2009-002-FA: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2009-002-FA>
2010-004-FA: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2010-004-FA>
2011-004-FA: <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2011-004-FA>
U.S. Geological Survey, 2012, VS_BATHTYMETRYTRACKLINES: Survey tracklines along which bathymetric data were collected with a SEA Ltd., SWATHplus-M interferometric sonar offshore of Massachusetts within Vineyard Sound by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (ESRI Shapefile, Geographic, WGS84).: Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1006/GIS/shapefile/VS_BathymetryTracklines.zip>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1006/html/appendix.html>
Andrews, Brian D. , Ackerman, Seth D. , Baldwin, Wayne E. , Foster, David S. , and Schwab, William C. , 2012, High-Resolution Geophysical Data From the Inner Continental Shelf at Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts: Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.0000001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.0000001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Coordinates defining the features.
Character set.
Character set.
Character set.
Character set.
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.22 |
Maximum: | 24.0 |
Units: | meters |
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The purpose of these data is to manage the location and filenames of the approximately 3,920 kilometers of raw bathymetry files collected using a Systems Engineering and Assessment (SEA) Ltd. SWATHplus-M interferometric sonar within the Vineyard Sound survey area.
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Person who carried out this activity:
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Person who carried out this activity:
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All attributes were checked in a consistent manner.
Coordinates from the Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) was used record the horizontal position of the SWATHplus transducers during all three surveys. Differential corrections were transmitted to the survey vessel by cellular modem and VHF radio from the base station established at the USGS Marine Operations Facility in Falmouth, MA. A conservative estimate of horizontal positional accuracy is estimated at 10 m, although the horizontal navigation system used for these surveys (DGPS) can be as reliable as +/- 2m. NAVIGATION DETAILS: Navigation was acquired with a Coda Octopus F180 Differential Global Positioning System, plus Wide Area Augmentation System (DGPS + WAAS) accurate to +/- one to two meters horizontal mounted directly above the sonar transducers. All DGPS data were referenced to WGS84. The horizontal accuracy of these tracklines is assumed to be within the accuracy of the DGPS. A conservative estimate of positional accuracy is +/- 2 meters.
Only the subsets of interferometric bathymetric sonar collected during field activities 2009-002-FA, 2010-004-FA, and 2011-004-FA that are within the Vineyard Sound survey area have been included in this spatial dataset. This shapefile includes all bathymetric tracklines collected in the Vineyard Sound survey area, however, not all of these tracklines were included in the final bathymetric grid published in this same report. Data collected along transit lines, east-west seismic tie lines, and other lines of poor quality were excluded from this grid. The following survey lines from this shapefile are not included in the vs_bath_5m grid published in this report: 2009-002-FA L63f1, L64f1, L74f1 2010-004-FA Patch2_1- Patch2_7, TIE8F1-TIE20F1, L286F1 2011-004-FA: Patch1-Patch7, L130F1, TIE1, TIE8-TIE15
Any spurious navigation points were removed during processing before the polyline was produced. Duplicate names may exist for the "LineName" attribute; however further querying the data by the "Survey", "Vessel", or "JulDay" attributes will produce a unique trackline for each record in this spatial dataset.
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- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
- 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.
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Data format: | Survey tracklines for SWATHplus bathymetric data collected offshore of Massachusetts within Vineyard Sound and associated metadata. in format SHP (version ArcGIS 9.3) ESRI polyline shapefile Size: 65.6 MB |
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