Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Larwrence J. Poppe Publication_Date: 2003 Title: NOSGOM: NOS Cartographic Codes for Bottom Character Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001/data/seddata/nosgom/nosgom.zip Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001/data/seddata/nosgom/nosgom.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: V.F. Paskevich Originator: S.J. Williams Originator: M.E. Hastings Originator: J.T. Kelley Originator: D.F. Belknap Originator: L.G. Ward Originator: D.M. FitzGerald Originator: P.F. Larsen Publication_Date: 2003 Title: Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 03-001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: Data is released via CD-ROM media. This digital publication may also be available via the web at pubs.usgs.gov Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-001 Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/openfile/of03-001 Description: Abstract: These data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS, formerly the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) for the purpose of charting the coastal waters and navigable waterways of the United States. Data collected prior to 1965 were digitized from the final survey plots. All other data were digitized in the field during the surveys. These data were supplied by the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). This data set contains fields that are only a subset of those fields available in the NOS Hydrographic Database, but included in this data set are the NOS cartographic codes for bottom characteristics. Although included here, these codes are no longer customarily supplied by NGDC with the NOS Hydrographic Database. As such, this data layer provides important information that is no longer readily available. Purpose: The purpose of this data layer is to provide the NOS cartographic codes for bottom character in a form that can be used to interpret surficial sediment distributions off the northeastern United States. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1869 Ending_Date: 1985 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.947360 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.049140 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.703360 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.002150 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: National Ocean Survey Theme_Keyword: NOS Theme_Keyword: National Geophysical Data Center Theme_Keyword: NGDC Theme_Keyword: NOS Hydrographic Database Theme_Keyword: Cartographic Codes Theme_Keyword: Rocky Theme_Keyword: Sand Theme_Keyword: Mud Theme_Keyword: Pebbles Theme_Keyword: Gravel Theme_Keyword: Coarse Theme_Keyword: Medium Theme_Keyword: Fine Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 03-001 Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments Theme_Keyword: sediment classification Theme_Keyword: surficial classification Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile Theme_Keyword: points Theme_Keyword: GIS Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: Atlantic Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine Place_Keyword: Georges Bank Place_Keyword: Continental Shelf Place_Keyword: Offshore Southeastern New England Place_Keyword: Maine Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: 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 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: nosgom.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing extent and distribution of data layer coverage. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: National Geophysical Data Center for supplying the original National Ocean Service Hydrographic Database. Larry Poppe for creating the ArcView shapefile. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: National Ocean Service Originator: National Geophysical Data Center Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: NOS Hydrographic Database Edition: 1.0 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were checked by the compilers in a consistent manner. Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. Completeness_Report: This data set contains fields that are only a subset of those fields available in the NOS Hydrographic Database. This data set contains station locations, survey year, the original cartographic codes, and their verbal equivalents for 26129 stations. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No information on navigational methods was provided with this data set. Based on the long period of data collection, navigation must have been by several methods. Navigational accuracy is unknown. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Ocean Survey Originator: National Geophysical Data Center Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: NOS Hydrographic Database Edition: 1.0 Type_of_Source_Media: magnetic tape Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: unknown Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Process_Step: Process_Description: Cartographic codes were matched with their verbal equivalents in Microsoft Excel and, together with navigation and survey identifiers, were saved as an ASCII text file. The ASCII text file was imported to an ArcView table. The table was later converted to an event theme in ArcView and saved as the final shapefile. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: nosgom.txt Process_Date: 20020912 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: nosgom.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: nosgom.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: nosgom.shx Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: 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 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@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: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 26129 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866 Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: nosgom.dbf 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: PROJECTID Attribute_Definition: Name assigned to this data set for future identification. Attribute_Definition_Source: Compiler Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: NOS HYDROGRAPHIC DATABASE Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of station locations. Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 40.00215 Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.70336 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of station location Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -73.94736 Range_Domain_Maximum: -66.04914 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.00001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SURVEY Attribute_Definition: Number assigned to identify the survey during which the data was generated. Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 253 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10198 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: integer count Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: YEAR Attribute_Definition: Year during which the survey was conducted. Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1930 Range_Domain_Maximum: 1985 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CODE Attribute_Definition: Numeric cartographic code for bottom character Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: NOS Hydrographic Database Cartographic Codes Codeset_Source: NOS Attribute: Attribute_Label: DESCRIPTIO Attribute_Definition: Verbal equivalent of the numeric cartographic codes. Attribute_Definition_Source: NOS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Verbal equivalents of cartographic codes Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: 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 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Regional Mapping of Surficial Sediments: Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Aggregates and Habitats Projects, nosgom.shp Distribution_Liability: Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, 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: ArcView shapefile Format_Version_Number: 3.2 Format_Specification: ESRI point shapefile Format_Information_Content: Five files (nosgom.shp, nosgom.dbf, nogom.shx, nosgom.sbx, nosgom.sbn) comprising the ArcView point shapefile components, 'prj' and 'avl' files, metadata text file and browse graphic. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 3.156 Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 650 Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes Compatibility_Information: The user must have a computer system with a CD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file. Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The data is available in ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2002 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20030216 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: 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 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@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