Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Quadbnd.shp: Digital polygons of 18 individual quadrangles for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Issue_Identification: 469, Version 1.0 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine Originator: Leslie B. Gallea Originator: Dann S. Blackwood Originator: Erin R. Twomey Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Seabed Photographs, Sediment Texture Analyses, and Sun-illuminated Sea Floor Topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, Massachusetts Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Issue_Identification: 469, Version 1.0 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary Program, conducted seabed mapping and related research in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region from 1993 to 2004. The mapped area is approximately 3,700 km˛ (1,100 nm˛) in size and was subdivided into 18 quadrangles. Several series of sea floor maps of the region based on multibeam sonar surveys have been published. In addition, 2,628 seabed sediment samples were collected and analyzed approximately 10,600 still photographs of the seabed were acquired during the project. These data provide the basis for scientists, policymakers, and managers for understanding the complex ecosystem of the sanctuary region and for monitoring and managing its economic and natural resources. Purpose: The map area is a composite of 18 individual quadrangle maps that represent a total area of 1,100 square nautical miles in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. The quadrangles are numbered 1 though 18, beginning in the southwest corner of the map region and increasing from left to right. The dimensions of the map area of each quadrangle are approximately 8 nm east-to-west and 7 nm north-to-south. The map region was subdivided into these 18 quadrangles so that high-resolution maps at a scale of 1:25,000 could be presented in both paper and digital format at a size convenient for the user. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2009 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.599998 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.033333 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.799999 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.083328 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems Theme_Keyword: GIS Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHSC Theme_Keyword: quadrangle Theme_Keyword: boundaries Theme_Keyword: Polygon shapefile Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: location Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: MA Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Place_Keyword: SBNMS Place_Keyword: Shallow EEZ Place_Keyword: EEZ Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Boston Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: North America Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: Public Domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributed with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Browse_Graphic_File_Description: 18 quadrangles of the area studied in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine, editor Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Sea floor image maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topography, backscatter intensity, ruggedness, slope, and the distribution of boulder ridges and bedrock outcrops in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map Issue_Identification: 2840 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The shapefile was opened in ArcMap 9.3 to check that its bounding coordinates matched those of the study area in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. Logical_Consistency_Report: No other checks for topological consistency were preformed on this data. Completeness_Report: This shapefile has the locations of the 18 quadrangles drawn to represent the study area of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The geographic locations are accurate to 5 meters. Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 5 meters Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The depths are accurate to +/- 0.5 meters. Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.5 meters Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: 18 quadrangles, differing in size, were drawn to represent the area studied in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. The quadrangles were created by taking the bounding coordinates of the study area and dividing it up as equally as possible while trying to keep seafloor topography likeness the same in the individual quadrangles. Area and perimeter were generated using XTools Pro's Table Operations to calculate area and perimeter. The output projection is World Mercator using NAD 1983 with the resulting data units in kilometers. Process_Date: 2005-2009 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: quadbnd.zip Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Research Geologist 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 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@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: G-polygon Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 18 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: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: quadbnd Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI 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: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: QUADBND_ID Attribute_Definition: Quadrangle number Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 18 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Perimet_km Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in kilometers. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 77.855232 Range_Domain_Maximum: 78.790718 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Kilometers Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .000001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Area_km Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in kilometers. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 375.692177 Range_Domain_Maximum: 379.292644 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Kilometers Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .000001 Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Eighteen quadrangle boundaries in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region. Area and perimeter of the eighteen quadrangles are measured in kilometers. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@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_Information_Content: Shapefile and associated metadata File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip 9.0 Transfer_Size: 0.002 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Access_Instructions: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/469/DataCatalog/quadbnd.zip Offline_Option: Offline_Media: DVD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 4.75 Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes Recording_Format: UDF Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 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 the importing data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. The data is available to download in WinZip format that was created with WinZip Version 9.0 SR-1 (6224). Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20100603 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Leslie B. Gallea Contact_Position: GIS Specialist 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 x2341 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lgallea@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