RAF06005_BOTPHOTOS: Location of Sea-Floor Photographs Acquired During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise 06005 (RAFA06005) in Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (Geographic)

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• Data_Quality_Information
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• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Publication_Date: 2007

Title:

RAF06005_BOTPHOTOS: Location of Sea-Floor Photographs Acquired During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise 06005 (RAFA06005) in Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (Geographic)

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2007-1138

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

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

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/data/botphotos/raf06005_botphotos.zip>

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/data/botphotos/raf06005_botphotos.xls>

Online_Linkage:

<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/data/botphotos/raf06005_botphotos.txt>

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/html/catalog.html>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: S.D. Ackerman

Originator: D.S. Foster

Originator: D.S. Blackwood

Originator: S.J. Williams

Originator: M.S. Moser

Originator: H.F. Stewart

Originator: K.A. Glomb

Publication_Date: 2007

Title:

Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2007-1138

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

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

Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/>

Description:

Abstract:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan sonar data collected in Great Round Shoal Channel, a passage through the shoals at the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound, off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In June 2006, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconaissance survey.

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to release the locations and identifiers of 124 bottom photographs collected at 32 stations on topographic and backscatter data of the sea floor in Great Round Shoal, offshore Massachusetts. The photos were collected with a modified Van Veen grab modified to carry still and video camera systems (small SEABOSS) during USGS survey 06005, conducted June 26, 2006.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20060626

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.018330

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.835000

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.448000

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.402500

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: 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 06005

Theme_Keyword: ground-truth

Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2007-1138

Theme_Keyword: point shapefile

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries

Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal

Theme_Keyword: location

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Cape Cod

Place_Keyword: Massachusetts

Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound

Place_Keyword: Great Round Shoal Channel

Place_Keyword: North America

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

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: Lawrence J. Poppe

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

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 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/data/botphotos/raf06005_botphotos.gif>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Thumbnail image showing location and extent of bottom photo locations in Great Round Shoal, offshore Massachusetts

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780

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 collected during the R/V RAFAEL cruise 06005 were included in this data set.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20060626

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Navigation and time recorded on videotape were used to identify and register the still photographs. These data and identifiers were manually entered into spreadsheet software. Shapefiles were created in ArcView from the ASCII comma-delimited files exported from the spreadsheet application.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: raf06005_botphotos.xls

Process_Date: 2006

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: raf06005_botphotos.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: raf06005_botphotos.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: raf06005_botphotos.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

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 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@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: 124

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: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS84

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: raf06005_botphotos

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: 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 m/dd/yyyy

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of photographic station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.402500

Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.448000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of photographic station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.018330

Range_Domain_Maximum: -69.835000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.0000001

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: RAFA06005

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Ship and field activity serial number assigned by Woods Hole 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: GREAT ROUND SHOAL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Project name assigned by Woods Hole 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: LPOPPE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Larry Poppe

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data layer attributes include date, time and position photograph was acquired; station and photograph identifiers.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

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 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Although all data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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:

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Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

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Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/html/catalog.html>

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Offline_Option:

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Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75

Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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:

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Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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.

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Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314

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