Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2014 Title: BBVS_SeabossTrackline.shp: Survey lines along which SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) video were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in September 2010 on the RV Connecticut. Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1221 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/shapefile/BBVS_SeabossTrackline.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/html/appendix1.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: Adrienne L. Pappal Originator: Emily C. Huntley Originator: Dann S. Blackwood Originator: William C. Schwab Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Geological Sampling Data and Benthic Biota Classification: Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1221 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/ 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 (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The primary objective of this program, initiated in 2003, 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 resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human effects. The project is focused on the inshore waters (5-30 meters deep) of Massachusetts. 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 study area located in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Massachusetts, and consists of ground-validation data which include the spatial extent of sea-floor sediment sample analyses, the location of sea-floor bottom photographs, and the tracklines along which sea-floor video was collected. These ground-validation (or ground-truth) data accompany a suite of high-resolution geophysical data, including swath bathymetry, sidescan-sonar backscatter intensity, and seismic-reflection data that were released in USGS Open File Reports 2012-1002 and 2012-1006. The sea-floor sampling data were collected during USGS survey 2010-005-FA in 2010 and cover more than 750 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf where the geophysical data were collected in 2009 and 2010. Purpose: This data set includes the tracklines (the linear extent) where seafloor photographs and video were acquired with the large SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS, SEABOSS Mark II configuration) during USGS survey 2010-005-FA, conducted September 9-14, 2010 aboard the R/V Connecticut offshore Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. This data set was collected to ground-truth (verify) the acoustic data sets that were acquired during NOAA hydrographic survey H11319 (2004) and USGS geophysical surveys 09002 (2009) and 10004 (2010). Bottom photographs were also taken at each station occupied by the SEABOSS (see shapefiles BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio.shp). Physical sediment samples were also collected and analyzed in the sediment laboratory at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (see shapefile BBVS_SedimentSamples.shp). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20100909 Ending_Date: 20100914 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.096542 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.457283 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.649602 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.267605 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC 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: seafloor video Theme_Keyword: seabed video Theme_Keyword: bottom video Theme_Keyword: video Theme_Keyword: stations Theme_Keyword: seafloor Theme_Keyword: sea floor Theme_Keyword: marine geology Theme_Keyword: sediments Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity serial number 2010-005-FA Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity serial number 10005 Theme_Keyword: Van Veen grab sampler Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS sampler Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2014-1221 Theme_Keyword: OFR 2014-1221 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: environment 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: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard Place_Keyword: New Bedford Place_Keyword: Woods Hole Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Place_Keyword: Falmouth Place_Keyword: West Falmouth Place_Keyword: Cleveland Ledge Place_Keyword: Elizabeth Islands Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Stratum_Keyword: Seafloor Stratum_Keyword: Sea floor Stratum_Keyword: Seabed Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Temporal_Keyword: 2010 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 as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/browse_jpg/big/BBVS_SeabossTrackline.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image of video tracklines Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG 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. 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: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: Brian D. Andrews Originator: David S. Foster Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin Originator: William C. Schwab Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf - Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2012-1002 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1002/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Brian D. Andrews Originator: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin Originator: David S. Foster Originator: William C. Schwab Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-Resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf at Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2012-1006 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1006/ Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Gaps in sequential video station numbers may exist. Some stations may have more than one video trackline. Completeness_Report: This dataset includes the video trackline locations for SEABOSS stations occupied during USGS survey 2010-005-FA aboard the R/V Connecticut within the Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound survey areas. Three-hundred and one stations were occupied within the study area during survey 2010-005-FA; some stations may have more than one video trackline and in these cases the tracklines are typically name "a" and "b" (e.g. Linename 40a and 40b exist for SEABOSS station 40). Sediment samples were obtained at 246 of these sites. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation for survey 2010-005-FA used Differential Global Positioning System (GPS). The recorded position of each point along the video trackline is actually the position of the GPS antenna on the survey vessel, not the SEABOSS sampler. The SEABOSS was deployed approximately 5 meters astern of the GPS antenna off the ship's A-frame on the stern of the ship. No layback or offset was applied to the recorded position. In addition to the +/-5 meter offset the SEABOSS may additionally drift away from the survey vessel when deployed to the seafloor. Based on the various sources for horizontal offsets, a conservative estimate of the horizontal accuracy of the video trackline locations is 20-30 meters. