1:24,000 - 7.5 minute digital elevation models (DEM) for West Virginia (30 meter) {2000}
Description
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is the terminology adopted by the
USGS to describe terrain elevation data sets in a digital raster form. The
standard DEM consists of a regular array of elevations cast on a designated
coordinate projection system. The DEM data are stored as a series of
profiles in which the spacing of the elevations along and between each
profile is in regular whole number intervals. The normal orientation of
data is by columns and rows. Each column contains a series of elevations
ordered from south to north with the order of the columns from west to
east. The DEM is formatted as one ASCII header record (A-record),
followed by a series of profile records (B-records) each of which include
a short B-record header followed by a series of ASCII integer elevations
per each profile. The last physical record of the DEM is an accuracy record
(C-record).
7.5-minute DEM (30- by 30-meter data spacing, cast on Universal Transverse
Mercator (UTM) projection). Provides coverage in 7.5- by 7.5-minute
blocks. Each product provides the same coverage as a standard USGS
7.5-minute quadrangle without over edge. Coverage is for the Contiguous
United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.