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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT
97-470G
Version 1.0
Map Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields and
Geologic Provinces of Iran
By R.M. Pollastro1, Feliks M. Persits2 , and
Douglas W. Steinshouer2
1U.S. Geological Survey
Geologic Division
Central Energy Resources Team
Box 25046, MS939
Denver, CO 80225-0046
2Contractor to the U.S.G.S. , Denver, CO
1999
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Charles G. Groat, Director
Distributed free of charge by either:
U.S. Geological Survey
Christa Lopez
Box 25046, Building 25
Denver Federal Center
Denver, Co 80225-0086
Call: (303) 236-1644
email: clopez@usgs.gov
or
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Services
Box 25286, Building 810
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0086
Call: (303) 202-4200
CD-ROM implementation and design
by Feliks M. Persits, D. W. Steinshouer, and
B.S. Larson
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Disclaimer
* System Requirements
* Preface
* Introduction
* Data Processing Steps
* SDTS Export Data
* CD Organization
* Getting Started
* Contact Information
* Data Directory
* Metadata
* References
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DISCLAIMER
This Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)
publication is prepared by an agency of the United
States Government. Neither the United States
Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their
employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied,
or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for
the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
information, apparatus, product, or process
disclosed in this report, or represents that its use
would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference
therein to any specific commercial product, process,
or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer,
or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or
imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring
by the United States Government or any agency
thereof.
Although all data and software published on this
CD-ROM are used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed
or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy
of the data and related materials and (or) the
functioning of the software. The act of distribution
shall not constitute any such warranty, and no
responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of
this data, software, or related materials.
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed
for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial
standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of
trade names is for descriptive purposes only, and
does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
Portions of this database covering the coastline and
country boundaries contain intellectual property of
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
(ESRI), and are used herein with permission. End
users are permitted to use these data for their own
internal use, including any derivative work, but are
prohibited from using and redistributing these data
individually or in a derivative work to third
parties. Portions covering oil/gas fields
centerpoints contain intellectual property of the
Petroconsultants International Data Corp. ⌐1996.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
ArcExplorer 1.1
Windows System Requirements
i486 or Pentium processor-based personal computer
Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 with Service
Pack 3 or later
Macintosh System Requirements (based on machine tested)
Apple Power Macintosh with G3 at 250MHz.
Mac OS 7.5.5 or later
64 MB RAM
VirtualPC v. 2.1
Windows 95
ArcView GIS Version 3.0
Windows System Requirements
Pentium PC
MS-DOS 5.0 o higher an Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups
3.11, Windows NT 3.51 or higher, or Windows 95.
16 MB physical memory with 16 MB virtual memory, recommended.
12 MB RAM and 17 MB virtual memory (automatically allocated in Win95),
minimal.
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Apple Power Macintosh or equivalent.
MacOS software System 7.1 or later.
12 MB RAM with virtual memory enabled (18 MB RAM without).
40 MB hard disk space.
640 x 480 resolution monitor.
