2012-002_296BOTPHOTOS: Location of Sea-Floor Photographs Acquired During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise 2012-002-FA in Block Island Sound (Geographic, WGS 84)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2014

Title:

2012-002_296BOTPHOTOS: Location of Sea-Floor Photographs Acquired During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise 2012-002-FA in Block Island Sound (Geographic, WGS 84)

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2014-1018

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage:

<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1018/data/botphotos/2012-002_296botphotos.zip>

Online_Linkage:

<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1018/data/botphotos/2012-002_296botphotos.csv>

Online_Linkage:

<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1018/data/botphotos/2012-002_296botphotos.xls>

Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1018/html/catalog.html>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: K.Y. McMullen

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: S.D. Ackerman

Originator: D.S. Blackwood

Originator: K.A. Glomb

Originator: D.A. Wood

Publication_Date: 2014

Title:

Sea-floor geology in northwestern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2014-1018

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details: DVD-ROM

Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1018/>

Description:

Abstract:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetric and sidescan-sonar data, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of Block Island Sound, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During June 2012, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey of this area. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam-echosounder, sidescan-sonar, sedimentary, and photographic data collected in Block Island Sound. For more information on the ground-truth survey see <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2012-002-FA>.

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to release the locations and identifiers of 214 bottom photographs collected at 43 stations based on topographic data of the sea floor in Block Island Sound. The photos were collected with a modified Van Veen grab sampler modified to carry still and video camera systems (small SEABOSS) during USGS survey 2012-002, in June 2012.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20120612

Ending_Date: 20120614

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.858695

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.595651

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.359947

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.294745

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 Coastal and Marine Science Center

Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC

Theme_Keyword: R/V RAFAEL

Theme_Keyword: Esri Shapefile

Theme_Keyword: bottom photograph locations

Theme_Keyword: photo locations

Theme_Keyword: stations

Theme_Keyword: sea floor

Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 2012-002-FA

Theme_Keyword: ground-truth

Theme_Keyword: point shapefile

Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS

Theme_Keyword: Info Bank ID R-02-12-LI

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal

Theme_Keyword: location

Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Block Island Sound

Place_Keyword: North America

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician

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 x2277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1018/data/botphotos/2012-002_296botphotos.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Thumbnail image showing location and extent of bottom photo locations in Block Island Sound

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: D.S. Blackwood

Originator: K.F. 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: L.J. Poppe

Originator: W.W. Danforth

Originator: K.Y. McMullen

Originator: M.A. Blankenship

Originator: K.A. Glomb

Originator: D.B. Wright

Originator: S.M. Smith

Publication_Date: 2012

Title:

Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Block Island Sound, offshore Rhode Island

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2012-1005

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details: DVD-ROM

Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: K.Y. McMullen

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: S.D. Ackerman

Originator: D.S. Blackwood

Originator: P.G. Lewit

Originator: C.E. Parker

Publication_Date: 2013

Title:

Sea-floor geology in northeastern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2013-1003

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details: DVD-ROM

Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1003/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were checked in a consistent manner.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.

Completeness_Report:

Locations of all still photographs of the sea floor in the Block Island Sound H12296 study area collected during the R/V RAFAEL cruise 2012-002 were included in this dataset. Other photographs were collected during cruise 2012-002 that lie outside the study area.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation was by differential GPS. Although GPS gave the ship's position rather than that of the SEABOSS, water depths were generally shallow and scope of the cable minimal. Therefore, SEABOSS offset from the antenna was less than 10 m. The time on the camera was synchronized with GPS and verified by comparing the time in the Exif header with a photograph of time on a GPS.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20120612

Ending_Date: 20120614

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Time recorded in Exif headers of the photographs was matched with navigation data and manually entered into an Excel (.xls) file (2010 version, but saved as an Excel 97-2003 Worksheet).

