standard: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata Language: en
  Time Convention: local time
  Review Date: As required
  Access Constraints: none
  User Constraints: none
  Security Classification System: none
  Security Classification: Unclassified
  Security Handling Description: none
  Metadata Contact:
    see contact information