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SunOS 4.1.3 or 4.1.4
OpenWindows (version 3.0 or later), Motif window manager (1.2.3 or
later),
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74 MB disk space
64 MB swap space
Sun SPARCstation System Requirements
Solaris 2.5
OpenWindows (version 3.5 or later), Motif window manager (1.2.2 or
later),
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32 MB RAM
78 MB disk space
100 MB swap space
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Motif version 1.2.3-X11-R5
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DEC OSF/1 version 4.0 or later
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HP 9000 Series Workstations model 700 or higher
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HP-UX 9.0.3 or later
X Window System X11R5 with HP-VUE or CDE 1.0
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PREFACE
This is one of a series of products resulting from the World Energy Project
of the U.S. Geological Survey. Inquiries about this CD-ROM or the
Project's effort in the Iranian area should be addressed to:
Richard M. Pollastro
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 939
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Tel: 303-236-5750
Email: pollastro@usgs.gov
or
Feliks M. Persits
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 939
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
Tel: 303-236-3612
Email: fpersits@usgs.gov
Inquiries about the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project should be
addressed to:
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt (Coordinator, World Energy Project)
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Tel: 303-236-5776
Email: ahlbrandt@usgs.gov
Authorship credit for portions of the CD are cited below:
This HTML readme file:
Feliks M. Persits, Douglas W. Steinshouer, B.S. Larson
Attribution of geologic outcrops:
Richard M. Pollastro and Feliks M. Persits
Verification of geologic age attributing and Arc/Info polygons:
Douglas W. Steinshouer, Richard M. Pollastro
Attributing and spatial adjustment of faults:
Richard Pollastro, Douglas W. Steinshouer
Designation of geologic provinces:
Richard M. Pollastro
Digital compilation of geologic provinces:
Lee Osmonson
Oil and Gas database:
Tim Klett
GIS input and manipulation:
Feliks M. Persits
Arc/Info Map Layout design:
Feliks M. Persits
ArcView project design:
Feliks M. Persits, Douglas W. Steinshouer
CD-ROM implementation and design:
Douglas W. Steinshouer, Feliks M. Persits, B.S. Larson
Acrobat PDF implementation and design:
Feliks M. Persits
Metadata:
Feliks M. Persits, Douglas Steinshouer, B.S. Larson
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INTRODUCTION
This digitally compiled map includes geology, oil and gas field
centerpoints, geologic provinces, and major faults of Iran with some of
these components extended into geographically adjacent areas. This digital
compilation is an interim product of the U.S. Geological Survey's World
Energy Project (WEP) and part of a series on CD-ROM. The goal of the WEP is
to assess the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources
of the world and report the result of this assessment in the year 2000. For
data management purposes, the world was divided into eight energy regions
corresponding approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined
by the U.S. Department of State.
Each world energy region was then further divided into geologic provinces
on the basis of natural geologic entities and may include a dominant
geologic structural element or a number of contiguous elements. Some
provinces contain multiple, genetically related basins.
Geologic province boundaries for Iran were delineated using data from
different geologic maps, publications, and other tectonic and geographic
data. Each province was assigned a unique number; the first digit is the
region number. An attempt was made to number the provinces in geographical
order or groups (see Pollastro and others, 1998). The list of provinces
sorted by number is shown to the right of the map.
Centerpoints of oil and gas fields are shown and were plotted with
permission from Petroconsultants International Data Corporation, 1996
worldwide oil and gas field database.
Allocation of field data to geologic provinces provided a ranking of the
provinces by total known petroleum volume (see Klett and others, 1997). The
WEP further characterizes the geologic provinces by petroleum system and
assessment units in order to assess the undiscovered petroleum volume.
Specific details of map and data sources, and the procedure used in the
compilation of this geologic map of Iran are given in the metadata files
and described briefly in the text below.
Stratigraphic subdivisions of Phanerozoic rocks were combined to simplify
the geology and maintain consistency with other maps in this series.
Precambrian rocks are undivided.
This map was compiled using Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
(ESRI) ARC/INFO software. Political boundaries and cartographic
representations are used, with permission, from ESRI's ArcWorld 1:3M
digital coverages, have no political significance, and are displayed for
general reference only.
Version History:
Version 1.0 : October 1999
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DATA PROCESSING STEPS
This map has been digitally compiled and abstracted from The
Geological Map of Iran, (1985) Compiled by A. Haghipour and A.
Aghanabati, Ministry of Mines and Metals, Geological Survey of
Iran, Scale 1:2,500,000.
The projection information written on the original map is "..
adjusted from Polyconic Projection of International 1:1000000 Map
of the Earth". Because such projection is not directly supported by
ESRI's ARC/INFO software, it was necessary to georeference the map
to the one of known projections. This was done as follows:
1. The latitude/longitude grid with cell size 2 * 2 degrees was
projected to Lambert Conformal Conic projection and then used to
create ARC/INFO point coverage. That point coverage was used to
create "to - from" links by ARC/INFO CONTROLPOINTS program.
