R/V FARNELLA 90-3 navigation
trackline shown over the
SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic
.

R/V FARNELLA 90-3
navigation data position
fixes with date and time
attributes

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Valerie Paskevich
Publication_Date: 20000310
Title: R/V FARNELLA 90-3 navigation data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center
Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey
Description:
Abstract:
This ArcView GIS data layer contains the navigation fix points for the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 cruise.
Purpose:
The trackp.shp file shows the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 trackline. This GIS overlay is a component of the U. S Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center's, Gulf of Mexico ArcView GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata.
Supplemental_Information:
This file contains the locations of the individual navigation points. Attributes of the position include the date and time of the navigation fix. Navigation fixes were recorded in the mrg-mrg format at a two minute interval.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19900325
Ending_Date: 19900408
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.6501
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.4405
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.9559
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.1234
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico database
Theme_Keyword: R/V FARNELLA 90-3
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: arcview
Theme_Keyword: multipoint
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme_Keyword: trackpine
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Mississippi Fan
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: David C. Twichell
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: trackp.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF
Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
R/V FARNELLA 90-3 trackline fixes displayed over the SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: trackpd.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF
Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
detail of the R/V FARNELLA 90-3 fixes displayed over an area of the SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.0b shapefile format - data\nav\trackp.shp

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: None
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.
Completeness_Report:
The trackp.shp file contains all the navigation fixes for the entire R/V FARNELLA 90-3 cruise. Navigation fixes were recorded every two minutes in the mrg-mrg format.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: David Twichell(comp.)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Loran-C and GPS navigation
Type_of_Source_Media: magnetic tape
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19900325
Ending_Date: 19900408
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: R/V FARNELLA 90-3 mrg-mrg navigation
Source_Contribution:
Navigation for the cruise was collected every two minutes and recorded digitally to magnetic tape in the mrg-mrg format.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The navigation data was downloaded from the 9-track tape and used in the processing of the sidescan sonar data.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: R/V FARNELLA 90-3 mrg-mrg navigation
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: nav.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dave Twichell
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ASCII text file, nav.txt, was editted to create a simple file of longitude, latitude coordinates with year, month, day, hour and minute attributes.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: nav.txt
Process_Date: 20000110
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: latlonp.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ASCII file of position coordinates with date and time attributes were imported into a multi-point vector segment of the PCI Remote Sensing software file utme00.pix.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: latlonp.txt
Process_Date: 20000110
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: utme00.pix
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The newly created vector segment was displayed using the PCI program Imageworks and verified. No errors or inconsistencies were found, so the vector segment was output as an ArcView shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: utme00.pix
Process_Date: 20000110
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: trackp.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: .0005
Longitude_Resolution: .0005
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: trackp.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Longitude
Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of point.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -86.6501
Range_Domain_Maximum: -82.4405
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of point.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 26.1234
Range_Domain_Maximum: 27.9559
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character Field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition: Year navigation fix was recorded.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1990
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1990
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Month
Attribute_Definition: Month navigation fix was recorded.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 3
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Day
Attribute_Definition: Day navigation fix was recorded.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Hour
Attribute_Definition: Hours navigation fix was recorded.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 23
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Minute
Attribute_Definition: Minute navigation fix was recorded.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 58

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: David Twichell
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2266
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Mississippi Fan: trackp.shp
Distribution_Liability:
Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCV
Format_Information_Content:
trackp.dbf
trackp.shp
trackp.shx
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 154Kbytes
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9600
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCV
Format_Information_Content:
The three ArcView shapefiles (trackp.dbf, trackp.shp, trackp.shx) comprising the R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core location coverage.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 62Kbytes
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO 9600
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser available. The user must also have the software installed on their computer system capable to unzip the archived file.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
The R/V FARNELLA 90-4 core location overlay is available in an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of Arcview, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20000503
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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