E1: Transform
Georeference
- gridded bathymetry and non-gridded coastline data to geographic coordinates using SAS (Statistical Analysis System)
- abundance data with station names
- plot station names on navigational chart and read geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude)
- merge station name and location file with abundance data file using SAS and write ASCII file
Transform all to UTM (NAD83) projection
- using USGS package GCTP (from WWW)
- fix bug in GCTP
Transform to IBM Data Explorer input format using SAS
- write ASCII file for each basemap component (3)
- write ASCII file for thematic component (1)