NOAA: Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) data

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• What does this data set describe?
  1. How should this data set be cited?
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
• Who produced the data set?
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  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
• Why was the data set created?
• How was the data set created?
  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
• How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the data, including topology?
• How can someone get a copy of the data set?
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  5. How can I download or order the data?
• Who wrote the metadata?

Title:

NOAA: Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) data

Abstract:

"The Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) is a State-Federal program for the collection, management and dissemination of fishery-independent data (data that does not depend on reporting by the fishing industries) in the Southeastern U.S." The data set contains miscellaneous descriptive seabed data obtained by varied systems in many surveys to various degrees of accuracy.

1. How should this data set be cited?

   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1997, NOAA: Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) data.

   Online Links:

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.361670

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.800000

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.483330

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.930000

3. What does it look like?

   seamap.jpg (JPEG)

   Image map showing extent and distribution of this data layer coverage

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Beginning_Date: 1995

   Ending_Date: 1997

   Currentness_Reference: ground condition

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Entity point (7774)

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000000. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000000. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
      The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.400000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.978698.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   seamap

   FID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   Shape

   Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

   Coordinates defining the features.

   LATITUDE

   Latitude of coordinate description (Source: Source report)

   LONGITUDE

   Longitude of coordinate description (Source: Source report)

   SITENAME

   Survey or laboratory code for site (Source: Data compiler)

   Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

   The following fields were entered into usSEABED: SFS data: AGENCY:ORIGCOLL:STARTLATDD:STARTLONDD:DEPTH:GEAR:DATE:POINTS_:STARTLAT:STARTLON:BLOCK:POSMET:CORFAC:GEAR:DEPTH_EN:DATA_TYP: STATE:STATE_LOC:UNIQ_ID SFTdata: BTM_TYP:RELIEF

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

   This CD was designed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). This project was administered by the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program-South Atlantic (SEAMAP-SA) with funds provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Award Nos. NA47FS0036 and NA27FS0050. The data contained in the CD were cataloged by the following agencies: - North Carolina Natioinal Estuarine Research Reserve - Division of Coastal Management - South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department- - Marine Resources Research Institute - Georgia Southern University - Applied Coastal Research Laboratory - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Florida Marine Research Institute

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   SEAMAP-SA
   Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
   Program Administrator
   1444 Eye Street NW, 6th Floor
   Washington, District of Columbia 20005
   USA
   

   202-289-6400 (voice)
   

Habitat mapping

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   (process 1 of 2)

   Digital data were checked, formatted to dbSEABED input format, then processed using dbSEABED software to produce a range of output formats. The processing contained quality checking that may have declined to pass faulty or suspect data to outputs.

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   Chris Jenkins
   Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado at Boulder
   1560 30th Street
   Boulder, CO 80309-0450
   USA
   

   (303) 492-6387 (voice)
   (303) 492-6388 (FAX)
   chris.jenkins@colorado.edu
   

   Date: January 2005 (process 2 of 2)

   Sparker (n=10,382), 3.5kHz (n=69) and sidescan (n=84) records were decommissioned in usSEABED data resource files.

   Person who carried out this activity:
   

   Jane Reid
   U.S. Geological Survey
   Geologist
   400 Natural Bridges Drive
   Santa Cruz, CA 95060
   USA
   

   (831) 427-4727 (voice)
   (831) 427-4748 (FAX)
   jareid@usgs.gov
   

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

   Perkins, T.H., Norris, H.A., Wilder, D.T., Kaiser, S.D., Camp, D.K., and R.E. Matheson, Jr., 1997, Distribution of Hard-Bottom Habitats on the Continental Shelf.

   Online Links:

   • <http://www.asmfc.org/publications/seamapDocs/bottomMapping/seamapHardbottomMappingv1_2%20summary.pdf>

   Other_Citation_Details:

   Final report submitted to the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Bottom Mapping Workgroup and the National Marine Fisheries Service pursuant to National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA47FS0036.

   Moser, M.L., Ross, S.W., Snyder, S.W., and Dentzman, R.C., 1995, Distribution of Bottom Habitats on the Continental Shelf off North Carolina.

   Other_Citation_Details:

   Final report submitted to the Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources for the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Bottom Mapping Workgroup

1. How well have the observations been checked?

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution.

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

   Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
   1444 Eye Street NW, 6th Floor
   Washington, DC, 20005
   USA
   

   202-289-6400 (voice)
   comments@asmfc.org
   

   Contact_Instructions:

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   NOAA: Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) data

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (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. Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	Size: 0.613

   • Cost to order the data:

Dates:

Last modified: 25-May-2005
Last Reviewed: Mar-2005

Metadata author:

Jamey Reid
U.S. Geological Survey
IT Specialist (Data Management)
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

(508) 548-8700 x2204 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
jreid@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

Metadata extensions used:

• <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>