ESI Coverage in the Great Lakes

Credit: Richard B. Mieremet, Senior Advisor, NOAA OSDIA.

Find out what regions in the Great Lakes have been mapped using the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) method and download detailed information about each ESI atlas.

• Regional coverage and available formats
  
• Metadata (information about the data) for each atlas
  
• List of maps included in each atlas
  
• Overview fact sheet for the atlas CD/DVD

Regional Coverage and Available Formats • top

The table below lists the Great Lakes regions for which ESI maps have been produced and the various formats that are available (indicated by a checkmark).
                        
Note: Some regions may be covered in more than one ESI atlas. Check the atlas indexes to see the exact areas that are included in each atlas.

Atlas Publication Date	PDF	Arc Export	MOSS	Arc View	ESI Viewer	Paper	Geo DB
Lake Erie System - 1985
Lake Huron - 1994		*
Lake Michigan, Eastern - 1985
Lake Michigan, Northern - 1994		*
Lake Michigan, Southern - 1994		*
Lake Michigan, Western - 1994		*
Lake Ontario - 1993		*
Lake Superior - 1994		*
St. Lawrence River - 1985
St. Marys River - 1986
* These atlases are available "as is" in ArcExport format. These files are not supported and there may be issues. They have been adapted to fit the standard ESI data structure as closely as possible.

Metadata for each Atlas • top Metadata provides identifying information about an ESI atlas, including what items/regions were mapped, shoreline type definitions, data sources and providers, and geographic reference information. Below are the PDF versions of the metadata for the Great Lakes ESI atlases.

Lake Huron (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 752.5 K)

Lake Michigan, Northern (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 109.8 K)

Lake Michigan, Southern (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 107.0 K)

Lake Michigan, Western (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 91.2 K)

Lake Ontario (1993) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 98.8 K)

Lake Superior (1994) Metadata (Document format: PDF, size: 103.5 K)

List of Maps Included in Each Atlas • top Each ESI atlas is composed of several maps covering the region. The files below provide an index for each Great Lakes atlas showing the number and location of the ESI maps included.

Great Lakes (1985-1994) Index Includes indexes for Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan (East, North, West, and South), Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, St. Lawrence River, and St. Marys River. (Document format: PDF, size: 6.7 M)

Lake Erie (1985) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 88.7 K)

Lake Huron (1994) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 106.2 K)

Lake Michigan, Eastern (1985) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 110.9 K)

Lake Michigan, Northern (1994) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 1.6 M)

Lake Michigan, Southern (1994) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 133.0 K)

Lake Michigan, Western (1994) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 1.2 M)

Lake Ontario (1993) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 1.1 M)

Lake Superior (1994) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 1.3 M)

St. Lawrence River (1985) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 60.2 K)

St. Marys River (1986) Index (Document format: PDF, size: 99.2 K)

Overview Fact Sheet for the Atlas CD/DVD • top The document below provides a brief introduction to ESI mapping and a description of the files that are available on the DVD for the Great Lakes ESI atlas. You can order the DVD from the Get ESI Maps page.

Great Lakes (1985-1994) Fact Sheet (Document format: PDF, size: 64.1 K)