Gulf of Mexico features names

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration(comp.)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: Gulf of Mexico features names
Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ibcca/html/images.htm
Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ibcca/
Description:
Abstract:
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.
Purpose:
This ArcView shapefile an additional GIS overlay. It contains the names of various seafloor features (basins, slopes, knolls, ridges, etc.) for the Gulf of Mexico.
Supplemental_Information:
This ArcView shapefile was created from a Microsoft Excel spread sheet found at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric's National Geophysical Data Center's website. The information contained in the spread sheet was editted to include only those features that would pertain to the planned Gulf of Mexico Internet Map Server for the USGS, Woods Hole Field center. Therefore, this is not a complete listing as would be found from NOAA-NGDC.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19990614
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.5
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.9167
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.00000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.50000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico database
Theme_Keyword: feature names
Theme_Keyword: seafloor features
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: shapefile
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
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
Hours_of_Service: M-Thu 6:30am-3:30pm; Fri 6:30am-10:30am
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ibcca/html/images.htm
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: JPEG
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: Undersea Feature Name Image
Data_Set_Credit:
NOAA - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Marine Geology & Geophysics & World Data Center A for MGG
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI Shapefile format
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: .
Completeness_Report: .
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Microsoft Excel datafile was downloaded from the NOAA-NGDC site and read into Excel. Records that did not contain a latitude/longitude coordinate for a feature name was deleted from the spreadsheet. The text fields containing the latitude and longitude coordinate of the seafloor feature were then copied and added to the spreadsheet as the first two fields. These fields were added so numeric latitude longitude fields recorded as signed decimal degrees could be created later. The modified spreadsheet was saved as a comma separated values text file.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ib1234gz.xls
Process_Date: 19990614
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.csv
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Computer 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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The comma separated values file was processed on a UNIX operating system to convert the first two text fields that contained the feature coordinates to numeric, signed decimal degree fields.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.csv
Process_Date: 19990614
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Computer 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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The text file with geographic coordinates was read into ArcView as a table. Features locations that did not fall within the bounds of the Gulf of Mexico IMS were eliminated, and the remaining table information was converted to an ArcView shapefile.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.txt
Process_Date: 19990614
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Computer 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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 254
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: gomnames.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Lon
Attribute_Definition:
Longitude coordinate of feature recorded in decimal degrees.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -97.5000
Range_Domain_Maximum: -79.91667
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Lat
Attribute_Definition:
Latitude coordinate of feature recorded in decimal degrees.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 23.50000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.00000
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Name
Attribute_Definition: Name of feature.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Type
Attribute_Definition:
Type of feature. List includes features such as
  • bank
  • basin
  • canyon
  • dome
  • escarpment
  • gap
  • hill
  • knoll
  • mesa
  • mound
  • plain
  • reef
  • ridge
  • seamount
  • shelf
  • shoal
  • slope
  • spur
  • terrace
  • trough
  • valley
    • Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
    Attribute_Domain_Values:
    Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
    Attribute:
    Attribute_Label: Latitude
    Attribute_Definition:
    This field contains the latitude coordinate of the feature as a character field.
    Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
    Attribute_Domain_Values:
    Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
    Attribute:
    Attribute_Label: Longitude
    Attribute_Definition:
    This field contains the longitude coordinate of the feature as a character field.
    Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
    Attribute_Domain_Values:
    Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
    Attribute:
    Attribute_Label: Code
    Attribute_Definition:
    Code assigned by NOAA-NGDC. Origin and meaning unknown.
    Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
    Attribute_Domain_Values:
    Range_Domain:
    Range_Domain_Minimum: 223083
    Range_Domain_Maximum: 231080
    Attribute:
    Attribute_Label: Source
    Attribute_Definition: Source of feature name.
    Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
    Attribute_Domain_Values:
    Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
    Attribute:
    Attribute_Label: Comments
    Attribute_Definition:
    Additional comments regarding the name and/or source of the seafloor feature name.
    Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
    Attribute_Domain_Values:
    Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
    Distribution_Information:
    Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
    Contact_Organization_Primary:
    Contact_Organization: National Geophysical Data Center
    Contact_Address:
    Address_Type: mailing and physical address
    Address:
    NOAA, Mail Code E/GC 325 Broadway
    City: Boulder
    State_or_Province: CO
    Postal_Code: 80303-3328
    Country: USA
    Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 497-6826
    Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 497-6513
    Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@ngdc.noaa.gov
    Resource_Description: Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names
    Distribution_Liability:
    Although this derived data set has 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.
    There are no known distribution libatilites identified by the originator, NOAA-NGDC, regarding this dataset.
    Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
    Digital_Transfer_Information:
    Format_Name: XLS
    Format_Information_Content:
    Spreadsheet contains seafloor feature names, general classification for the type of feature, latitude and longitude coordinate of feature, numeric code, source of feature name and additional comments relating to the name and source of feature name.
    File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
    Transfer_Size: 218Kbytes
    Digital_Transfer_Option:
    Online_Option:
    Computer_Contact_Information:
    Network_Address:
    Network_Resource_Name: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ibcca/
    Fees: none
    Technical_Prerequisites:
    There are no technical requirements for downloading the data .However, the original dataset is in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format and the user must have Excel or some program capable of reading and processing the dataset.
    Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
    Contact_Organization_Primary:
    Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
    Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
    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
    Resource_Description: Gulf of Mexico features names: gomnames
    Distribution_Liability:
    Although this derived data set has 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: ARCE
    Format_Information_Content:
    gomnames.dbf
    gomnames.shp
    gomnames.shx
    File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
    Transfer_Size: 54Kbytes
    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.
    Digital_Form:
    Digital_Transfer_Information:
    Format_Name: ARCE
    Format_Information_Content:
    The three ArcView shapefiles (gomnames.dbf, gomnames.shp, gomnames.shx) comprising the Gulf of Mexico features names (gomnames) coverage.
    File_Decompression_Technique: zip
    Transfer_Size: 13Kbytes
    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.
    Fees: None
    Technical_Prerequisites:
    There are no technical requirements for downloading the data. However to use the ArcView shape files the user must have an ESRI software product or some other GIS program that allows importing of ArcView shapefiles.
    Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 19990819
    Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
    Contact_Organization_Primary:
    Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
    Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
    Contact_Position: Computer 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 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: CSDGM version 2
    Metadata_Time_Convention: Local time
    Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
    Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
    Generated by mp on Thu Aug 19 11:22:38 1999