BATHTRACKLINES - SwathPlus and RESON Bathymetric Tracklines collected in the Cape Ann - Salisbury Beach Massachusetts Survey Area.

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Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
BATHTRACKLINES - SwathPlus and RESON Bathymetric Tracklines collected in the Cape Ann - Salisbury Beach Massachusetts Survey Area.
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1373
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1373/GIS/shapefile/BathTracklines.zip>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin
Originator: Christopher J. Hein
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
High-Resolution Geological Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Cape Ann to Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1373
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1373/>
Description:
Abstract:
These data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center. Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine reserves, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. The project is focused on the inshore waters (5-30m deep) of Massachusetts between the New Hampshire border and Cape Cod Bay.

Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (<http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/html/current_map.html>). This spatial dataset is from the Cape Ann and Salisbury Beach Massachusetts project area. They were collected in two separate surveys in 2004 and 2005 and cover approximately 325 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf. High resolution bathymetry and backscatter intensity were collected in 2004 and 2005.

Purpose:
The purpose of these data is to manage the locations and filenames of the 3,870 kms of raw bathymetric files collected using the SwathPlus bathymetric sonar and RESON Multibeam sonar in the Cape Ann to Salisbury Beach survey area.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20040223,20050908
Ending_Date: 20040316,20050916
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.806655
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.594634
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.882733
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.666790
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: Seafloor
Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
Theme_Keyword: Swath Bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: Interferometric Sonar
Theme_Keyword: polyline shapefile
Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 05005
Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 04015
Theme_Keyword: SwathPlus
Theme_Keyword: RESON 8101
Theme_Keyword: Science Applications International Corporation
Theme_Keyword: R/V OceanExplorer
Theme_Keyword: R/V Connecticut
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: location
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
Place_Keyword: Bigelow Bight
Place_Keyword: Merrimack River
Place_Keyword: Ipswich Bay
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Cape Ann
Place_Keyword: Salisbury Beach
Place_Keyword: Plum Island
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Stratum_Keyword: Seafloor
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Temporal_Keyword: 2004
Temporal_Keyword: 2005
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The intended scale of these data is 1:25,000. Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geographer
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1373/GIS/browse_jpg/BathTracklines.jpg>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: thumbnail image of bathymetric tracklines
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: Bradford Butman
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:
High-Resolution Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Nahant to Gloucester, Massachusetts
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1293
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1293/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Bradford Butman
Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Originator: William W. Danforth
Originator: James M. Crocker
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:
High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1008
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/>

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
SurveyID = 4015: Additional survey lines (gap fill lines) were run where data gaps exist in shallow water between the main survey lines (main scheme lines). Duplicate line names exist for short gap fill lines. In shallow areas where several adjacent short gap fill lines were required, the sonar operator would keep collecting data in between lines because there was not enough time to stop and start new line names at 8-10 knot survey speed.
Completeness_Report:
Main scheme and gap fill lines are included for the offshore area (SurveyID=4015) and does not include the cross lines run for junction analysis during the survey. Bathymetric tie lines for the nearshore area (SurveyID=5005) are included because they were collected along with the seismic profile lines offshore.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Navigation for survey 04015 used Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) signal from U.S. Coast Guard beacons. Navigation for survey 05005 used Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS from a base station established by USGS for this survey. Any horizontal offsets between bathymetric sonars and GPS receiver on both survey vessels were measured and corrected in the sonar setup.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SurveyID= 05005-Raw SwathPlus bathymetric sonar (*.SXR) data were unraveled (imported) to SwathEd multibeam processing software developed by the Ocean Mapping Group (OMG) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Canada. An ASCII navigation file is produced as part of the unravel process that records navigation fixes in decimal degrees every 10 seconds along the survey line. Each ASCII navigation file is run through the custom AWK script "ConvertSwathEdNav" (developed by USGS) that adds the Julian day, line file name, and reprojects the decimal degree coordinate to Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 19 WGS84) coordinates for each navigation record.
Process_Date: 200712
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geographer
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SurveyID= 05005- This ASCII navigation text file is imported to ArcGIS (ver. 9.2 ) as an event theme using the "Add XY Data" feature in the Tools menu, and then converted to a point shapefile using the context menu "Export Data". This point shapefile is converted to a polyline shapefile using custom tool developed by USGS that retains the Julian day and line name attributes. Finally the polyline shapefile is converted to a file geodatabase feature class and the DeviceID, SurveyID, and VesselID attributes are calculated to match the Arc Marine Data Model schema.
Process_Date: 200712
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geographer
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SurveyID = 4015- Raw RESON 8101 multibeam echo sounder files in Generic Sensor Format (GSF) were imported to CARIS HIPS/SIPS (ver. 6.1). The CARIS project used the Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system (UTM) Zone 19 WGS84. Line files were converted from HIPS to CARIS Map using the export function in the main "File" menu. Resulting CARIS Map (*.des) file was converted to ESRI Shapefile using the CARIS conversion utility (ver. 2.0). The line name attribute and UTM projection for each line was retained as part of the CARIS Map to shapefile conversion. The resulting polyline shapefile was converted to ArcGIS 9.2 file geodatabase feature class and the DeviceID, VesselID, and SurveyID attributes were calculated to match the Arc Marine Data Model schema.
Process_Date: 200712
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geographer
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The two line files (BathTrks04015 & BathTrks05005) in polyline feature class format were merged into one ArcGIS file geodatabase feature class (BathTracklines) containing all bathymetric line files collected in the near shore (05005) and offshore (04015) using the "Merge Tool" in ArcToolbox (ArcGIS ver. 9.2).
Process_Date: 200802
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geographer
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Export all feature classes from ArcMap 9.2 file geodatabase to shapefile using the context menu using the "Feature Class to Shapefile (multiple)" Tool in ArcCatalog (ver 9.2). Conversion Toolbox. Environmental settings during conversion set output coordinates system as Geographic coordinate system WGS84 and the output shapefiles retained the same name as the input feature class.
Process_Date: 200806
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geographer
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@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: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 568

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: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: BathTracklines
Entity_Type_Definition: Bathymetric Tracklines
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Line
Attribute_Definition:
Name of survey line and corresponding raw and bathymetric line file.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS & SAIC
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: JD
Attribute_Definition: Julian day the data were collected on in 2004 & 2005
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SurveyID
Attribute_Definition: Survey Identification number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Arc Marine Data Model
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4015
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: USGS Field Activity Number 04015
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5005
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: USGS Field Activity Number 05005
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
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: VehicleID
Attribute_Definition: Vehicle (Vessel) Identification number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Arc Marine Data Model
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: R/V OceanExplorer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: R/V Connecticut
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DeviceID
Attribute_Definition:
Device identification number to identify the type of data acquisition system used
Attribute_Definition_Source: Arc Marine Data Model
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: SEA SwathPlus Interferometric Sonar
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: RESON 8101 multibeam sonar
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE_Leng
Attribute_Definition:
Length of line in meters (UTM 19, WGS84) that is automatically calculated and updated by the geodatabase
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The order of attributes in the attribute table may be different than the order of the Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description in this metadata file.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center
Contact_Position: Geographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SHP
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 9.2
Format_Specification: ESRI polyline shapefile
Format_Information_Content: Trackline navigation for SwathPlus and RESON bathymetric sonars
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip
Transfer_Size: 41 Mb
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1373/GIS/shapefile/BathTracklines.zip>
Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW)
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
These data are available as a shapefile in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) format. The shapefile is distributed in a compressed format as a WinZip (ver. 9.0) file. To utilize these data, the user must be able to uncompress the WinZip file and have software capable of viewing ESRI shapefiles.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20090108
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geographer
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@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_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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