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U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 469

Seabed Photographs, Sediment Texture Analyses, and Sun-illuminated Sea Floor Topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctury Region off Boston, Massachusetts


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Data layers with geographic coordinates are provided to allow the data to be integrated into a 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 solving.  This integrated package provides researchers the ability to integrate, analyze, and map data sets to help with economic and social policy-making decisions regarding the environment.

Data layers archived here should not require additional processing to be used in the Environmental Systems Research Institute's (ESRI) ArcGIS software. This does not mean that users will not wish to do additional processing, especially in a different GIS software package or spheroid, but that it is not necessary to do additional processing simply to use the data in its minimum archive format.

For users who do not have the ESRI software or a compatible GIS data browser available on their computer, a free viewer, ArcExplorer, is available from ESRI here. The key functionality of ArcExplorer is the viewing of spatial data.  

Each GIS data layer from this publication is cataloged below for easy access. The descriptions of the individual data layers below include the shapefile name, which is linked to a browse graphic showing the data-layer extent and coverage. Selecting the data-layer name will cause the browse graphic to be displayed in a separate browser window.

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata for the individual data layers are provided in HTML, FAQ, and text versions. Selecting associated metadata files from the table below will cause the information to appear in a new browser window.

A compressed, downloadable archive file containing the components of the ArcGIS shapefile for each data layer is also provided. Compressed downloadable files were created by using the Windows program WINZIP v9.0.

Quadrangle Boundary of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region

Data-Layer name and description View Metadata Files
quadbnd--shapefile of the 18 quadrangle boundaries Thumbnail image of quadrangle boundary, with link to larger image. An illustration showing the quadrangles genrated by the shapefile.
Shapefile
(23 KB)

Sediment Textural Analyses from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region

Data-Layer name and description View Metadata Files
sb_sedsamples--shapefile showing the geographic location of each sediment sample grab. Thumbnail image of sediment textural analysis stations, and link to larger image. An illustration showing the sample locations from the shapefile

Photographic Images from the the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region

Data-Layer name and description View Metadata Files
sb_photolocs--shapefile showing the geographic location of each photograph taken. Thumbnail image of sample locations for photographs, and link to larger image. An illustration showing the photograph locations from the shapefile.

Shapefile
(684 KB)

Zipped JPEG Images of Seafloor in Medium and High Resolution and EXIF Excels

Quadrangle Metadata Download
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High Resolution (578 MB)
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High Resolution (367 MB)
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High Resolution (260 MB)
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High Resolution (397 MB)
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High Resolution (130 MB)
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High Resolution (325 MB)
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High Resolution (271 MB)
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High Resolution (347 MB)
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High Resolution (257 MB)
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High Resolution (458 MB)
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High Resolution (332 MB)

 


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