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Cochrane, Guy R. , and Gabel, Greg S. , 2004, Point coverage s504scobs -- assorted visual observations of benthic habitat from rov and scuba dives. rov and scuba dives.:.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1170/catalog.html>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1170/basemaps/scav2obs.tgz>
Cochrane, Guy R. , Conrad, James E. , Reid, Jane A. , Fangman, Sarah, and Golden, Nadine, 2005, Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves, Volume II Edition: 1.0: Open-File Report USGS OFR 2005-1170, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Santa Cruz, CA.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
The map projection used is NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N.
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest .000016
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest .000016
Planar coordinates are specified in meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is Geodetic ReferenceSystem 80.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.2572222.
s504scobs Fields: NAME ALIAS TYPE LENGTH PRECISION SCALE NUMBER_FORMAT FID FID ObjectID 4 0 0 - Shape - Point - - - - CODE CODE String 254 0 0 - pr_sub pre_sub String 254 0 0 - sec_sub sec_sub String 254 0 0 - slope slope Double 10 10 0 Numeric complexity complexity String 254 0 0 - biomass biomass String 254 0 0 - observation observation String 254 0 0 - comment comment String 254 0 0 - Line Line String 254 0 0 - Tape Tape String 254 0 0 - JD JD Double 10 10 0 Numeric UTC UTC String 254 0 0 - LAT LAT Double 19 18 11 Numeric LON LON Double 19 18 11 Numeric HED HED Double 19 18 11 Numeric SOG SOG Double 19 18 11 Numeric cruised cruised String 50 0 0 - OBSERVER observerString 50 0 0 -
A compilation of scuba and rov dive observations of benthic habitat. Divers include Russ Vetter, Cynthia Taylor, and other NOAA employed divers. ROV operated by John Butler, John Wagner, and other NOAA technicians. Some of the dives made on USGS field activity S-1-01-SC
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Visual observations of variable unknown accuracy
Highly variable on the order of 10 meters.
Observations made without uniform protocol.
Point features present.
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- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: None
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The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
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