Process_Date: 2012

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 2012-002_296botphotos.xls

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Field and Labratory Technician

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 x2277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

ArcMap 9.3 was used to create a shapefile from the Excel file using Tools-Add XY Data to import the excel file with Longitude in the x field and Latitude in the y field. This file was changed to a shapefile by right clicking on the name, selecting Data-Export Data, exporting all features using the layer's source data coordinate system.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 2012-002_296botphotos.xls

Process_Date: 2013

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 2012-002_296botphotos.shp

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

ArcGIS 9.3 was used to define the projection of the Esri shapefile Geographic WGS84.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 2012-002_296botphotos.shp

Process_Date: 2013

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 2012-002_296botphotos.prj

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@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: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 214

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001

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: 2012-002_296botphotos

Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

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: STATION

Attribute_Definition: Sequential identifier assigned to each sample site

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Characters and numerics identifying sampling sites

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHOTO

Attribute_Definition: Unique sequential identifier assigned to each photograph

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Characters and numerics identifying photos

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE_

Attribute_Definition: Month, day, and year when the photograph was taken

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String: Months, days, and year as mm/dd/yyyy

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of photo location, WGS84

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.294745

Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.359947

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of photo location, WGS84

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -71.858695

Range_Domain_Maximum: -71.595651

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEVICE

Attribute_Definition: Equipment used to collect the photograph

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SMALL SEABOSS GRAB

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: USGS Small Seabed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CRUISEID

Attribute_Definition: Cruise identifier

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2012-002-FA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Field activity serial number assigned by Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center data archives

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PROJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Name of project for which the photographs were taken.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SURVEY H12296 IN NORTHERN BLOCK ISLAND SOUND

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Project name assigned by Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center data archives

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PRINCIPAL

Attribute_Definition: Name of Chief scientist during the cruise

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: KMCMULLEN

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Katherine McMullen

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHOTO_MR

Attribute_Definition: Relative disk location of medium-resolution photograph

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Location of image file

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: JDTIME

Attribute_Definition:

Date and time when photo was taken in the format JJJ:HH:MM:SS where JJJ is the Julian day, HH is the hour, MM is the minute, and SS is the second. Time is in GMT and Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Scientist

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Numerics separated by colons

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data layer attributes include date and position photograph was acquired; station and photograph identifiers. The naming convention for photographs is a 4-letter location identification (nbis, referring to northern Block Island Sound), the station number, and a letter of the photograph at that station (multiple photos are often taken at a single location), and the resolution of the photograph if it is not full resolution (mr for medium resolution, and tn for thumbnail). For instance, nbis_64amr.jpg is a photograph from northern Block Island Sound, station 64, photo a, medium resolution and is in JPEG format.

Medium resolution photographs can be hyperlinked in this shapefile. In order to effectively utilize this attribute in ArcGIS, the user must follow a couple of steps. First, the user must open the Layer Properties of the bottom photograph shapefile within ArcMap - select the Display tab - and click on the check box next to "Support Hyperlinks using field:" and the field selected from the dropdown menu needs to be "PHOTO_MR". The hyperlink is set to a document. Additionally, a hyperlink base must be supplied in the ArcMap document (mxd) to complete the full path to the images. This is accomplished from File - Document Properties. On the Summary tab there is a section for "Hyperlink base". The text supplied here needs to be the disk information preceding "data" in the full path to the image. If the data are being read from a DVD, this would be the drive letter such as F:\.

The excel, shapefile, and comma-delimited text files have the same fields of information with the same headers as the shapefile attribute table.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician

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 x2277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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, or NOAA, 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 9.3

Format_Specification: Esri point shapefile

Format_Information_Content:

A zip file containing the geospatial data, metadata describing the data set, the comma-delimited text file and Excel 2003 (.xls) file of the photograph data, and a browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive

Transfer_Size: 100 KB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

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Offline_Option:

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Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75

Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) shapefile format. The user must have a program capable of reading a shapefile. A free data viewer, ArcGIS Explorer, capable of displaying the data is available from Esri at www.esri.com. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as Winzip or Pkware. These data are available as an Excel formatted (.xls) file. The user must have a software program capable of reading Excel files. These data are available as a generic ASCII formatted text file. The user must have a software program capable of reading the comma-delimited data file.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20140204

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician

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 x2277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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