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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1048

Geological Interpretation of Bathymetric and Backscatter Imagery of the Sea Floor Off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts

GIS Data Catalog

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Introduction
Geologic Setting
Methods
Geologic Interpretation
Bottom Photographs
GIS Data Catalog
Maps
References
Figures
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Background

Data on this publication are provided with geographic coordinates to allow the data to be integrated into a Geographic Information System (GIS). A GIS is defined as a system of hardware and software to support the display, manipulation, and analysis of spatial data for mapping and complex data analysis. This integrated package provides researchers the ability to integrate, analyze, display and map the various datasets to help with economic and social policy-making decisions regarding the environment.

This project uses the Environmental Systems Research Institute's (ESRI) ArcView™ and ArcGIS™ software as its Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping tool. Data layers archived here should not require additional processing to be utilized within the ESRI software. This does not mean that a user will not wish to do additional processing, especially if utilizing a different GIS software package or spheroid, but that it is not necessary to do additional processing simply to utilize the data in its minimum archive format.

ArcMap project view.

ArcMap project view with NOS80k, backscatter imagery, surficial sediment data and boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore Park visible.

The major data layers, along with additional basemap data layers, have been compiled into an ESRI ArcView™ project file (ccmbeam.apr) and an ESRI ArcMap™ document file (ccmbeam.mxd) that are located at the top-level directory of this publication. These project files are intended to be opened and viewed with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) ArcView™ or ArcGIS™  software. The project files have been modified to reflect relative paths to the archived data as they have been organized for this publication. To open the supplied project file and view the datasets, the user must start the appropriate software, navigate to the top-level of this publication and open the preferred project file (ccmbeam.apr or ccmbeam.mxd).

For those who don't have the ESRI software or a compatible GIS data browser available on their computer, a free viewer, ArcExplorer™, is available from ESRI. Currently ArcExplorer™ version 9.1 software is available for Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems. ArcExplorer™ version 9.0 is available for the Macintosh OS X platform. There is no prepared project file for use with ArcExplorer™. If the user chooses ArcExplorer™, it will be necessary to add the selected data layers to their defined project file.

Each GIS data layer from this publication is cataloged below for easy access. The individual data layers are described below and include the shapefile name (e.g. rafa04011_botphotos), which is linked to a browse graphic showing the data layer extent and coverage. Selecting the data layer name will result in the browse graphic being displayed in a separate browser window.

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata for the individual data layers is provided in three versions (HTML, FAQ, text). Selecting associated metadata files from the table below will open the information in a new browser window. An "Extensible Markup Language" (XML) version of the metadata is also available in the individual data directories. This version of the metadata is made available for use with ESRI's ArcCatalog™ software.

A 'zip' compressed, downloadable archive file containing the elements comprising the ESRI shapefile for each data layer is also provided. Compressed downloadable files were created using the Windows program WINZIP™ v8.0. For those users who do not have software capable of uncompressing the archived zip files, they may obtain a free version of the software from Winzip Computing, Inc. or Pkware, Inc. In addition to the ESRI shapefile, the surficial sediment data layers are available in an ASCII text format and Microsoft Excel spreadsheet formats to allow users who may not have access to GIS software to have access to the source data in an alternate way to view and examine the datasets. The first record of the ASCII file and Excel spreadsheet contains the name of the data fields for that file.

 


 BACKSCATTER IMAGERY

DIRECTORY: data/backscatter
DATA LAYER NAME AND DESCRIPTION METADATA FILES
CAPENORTHMOS_GEO4M_WGS84 - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the northern half of the Backscatter Intensity Mosaic of the sea floor off Northeastern Cape Cod from USGS Cruise 98015 (Geographic) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPESOUTHMOS_GEO4M_WGS84 - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the southern half of the Backscatter Intensity Mosaic of the sea floor off Eastern Cape Cod from USGS Cruise 98015 (Geographic) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPENORTHMOS_MER4M - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the northern half of the Backscatter Intensity Mosaic of the sea floor off Northeastern Cape Cod from USGS Cruise 98015 (Mercator) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPESOUTHMOS_MER4M - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the southern half of the Backscatter Intensity Mosaic of the sea floor off Eastern Cape Cod from USGS Cruise 98015 (Mercator) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file

CAPENORTHPSEUDO_GEO4M_WGS84 - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the northern half of the pseudo-colored backscatter intensity of the sea floor off Northeastern Cape Cod (Geographic) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPESOUTHPSEUDO_GEO4M_WGS84 - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the southern half of the pseudo-colored backscatter intensity of the sea floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Geographic) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPENORTHPSEUDO_MER4M - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the northern half of the pseudo-colored backscatter intensity of the sea floor off Northeastern Cape Cod (Mercator) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPESOUTHPSEUDO_MER4M - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the southern half of the pseudo-colored backscatter Intensity of the sea floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Mercator) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file


BATHYMETRY DATA (Grid and Images)

DIRECTORY: data/bathymetry
DATA LAYER NAME AND DESCRIPTION METADATA FILES
CAPENORTH_GEO4M_XYZ - ASCII formatted file of the 4-m Bathymetry from the northern half of USGS Survey 98015 of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Geographic) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPESOUTH_GEO4M_XYZ - ASCII formatted file of the 4-m Bathymetry from the southern half of USGS Survey 98015 of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Geographic) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file

CAPENORTHSUN_GEO4M_WGS84 - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the northern half of the Sun-illuminated Topography of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Geographic) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPESOUTHSUN_GEO4M_WGS84 - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the southern half of the Sun-illuminated Topography of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Geographic) HTML
FAQ

TEXT
zip file
CAPENORTHSUN_MER4M - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the northern half of the Sun-illuminated Topography of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Mercator) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPESOUTHSUN_MER4M - 4-m GeoTIFF image of the southern half of the Sun-illuminated Topography of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Mercator) HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file


 BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPHS

DIRECTORY: data/botphotos
DATA LAYER NAME AND DESCRIPTION METADATA FILES
RAFA04011_BOTPHOTOS - Surficial Sediment Data Collected during USGS Cruise R/V RAFAEL 04011 off of Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file


 GEOLOGY

DIRECTORY: data/geology
DATA LAYER NAME AND DESCRIPTION METADATA FILES
CAPE_GEOLGEOG - Digital Version of the Cape Cod and the Islands Geologic Map. Type: feature - polygon shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CC_ENVIRON - Sedimentary Environments of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Type: feature - polygon shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CC_SEDDIST - Surficial Sediment Distributions off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Type: feature - polygon shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file


 SURFICIAL SEDIMENT DATA

DIRECTORY: data/seddata
DATA LAYER NAME AND DESCRIPTION METADATA FILES
RAFA04011_SEDDATA - Surficial Sediment Data Collected during USGS Cruise R/V RAFAEL 04011 off of Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
Excel Spreadsheet
text


Skip Basemap Data and go to footer.BASEMAP DATA

DIRECTORY: data/basemaps
DATA LAYER NAME AND DESCRIPTION METADATA FILES
VILLAGES_GEO - Approximate location and names of villages on Cape Cod, MA. Type: feature - point shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CC_MULTIBEAM_98015 - Outline of the Multibeam Dataset off Cape Cod, MA from USGS cruise 98015. Type: feature - polyline shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
STATE_BOUNDS - internal United States boundaries. Type: feature - polyline shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CCNSSP1_GEO - Cape Cod National Seashore Park Boundary. Type: feature - polyline shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
CAPE_TOWN_GEO - Boundaries of towns on Cape Cod, MA. Type: feature - point shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file
NOS80k - NOS80K: Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline. Type: polygon shapefile HTML
FAQ
TEXT
zip file

 

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