2. A gray scale scanned image of the original paper map was
transformed to Lambert Conformal Conic projection by ARC/INFO
GRIDWARP program (polynomial of the second order) using the "to -
from" links created by CONTROLPOINTS program.
3. Geologic polygon boundaries from source map were initially
transferred to mylar and then scanned to produce binary image.
4. Binary image from step 3 with geologic boundaries was vectorized
by ARC/INFO GRIDLINE utility and then supplemented by hands-on
digitization.
5. Polygon boundaries and geologic attributing of the ARC/INFO
coverage from step 4 were verified and corrected by using gray
scale image from step 2 as a background.
6. A series of piecewise "rubbersheet" transformations was applied
to the final ARC/INFO coverage. The ARC/INFO coverages that were
used for transformation were ESRI's ArcWorld 1:3M GIS cartographic
layers (RIV3M, CTRY3M). Overall RMS error of that transformation is
equal to 1,500 meters (0.6 mm on original paper map).
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SDTS EXPORT DATA
The Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) is a data
exchange format for transferring different databases
between disimilar computing systems, preserving meaning and
minimizing the amount of external information needed to
describe the data. SDTS is documented in FIPS publication
173 available from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
All SDTS transfers adhere to the following naming
conventions. The files in a transfer all begin with the
same four character prefix followed by a valid module name.
In most cases the module name is a four character mnemonic
(see table on SDTS modules). For spatial objects, it is
normally one or two characters followed by a sequence
number, nnn, or nn respectively. The transfer file names
may contain both alpha and numeric characters. All
characters are in uppercase.
There are three SDTS Export Modules in this CD-ROM
corresponding to three main Arc/Info coverages (data
layers):
1. All the files with prefix GEO- surface geology.
2. All the files with prefix FLT - faults.
3. All the files with prefix PRV - USGS geologic Provinces.
General information on these data can be obtain in README
file in SDTS_EXP directory of this CD-ROM.
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CD Organization
CD root 1st 2nd 3rd Description
of97470g
ACROREAD Installable
versions of Adobe
Acrobat Reader
ACROREAD.HTM
MAC
UNIX Contains Tar and
compressed files for
installation on
seven Unix platforms
WIN Contains
installation
executables for
five Intel based OS
systems
apple Introductory
information on the
use of the CD in a
Mac text format
ARCEXPLR Installable
version of ESRI's
ArcExplorer v1.1
IRAN Prime directory
for Iranian GIS
data
ARC_COVR ESRI Arc coverages
in a Lambert
Conformal Conic
projection
CITY_IR Major cities
CTRY_IR Reference
political
boundaries
INFO Arc INFO
directory
IR_FAULT Major geologic
faults
IR_FLD Centerpoints of Oil
and Gas fields
(Petroconsultants)
IR_GEO Surficial geology
IR_LLF Latitude/Longitude
grid with cell size
2 * 2 degree
IR_PROV Geological Provinces
that outline areas
with common geological
structures and
petroleum systems
OUTLINE Outer map
boundary
COVR_GEO ESRI Arc coverages
in Geographic
coordinates
(decimal degrees)
INFO Arc INFO
directory
IR_FLD_G Centerpoints of Oil
and Gas fields
(Petroconsultants)
IR_FLT_G Major geologic
faults
IR_GEO_G Surficial geology
IR_LLF_G Latitude/Longitude
grid with cell size
2 * 2 degree
IR_PROV_G Geological Provinces
that outline areas
with common geological
structures and
petroleum systems
OUTLINE_G Outer map
boundary
EXPORT Data duplicated in
formats not used for
project work including
Arc-EXPORT,
Arc-UNGENERATE, comma
delimited formats.