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Three hundred and one target stations were occupied aboard the R/V Connecticut (USGS survey 2010-005-FA) with the large SEABOSS (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) that was equipped with a Van Veen grab sampler, a digital still camera, and a video camera. Process_Date: 201009 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: JPEG photographs and video recorded to DVD and Digital8 tape Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: DGPS navigation was logged through a Microsoft HyperTerminal (version 5.1) session on a HP laptop computer running Windows XP, SP2. Log files were saved for each sampling watch then reformatted into log files by Julian Day (e.g., JD252.txt) during post-processing. The AWK script awkseth.gpgga10005.sda was run on the group of Julian Day files creating a comma separated value (CSV) ASCII text file that parsed for the GPGGA navigation string (> awk -f awkseth.gpgga10005.sda JD*.txt > all_nav_10005.csv). The output file was then reformatted for the Python ground-truth toolset using the AWK script nav_time_reformat.awk (> awk -f nav_time_reformat.awk all_nav_10005.csv > 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv), creating a final processed navigation file for the entire sampling survey (10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HyperTerminal generated navigation files (JD25[2-7].txt) Process_Date: 201301 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: GPGGA parsed navigation file (10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv) Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: A "drift log" was created by parsing and reformatting the manually kept Microsoft Excel survey log 10005_seaboss_log_FINAL_DRAFT_v2.xls for SEABOSS station number, date, and the start and end time of each video drift. This log was checked and modified as a number of stations had unreliable start and end times based on the manually kept log. To check and determine correct start and end times, the program ffmpeg was used to create JPEG images of the first frame from each video file to verify the video start time (the DVD video has an overlay of the GPS time, latitude and longitude, as well as a user-input station number) and then another ffmpeg output calculated the length of each DVD video segment. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Survey Log - 10005_seaboss_log_FINAL_DRAFT_v2.xls Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DVD video files Process_Date: 201305 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: drift_log_10005.csv Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Create polyline shapefile joining the SEABOSS drift time log with the navigation based on matching date and time fields using ArcGIS 9.3 ArcToolbox tool "z_SEABOSStools_demo2012 - 4. Seaboss_Trackline_Creator" (which uses the Python script "seaboss_trackline_creator_v1_1.py; inputs: drift file - drift_log_10005.csv; navfile - 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv; outfile shapefile - vid_track_10005_v2.shp). The Python script reads the start and end times from the drift log file (drift_log_10005.csv) and extracts the navigation points that fall within those start and end times, then it creates a polyline shapefile from the points with a unique line for each SEABOSS drift site. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: drift_log_10005.csv Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv Process_Date: 201305 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: vid_track_10005_v2.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: XTools Pro (version 9.2) for ArcGIS desktop (version 10.1) was used to reorganize, delete unnecessary fields and add new fields to the polyline shapefile's attribute table (Table Operations - Table Restructure). Table attributes for the date ('Date'), survey ID ("SurveyID'), device used to collect the data ('DeviceID'), survey vessel name ('VehicleID') and imagelink ('ImageLink') were added and populated using the table editor in ArcMap (version 10.1). The length field ('Length') was populated using 'Calculate Geometry' (Property=Length; Use coordinate system of the data frame=WGS 1984 UTM Zone 19N; Unit=Meters), which can be accessed by right-clicking on the attribute field name in the table view. The attributes for Julian day ('JulDay'), year ('Year'), start time ('StartTime'), end time ('EndTime'), and SEABOSS station number ('Linename') were already populated. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: vid_track_10005_v2.shp Process_Date: 201309 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: BBVS_SeabossTrackline.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@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: 315 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: BBVS_SeabossTrackline Entity_Type_Definition: tracklines along which seafloor video and photographs were acquired Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 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: Linename Attribute_Definition: This indicates the SEABOSS station number or SEABOSS trackline along which digital still photos and continuous bottom video were acquired. For some stations there is an "a" or "b" after the station number; in some cases this is becase a line was interuptted and was restarted and in some case it is because the DVD recorder splits the DVD video files at 15 minutes and begins a new DVD file. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Length Attribute_Definition: Length of SEABOSS video trackline in meters (UTM Zone 19N, WGS84) Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.61 Range_Domain_Maximum: 795.40 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: JulDay Attribute_Definition: Julian day on which this video trackline was surveyed based on UTC time. Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 252 Range_Domain_Maximum: 257 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date Attribute_Definition: The date on which this video trackline was surveyed in the format MM/DD/YYYY. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Year Attribute_Definition: Calendar year data were collected Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 4 Attribute: Attribute_Label: StartTime Attribute_Definition: Start time of the SEABOSS video drift in UTC (hh:mm:ss) Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 8 Attribute: Attribute_Label: EndTime Attribute_Definition: End time of the SEABOSS video drift in UTC (hh:mm:ss) Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 8 Attribute: Attribute_Label: SurveyID Attribute_Definition: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activity number in the format YYYY-XXXX-FA where YYYY is the year of the survey and XXXX is the survey number assigned to field activities with participation by scientists and staff from the USGS Wood Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 12 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DeviceID Attribute_Definition: Sampling device used to collect bottom video Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 18 Attribute: Attribute_Label: VehicleID Attribute_Definition: Survey vessel name Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 25 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@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: Shapefile Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 10.1 Format_Specification: Zip file of Esri polyline shapefile Format_Information_Content: locations of SEABOSS tracklines File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.814 Mb Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/shapefile/BBVS_SeabossTrackline.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/html/appendix1.html Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable 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 zip file. To utilize these data, the user must be able to uncompress the zip file. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20131031 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@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 Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile