SeaBossTracklines (Shapefile)- Tracklines for bottom video collected with the SEABOSS Sampler in the Cape Ann - Salisbury Beach survey area.

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
SeaBossTracklines (Shapefile)- Tracklines for bottom video collected with the SEABOSS Sampler in the Cape Ann - Salisbury Beach 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/SeaBossTracklines.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 (5-30 m 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. The data 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. Seismic profile data, sediment samples and bottom photography were also collected in 2005.
Purpose:
This data set includes the tracklines (the linear extent) of bottom video acquired with the large SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) during USGS survey 05005, conducted September 18-20, 2005 aboard the R/V Connecticut. This data set was collected to ground-truth (verify) the geophysical data sets that were acquired immediately preceding this sampling survey (September 8-16, 2005). High resolution digital photographs were also taken along these tracklines (see shapefile BottomPhotos.shp)
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20050918
Ending_Date: 20050920
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.800892
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.603836
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.869712
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.670899
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: R/V Connecticut
Theme_Keyword: ESRI polyline shapefile
Theme_Keyword: ground-truth
Theme_Keyword: video trackline
Theme_Keyword: bottom video
Theme_Keyword: seabed video
Theme_Keyword: photos
Theme_Keyword: stations
Theme_Keyword: seafloor
Theme_Keyword: sediments
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 05005
Theme_Keyword: Van Veen grab sampler
Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS sampler
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2007-1373
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2007-1373
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
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
Stratum_Keyword: Seabed
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
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 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/SeaBossTracklines.jpg>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: thumbnail image of SEABOSS trackline locations
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: D. Blackwood
Originator: K. Parolski
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Seabed observation and sampling system
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Sea Technology
Issue_Identification: v. 42, no. 2, p. 39-43
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:
Trackline data from all video transects are included in this shapefile.
Completeness_Report:
The length of the trackline represents the distance along the drift that that bottom was in view on the video. It does not include video of the water column during deployment or retrieval.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Navigation for survey 05005 used Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS from a base station established by USGS for this survey. RTK-GPS provides horizontal positional accuracies on the decimeter scale. The recorded position of each sediment sample is actually the position of the GPS antenna on the survey vessel, not the SEABOSS sampler. No layback or offset was applied to the recorded position. The SEABOSS was deployed approximately 10 meters astern of the GPS antenna and may drift additionally away from the survey vessel when deployed to the seafloor. Based on the various sources for horizontal offsets, a conservative estimate the horizontal accuracy of the SEABOSS location is 30-40 meters.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Eighty-seven target stations were occupied aboard the R/V Connecticut (USGS survey 05005) with the large SEABOSS (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) that was also equipped with a Van Veen grab sampler a digital still camera and a video camera.
Process_Date: 200509
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: DVD seafloor videos
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Science party of survey 05005
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologists
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 x2348
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Parsed the Hypack navigation files for latitude, longitude, time, Julian date, and year, and added Survey ID 05005, using ArcGIS 9.1 ArcToolbox tool "Parse_HypackNav - Ed + Vee fix" (which uses the Python 2.1 script "Lat_Lon_sda.py" (v.Nov29.2006)).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Hypack navigation files (xxx_xxxx.26[1-3])
Process_Date: 200701
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Parsed navigation files (xxx_xxxx.26[1-3]_parsed)
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: c/o U.S. Geological Survey
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Concatenated the parsed the navigation files and re-formatted to comply with the input expected for creating the bottom photograph shapefile. (1.command line: $cat *.26*_parsed > allnav.parsed 2.AWK script: $script_2fix_time.sda allnav.parsed)
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Parsed navigation files (xxx_xxxx.26[1-3]_parsed)
Process_Date: 200710
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: allnav.parsed_timefixed
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: c/o U.S. Geological Survey
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Parsed and reformatted the manually kept Microsoft Excel survey log CT05005_sedcruise.xls for SEABOSS station number, date, and the start and end time of each video drift.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Survey Log - CT05005_sedcruise.xls
Process_Date: 200710
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CT05005_driftnav.csv
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: c/o U.S. Geological Survey
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Create ESRI shapefile joining the video transect station number, start time, and end time with the navigation using ArcGIS 9.1 and Pythonwin (which uses the Python 2.1 script "Script1_startend_9.py (v.Oct9.2007)).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: allnav.parsed_timefixed
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CT05005_driftnav.csv
Process_Date: 200810
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SeaBossTracklines.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: c/o U.S. Geological Survey
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
ArcGIS 9.2 was used to define the projection as Geographic coordinate system WGS84 of the ESRI shapefile and to create the .prj file.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SeaBossTracklines.shp
Process_Date: 200810
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SeaBossTracklines.prj
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: c/o U.S. Geological Survey
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
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: 88
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: SeaBossTracklines
Entity_Type_Definition: Tracklines of SEABOSS drift lines
Entity_Type_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: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: JD
Attribute_Definition: Julian day SEABOSS trackline was occupied based on UTC time.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ArcMarine Data Model
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LineName
Attribute_Definition:
Name of the SEABOSS trackline along which the video was taken - (also associated with the target ground validataion station - see shapefiles BottomPhotos.shp and SedimentSamples.shp)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LineStart
Attribute_Definition: Start Time (in UTC) of the video trackline (hh:mm:ss)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LineEnd
Attribute_Definition: End Time (in UTC) of the video trackline (hh:mm:ss)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SurveyID
Attribute_Definition: Survey identifiation number (USGS Field Activity Number)
Attribute_Definition_Source: ArcMarine Data Model
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: tracklines of video collected with the SEABOSS sampler
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip
Transfer_Size: 0.3 Mb
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1373/GIS/shapefile/SeaBossTracklines.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. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of viewing ESRI shapefiles. The shapefile is also distributed in compressed format as one WinZip (ver 9.0) file. To utilize these data, the user must be able to uncompress the WinZip file.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20081222
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: c/o U.S. Geological Survey
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
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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