CITY_IR.CSV
CITY_IR.E00
CITY_IR.GEN
CTRY_IR.CSV
CTRY_IR.E00
CTRY_IR.GEN
IR_FAULT.CSV
IR_FAULT.E00
IR_FAULT.GEN
IR_FLD.CSV
IR_FLD.E00
IR_FLD.GEN
IR_FLD_G.E00
IR_FLT_G.E00
IR_GEO.CSV
IR_GEO.E00
IR_GEO.GEN
IR_GEO_G.E00
IR_LLF.CSV
IR_LLF.E00
IR_LLF.GEN
IR_LLF_G.E00
IR_PROV.CSV
IR_PROV.E00
IR_PROV.GEN
IR_PROV_G.E00
OUTLINE.E00
TEXT_E00 Supplemental files
used for plotting a
map with the
ARC/INFO ARCPLOT
module
CITY_KEY.E00
CON_KEY.E00
DSCLAIM.E00
FLT_KEY.E00
FLT_LIN.E00
FNT034.E00
GLG_FIND.E00
IGN_KEY.E00
INTRO.E00
IRAN_GEO.E00
IR_EDIT.E00
IR_MENU.E00
IR_SHD.E00
MAPBAR.E00
OFFILE.E00
OILG_KEY.E00
OTHER_K.E00
PLOT_MAP.E00
PLOT_PR.E00
POLIT_KEY.E00
PROJ.E00
PROV_KEY.E00
PROV_LST.E00
REFER.E00
SED_KEY.E00
SOURCE.E00
USGS.E00
WEP_LUT.E00
METADATA Contains FGDC
compliant metadata
in several forms.
HTML In HTML format
MAC In Mac text
format
Unix In Unix text
format
WIN In DOS text
format
MISC USGS logos
PLOT Map graphics in several
different forms suitable
for plotting, printing,
browsing, monitor
display and
modification.
INDEX.EPS
INDEX.GRA
IR_MAP.EPS
IR_MAP.gif
IR_MAP.GRA
IR_MAP.HP2
IR_MAP.jpg
IR_MAP.tif
IR_PROV.EPS
IR_PROV.gif
IR_PROV.GRA
IR_PROV.HP2
IR_PROV.jpg
IR_PROV.tif
SDTS_EXP Data duplicated but
not used for project
work in an SDTS
(Spatial Data Transfer
Standard) format
MASTERDD
VIEWS30 Arcview shapefiles,
project files and
ancillary files for
displaying the data in
ESRI's Arcview software,
version 3 or greater.
HTML
autoexec_win.htm
cshrc_unix.htm
INSTALL.htm
startup_mac.htm
INSTALL.HTM
IR_GEO.APR
IR_GEO.AVP
IR_GEOL.AVL
IR_GEOPC.APR
MAC
INSTALL.TXT
STARTUP
Unix
cshrc.txt
INSTALL.TXT
WIN
autoexec.txt
INSTALL.TXT
IRANMAP.PDF Adobe Acrobat pdf
file with maps,
province index, and
explanatory text
IR_GEO.AEP ArcExplorer project
showing major data
layers of the CD
PERMSSN Contains documentation
permitting USGS use of
various resources for
the making of the CD
README.HTM Introductory
information on the
use of the CD in an
HTML format
Unix Introductory
information on the
use of the CD in a
Unix text format
WIN Introductory
information on the
use of the CD in a
DOS text format
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GETTING STARTED
If not already installed, Adobe Acrobat Reader and
ESRI's ArcExplorer can be installed. Refer to text
files for each platform group (Win, Mac, Unix) for
additional information on setting up a system for
ArcView use.
Data are provided on this CD-ROM to be used by three
applications: (Note: This does not preclude the use
of other applications for viewing or using these
data. Please refer to the following URL for more
information on software tools supporting shape files
and other formats:
<http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>
Look for files with the following extensions as
these files are tailored to give the user an
overview of the data on this CD-ROM.
Adobe Acrobat Reader - Portable Document Format
(pdf)
ESRI's ArcExplorer - ArcExplorer Projects (aep)
ESRI's ArcView - ArcView Projects (apr)
The Adobe Acrobat file (pdf) is suggested for
computers with limited resources. It provides
graphic images of the Map Showing Geology, Oil and
Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of Iran. It also
features an Introduction, Source, Processing Steps
and List of Geologic Provinces. The maps can be
zoomed and panned. The software needed to view this
file is included on this disk.
