Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2012 Title: 2010-003-FA_Klein3k_tracklines.shp - Tracklines of sidescan sonar data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center offshore of the Elizabeth Islands, MA, 2010 (ESRI polyline shapefile) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1184 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/GIS_catalog/tracklines/2010-003-FA_k3ktrks.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Elizabeth A. Pendleton Originator: David C. Twichell Originator: David S. Foster Originator: Charles R. Worley Originator: Barry J. Irwin Originator: William W. Danforth Publication_Date: 2012 Title: High-Resolution Geophysical Data From the Sea Floor Surrounding the Western Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1184 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/ Description: Abstract: These data were collected under a cooperative agreement between the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC). Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of seafloor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. The project is focused on the inshore waters of coastal Massachusetts, primarily in water depths of 2-30 meters. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (). The data collected in this study area located around the western extent of the Elizabeth Islands includes high resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, seismic-reflection, and navigation data. These data were collected during a nearshore cruise in September 2010 onboard the R/V Rafael using the following equipment: an SEA Ltd SwathPlus interferometric sonar (234 kHz), Klein 3000 dual frequency sidescan sonar, an Edgetech 424 chirp subbottom profiling system, and 4 GPS antennae. More information about the cruise conducted as part of the project: Geologic Mapping of the Seafloor Offshore of Massachusetts can be found on the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity webpage: Purpose: This data set contains tracklines for just over 253 km of sidescan data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, MA during a 2010 geophysical cruise offshore of the Elizabeth Islands, MS. These data will be used to define the seafloor morphology within this area. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20100910 Ending_Date: 20100916 Currentness_Reference: Data were not collected on 20100915 due to weather conditions. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.992416 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.849501 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.460871 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.388567 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: tracks Theme_Keyword: tracklines Theme_Keyword: sidescan sonar Theme_Keyword: side scan Theme_Keyword: ESRI polyline shapefile Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity serial number 2010-003-FA Theme_Keyword: Klein 3000 dual-frequency sidescan system Theme_Keyword: R/V Rafael Theme_Keyword: Info Bank ID R-3-10-BZ Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: location Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Cuttyhunk Island Place_Keyword: Nashawena Island Place_Keyword: Elizabeth Islands Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound Place_Keyword: Quicks Hole Place_Keyword: Cuttyhunk Harbor Place_Keyword: Sow and Pigs Reef Place_Keyword: Penikese Island Place_Keyword: Gull Island Place_Keyword: United States Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: David C. 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 Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/GIS_catalog/tracklines/k3k_trks.png Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Klein 3000 trackline navigation offshore of the Elizabeth Islands, MA Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1; ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 Service Pack 1; Build 1850 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: W.W. Danforth Originator: T.F. O'Brien Originator: W.C. Schwab Publication_Date: 1991 Title: USGS image processing system: near real-time mosaicking of high-resolution sidescan-sonar data Series_Information: Issue_Identification: Vol. 32, No. 1 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Arlington, VA Publisher: Sea Technology Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: William W. Danforth Publication_Date: 1997 Title: XSonar/ShowImage: A complete system for rapid sidescan-sonar processing and display. Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 97-686 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: V.F. Paskevich Publication_Date: 1992 Title: Digital mapping of sidescan sonar data with the Woods Hole Image Processing System software Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 92-536 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Valerie Paskevich Publication_Date: 1996 Title: MAPIT: An improved method for mapping digital sidescan sonar data using the Woods Hole Image Processing System (WHIPS) Software Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-281 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were checked in a consistent manner. Logical_Consistency_Report: Any spurious data points were removed during processing. Completeness_Report: Navigation from all the sidescan sonar tracklines from cruise 2010-003-FA was used to generate this shapefile. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The navigation for these data were acquired with a Communications Systems International (CSI), Inc. LGBX Pro Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) receiver and an antenna mounted on the cabin of the R/V Rafael. Unless noted, all DGPS data are referenced to WGS84. The horizontal distance (both x and y) between towed sidescan sonar fish and the mounted GPS antenna were measured on the ship and the correction was applied in the Klein SonarPro acquisition software. The differential GPS is accurate within 1 to 2 meters. The layback of the towfish adds additional uncertainty due to changes in angle and scope of the tow cable in response to sea state and vessel speed. The total horizontal uncertainty is + or - 10 meters. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20100910 Ending_Date: 20100916 Source_Currentness_Reference: Data were not collected on 20100915 due to weather conditions. Source_Contribution: Sidescan-sonar (acoustic-backscatter) data were acquired with a Klein 3000 dual-frequency sidescan-sonar system (100 and 500 kHz), which was towed approximately 3 m astern from a port-side davit. Klein SonarPro acquisition software was used to log the data digitally at a sample rate resulting in raw pixel resolutions of approximately 0.18 and 0.14 m in the across-track and along-track directions, respectively. Horizontal offset values between the sidescan fish and DGPS antenna were provided to SonarPro, which calculated fish position dynamically during acquisition. The Klein system produced useable data over swath widths of 150-m during cruise 2010-003-FA. Process_Step: Process_Description: Navigation was extracted from the raw sidescan sonar data (*XTF format) at 1 minute intervals in XSonar (version: 2.0) using the 'demultiplex' function (Danforth and others, 1991). Navigation was exported as comma-separated text from XSonar for input into ArcGIS (version 9.3). Process_Date: 201011 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Elizabeth A. Pendleton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2259 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ependleton@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: In ArcCatalog (version 9.3), navigation text was converted to a point feature class by right-clicking on the comma separated text file -- Create Feature Class -- from XY table, and the projection was defined as Geographic WGS84. Process_Date: 201011 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Elizabeth A. Pendleton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2259 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ependleton@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The shapefile created in the previous step was used as an input for XToolsPro (version 7.1.0), which can convert point data to a trackline polyline shapefile based on record order. The 'Filename' field was used to define which points were used to generate each polyline feature. The length of each polyline segment was calculated by right-clicking on the newly created 'Length' attribute field and choosing 'Calculate Geometry'. This length calculation (in meters) was based on UTM, Zone 19N, WGS84. Process_Date: 201011 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Elizabeth Pendleton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2259 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ependleton@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 104 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: 2010_012FA_k3k_Tracklines Entity_Type_Definition: Trackline file for Klein 3000 sidescan sonar Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Filename Attribute_Definition: line and file number for corresponding sidescan sonar filename. This information is used during data acquisition, storage, and processing. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential line and file numbers used to distinguish tracklines Attribute: Attribute_Label: jd Attribute_Definition: Julian day that data were collected (Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year) Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 253 Range_Domain_Maximum: 259 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: day Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Length Attribute_Definition: Length of profile in meters (UTM Zone 19N, WGS84) Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 192.96 Range_Domain_Maximum: 11678.71 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Elizabeth A. Pendleton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2259 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ependleton@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: WinZip Format_Version_Number: 14.5 Format_Information_Content: This WinZip file contains a shapefile of sidescan tracklines offshore of the Elizabeth Islands, MA, and the associated metadata. File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 54 KB Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/GIS_catalog/tracklines/2010-003-FA_k3ktrks.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/html/GIS_catalog.html Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW) Offline_Option: Offline_Media: DVD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 4.75 Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes Recording_Format: UDF Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: This zip file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) polyline shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20111118 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Elizabeth Pendleton Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2259 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ependleton@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 Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile