Minnesota Geological Survey County Atlas Series C-28, part A Renville County, Minnesota Scale 1:100,000, 1:400,000 Dale Setterholm, Project Manager 2013 Digital products ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All digital data for the Renville County Geologic Atlas is provided in the zip file C28_cd.zip. The title refers to the CD/DVD available from the MGS where the data is available as shapefiles and ESRI grids and formated into an ArcGis project. The ArcGis projects are also available within the zip file. If you would prefer to have the digital data on DVD, contact our Map Sales Department at (612) 627-4780, ext. 238. Freeware versions of software to extract the zipped files are readily available for almost any platform (pc, Unix, Mac,..) for download via the web. All shapefiles are registered in UTM coordinates, Zone 15N, NAD83 projection. Metadata for the GIS files is provided in the metadata folder as xml documents and is included in the ArcGis metadata catalog system. One metadata file is provided as a Word document. The published paper maps included in the geologic atlas can be viewed as pdf versions of the plates: pl1_db.pdf = data-base plate pl2_bg.pdf = Preliminary bedrock geology plate pl2_bedrock.pdf = Final bedrock geology plate pl3_sg.pdf = Preliminary surficial geology plate pl3_surficial.pdf = Final Quaternary (surficial) geology plate pl4_quatstrat = glacial geology cross sections pl5_snddistrib = sand distribution models; bedrock topography and depth to bedrock plate C28_cd.zip--Arcmap 10 and 10.1 mxd, shapefiles, and ESRI Grids, illustrating the geology of Renville County. The C28cgaRenville10.mxd will not run under older versions of Arcmap, but will run under 10.0 however shapefiles can be loaded into any other version. Also included in the C28_cd.zip is a C28cgaRenville.pmf file. This file is for the ESRI program ArcReader which can be downloaded freely from the esri.com web site (get the latest version). This will allow anyone without an ESRI GIS license to view the project data and maps, the limitation is that independent data cannot be added to the ArcReader project. The C28_cd folder is obtained by downloading and unzipping the C28_cd.zip file (supplementary gis data files) to the root level of the selected drive. The pdf maps should be viewed using Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher for best results. If necessary, download the files as binary, not ASCII. They may also view better if downloaded to the local drive and then view with a PDF reader rather than trying to view them inside a browser. If you would like paper copies of the geologic plates; contact the MGS Map Sales office at 612-627-4780, ex. 238 and specify publication "County Atlas Series C-28, part A", or the County geologic atlas for Renville County. Any questions concerning, or notification of, problems relating to the geologic digital data should be directed to: Richard Lively Minnesota Geological Survey 2642 University Ave. St. Paul, MN 55114 612-627-4780 ext. 211 lively@umn.edu