The ESRI ArcExplorer project presents the data in a
simple GIS format, that can be zoomed and panned.
In addition, the data layers can be queried. The
necessary software is included on this disk.
The ESRI Arcview project offers a more sophisticated
GIS presentation of the data. The map can be
zoomed, panned and querried. The cartographic
symbols are more refined and the data tables can be
queried. The software must be purchased from a
vendor.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Inquiries about this CD-ROM should be addressed to:
Richard M. Pollastro
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 939, Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Tel: 303-236-5750
Email: pollastro@usgs.gov
or
Feliks M. Persits
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 939, Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Tel: 303-236-3612
Email: fpersits@usgs.gov
Inquiries about the U.S. Geological Survey's World Energy Project
should be addressed to:
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt (Coordinator, World Energy Project)
U.S. Geological Survey
MS 939, Box 25046
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
Tel: 303-236-5776
Email: ahlbrandt@usgs.gov
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DATA DIRECTORY (IRAN)
ARC_COVR Arc/Info coverages, Lambert Conforaml
Conic
EXPORT GIS data in Arc/info export format
and ascii format
METADATA Metadata for data files included on
this disk
MISC USGS banner
PLOT Files to create plots of maps
featured on this disk
VIEWS Arcview project for all platforms and
data
SDTS_EXP SDTS files
COVR_GEO Arc/Info coverages in Geographic
coordinates
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METADATA
The files in the metadata directory contain four file formats, located in
appropriate subdirectories.
.htm - hypertext found in the HTML directory.
.txt - DOS text found in the WIN directory.
.txt - Macintosh text found in the MAC directory.
.txt - UNIX text found in the UNIX directory.
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REFERENCES
Alsharhan,A.S., and Nairn, A.E.M., 1997, Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum
Geology
of the Middle East, Elseveir, Amsterdam, 942 p.
Beydoun,Z.R., 1991, Arabian plate hydrocarbon geology and potential -- A
plate tectonic
approach: Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists, Studies in Geology 33, 77 p.
Environmental Systems Research Institute,Inc.,1992, ArcWorld 1:3M,
Environmental System
Research Institute (ESRI). Digital database available from ESRI, 380 New
York Street,
Redlands, CA 92373-8100.
Haghipour, A., and Aghanabati A (compilers),1985, Geologic Map of Iran:
Ministry of Mines
and Metals, Geological Survey of Iran, one plate.
International Geologic Map of Africa, 1959, Plate 3, 1:5,000,000,
International Geologic
Congress, Association of Geologic Services of Africa, Paris, France.
Klett, T.R., Ahlbrandt T.S., Schmoker, J.W., and Dolton, G.L., 1997,
Ranking of World's oil and gas provinces by known petroleum volume: U.S.
Geological Survey
Open File Report 97-463, one CD-ROM.
Petroconsultants, 1996, Petroleum exploration and production database:
Petroconsultants,
Inc., Houston, Texas (database available from Petroconsultants, Inc., P.O.
Box
740619, Houston, Texas 77274-0619).
Pollastro R.M., Karshbaum A.S, and Viger R.J. , 1998, Map showing geology,
oil and gas
fields, and geologic provinces of the Arabian peninsula:
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470B, one CD-ROM.
Persits F.M., Ulmishek G.F., and D.W. Steinshouer., 1997, Map showing
geology, oil and gas
fields, and geologic provinces of the Former Soviet Union:
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470E, one CD-ROM.
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ADOBE ACROBAT PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF)
Acrobat Reader 3.0 or greater will view the provided
pdf files. On the CD-ROM several installers for
various platforms are provided. To install Open the
ACROREAD directory. Acrobat installation programs
and instructions for either 16 bit or 32 bit
installation on Intel(R)-based, Macintosh and Unix
platforms. Select the appropriate readme file
corresponding to the operating system in use and
follow the instructions for installation.
If Acrobat Reader 3.0 or greater is installed,
IRANMAP.PDF can be opened from the same platform
directory.
For better performance, it is suggested that the
IRANMAP.PDF file be copied to a local hard drive
(Approximately 7 MB).
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ESRI ArcExplorer Project
ArcExplorer is developed for Windows 95/98/NT, but
Macintosh computers capable of running Windows
emulators such as SoftPC (TM) and VirtualPC (TM) can
run ArcExplorer projects from this CD-ROM.
ArcExplorer 1.1 is provided in this CD-ROM for local
installation. The installation program,
aeclient.exe, is found in the ARCEXPLR directory.
ArcExplorer can also be obtained from ESRI's web
site:
<http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/index.html
>
An ArcExplorer tutorial in Adobe Acrobat Portable
Document Format (explorer.pdf) is provided in the
ARCEXPLR directory.
The ArcExplorer project IR_GEO.AEP is located in the
root directory.
Accessing these projects is done by either double
clicking on the IR_GEO.AEP icon, or by starting
ArcExplorer: opening FILE, OPEN PROJECT, and
selectingIR_GEO.AEP.
For fastest performance, it is suggested to copy
IR_GEO.AEPand the entire views30directory to your
hard drive (Approximately 21 MB). The directory is
designed to be self-contained and requires no other
files.
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ESRI ArcView Project
ESRI's Arcview 3.x is used to create the U.S.
Geological Survey Arcview Project. Note ArcView
software is not supplied on this CD-ROM. Use of the
ArcView project files (.APR) requires ArcView 3.0 or
greater.
There are two versions of the Arcview project found
on this disk. Both can be found in the directory
IRAN/VIEWS30 . The first, IR_GEO.APR, can be viewed
on any platform where Arcview 3.x is already
installed. Some modifications to your system,
explained below, are suggested. The second,
IR_GEOPC.APR, can be viewed on Windows 95/98/NT
platforms without any modification. For a detailed
explanation of system modifications please see the
INSTALL.HTM file.
If the operating system is Windows 95/98/NT, access
the project IR_GEOPC.APR in the directory
IRAN/VIEWS30.
If another operating system is used, an
environmental variable, AVDATA_IR, must be defined
in order to optimally access the ArcView project
located in the directory IRAN/VIEWS30. For a more
comprehensive discussion see the INSTALL.TXT file in
the appropriate platform subdirectory of
IRAN/VIEWS30.
On a Macintosh platform modify the "startup" file in
the Preferences folder of the System folder to
include:System.SetEnvVar ("AVDATA_IR", "OF97470G")
An example "startup" file, startup, can be found in
the directory IRAN/VIEWS30/MAC. The text file,
startup, can be dragged into the Preferences folder
within the System folder.
Unix users will need to define AVDATA_IR in the
".cshrc file." With a UNIX machine it is assumed
that the CD-ROM drive is refered to as /cdrom.
Modify the ".cshrc" file with a statement like:
setenv AVDATA_IR /cdrom/OF97470G
Subsequently, a logout and login or "source" the
.cshrc file will set the variable AVDATA_IR.
Windows 95/98 users can define AVDATA_IR in the
autoexec.bat file as follows:
SET AVDATA_IR = <CD-ROM drive letter:
For instance if the CD-ROM drive is drive f, set
this statement in your autoexec.bat:
SET AVDATA_IR = f:\
The computer must be restarted for this change to
take effect.
Windows NT users can define AVDATA_IR by mouse
clicking to START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL, SYSTEM,
then ENVIRONMENT and defining AVDATA_IR as the
variable, and the CD-ROM drive letter followed by a
colon as the value.
This Arcview project was developed in Arcview 3.0
but can be used with versions 3.1 and 3.2.
When opened in Arcview 3.1 there may be a message
asking whether to upgrade to 3.1 tools. It is
suggested that the user respond no. There will
still be tools and buttons not intended in the
original project, but they have no impact on the
functionality of the project.
If a "segmentation violation" occurs when using the
zoom or pan tools, it is an indication that the
Univers Medium font is not present on your
computer. Suggested solutions are either to install
the font, create a new project with the shape files
and shade sets provided, or the copy the project and
alter the avenue scripts to use a font that is
present for labeling cities and geologic age.
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