OF 2005-1089

Disc Contents

Introduction

Surficial Geology

GIS/Visualization

Data Catalog

• basemap
• bathymetry
• interpretation
• rov_sub
• SeaBOSS
• seismic
• sidescan-sonar mosaics
  • geographic
  • UTM zone 17
• visualization

References Cited

Acknowledgments

Contacts

Data Catalog:

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata is available for all the data contained on this DVD. The text, HTML, and FAQ versions of the metadata reside in the metadata directory, under a subdirectory appropriate for the data type. The links to these files are provided below. Each data set has metadata available in several formats. The information contained within each file is the same, just presented differently to help make the information more user friendly. ArcGIS 9.0 compatible XML metadata is stored in the directory with the actual data files.

Shapefiles generally include *.shp, *.shx, and *.dbf files at a minimum. For the sake of brevity, only the filename prefix has been included in the filename designation listed below. All the files necessary to load a shapefile have been compressed into a single WinZip file, including all forms of the metadata. Therefore, these shapefiles can be downloaded directly from the DVD, or by clicking on the filename in the data catalog and saving the "zipped" files to a preferred location and uncompressing them. Georeferenced images and their supplemental files can be transferred in the same manner.

ESRI formatted grids cannot be copied directly from the DVD. To successfully copy an ESRI grid, ESRI software such as ArcView or ArcCatalog needs to be used. For that reason, grids were exported from the ESRI software into an ESRI ASCII grid format. These ASCII grids and their projection file were then WinZipped into a single file. These "zipped" files are available for download by clicking on the filename. When importing these grids, be sure to import them as floating point rather than integer grids.

Clicking the camera icon will give a preview of the data set. In most cases this image contains other information to help orient the viewer. For instance, the study area graphic also contains the state boundaries for reference. No graphic is presented for the SeaBoss images or seismic-reflection profile images as these images can be browsed from within the individual folders. Within the animation section, a preview of a snippet of each animation is available, as the complete animation is quite large. The IVS previews are merely a screenshot of what is visible in the Fledermaus file.

For guidance on where to obtain software capable of reading shapefiles and uncompressing zipped files, see the System Requirements page.

basemap (data/basemap)

Filename	Description	Metadata
etopo_prarea.*	color shaded-relief TIFF image, geographic coordinates of ETOPO2 elevation data in the study region	HTML FAQ TEXT
crm_prarea.*	color shaded-relief TIFF image, geographic coordinates of the Coastal Relief Model elevation data in the study region	HTML FAQ TEXT
partstates.*	polygon shapefile with a portion of the United States for orientation purposes	HTML FAQ TEXT
studyarea.*	polygon shapefile of the approximate boundaries of data collected for this study	HTML FAQ TEXT
allpulley.*	polygon shapefile of the approximate extent of Pulley Ridge	HTML FAQ TEXT
efh_corals.*	suggested polygon shapefile of the coral essential fish habitat associated with Pulley Ridge	HTML FAQ TEXT
hapc_corals.*	suggested polygon shapefile of the habitat area of particular concern associated with Pulley Ridge	HTML FAQ TEXT
irr_coral_area.*	approximate polygon of zooxanthellate coral-rich area associated with Pulley Ridge	HTML FAQ TEXT

bathymetry (data/bathymetry)

Filename	Description	Metadata
all_unfilcrop	unfiltered grid (ESRI format) of swath bathymetry from the study area (UTM zone 17 projection)	HTML FAQ TEXT
allpr_filcrop	filtered grid (ESRI format) of swath bathymetry from the study area (UTM zone 17 projection)	HTML FAQ TEXT
allpr_bathygeogimg.*	color shaded-relief TIFF image of swath bathymetry data from the study area (geographic coordinates)	HTML FAQ TEXT
allpr_filcropimg.*	color shaded-relief TIFF image of swath bathymetry data from the study area (UTM zone 17 projection)	HTML FAQ TEXT
hshade.*	hillshade relief grid of allpr_filcrop	HTML FAQ TEXT
hshade_img.*	hillshade relief TIFF image of allpr_filcrop	HTML FAQ TEXT

interpretation (data/interpretation)

Filename	Description	Metadata
pulley_interp.*	polygon shapefile of the geologic interpretation of the seafloor in the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT

ROV and Submersible Navigation
ROV 1999 (data/rov_sub/rov99)
ROV 2001 (data/rov_sub/rov2001)
Sustainable Seas Expedition submersible (data/rov_sub/sse)

Filename	Description	Metadata
rov99_lines.*	polyline shapefile of ROV tracklines from 1999	HTML FAQ TEXT
rovpnt_15minpart.*	point shapefile of navigation recorded every 15 minutes during 2001 ROV deployment	HTML FAQ TEXT
rovpnt_5minpart.*	point shapefile of navigation recorded every 5 minutes during 2001 ROV deployment	HTML FAQ TEXT
rovlines_15minpart.*	polyline shapefile derived from connecting the 15 minute navigation points from 2001 ROV deployment	HTML FAQ TEXT
rovlines_5minpart.*	polyline shapefile derived from connecting the 5 minute navigation points from 2001 ROV deployment	HTML FAQ TEXT
sse_allpnts.*	point shapefile of filtered navigation from the SSE submersible deployments	HTML FAQ TEXT
sse_alllines.*	polyline shapefile derived from connecting the filtered point navigation from the SSE submersible deployments	HTML FAQ TEXT

SeaBOSS (data/seaboss)

Filename	Description	Metadata
photolines.*	polyline shapefile connecting the photo locations for each dive segment	HTML FAQ TEXT
photopnts.*	point shapefile indicating the locations of bottom photographs	HTML FAQ TEXT
videolines.*	polyline shapefile indicating the location of bottom video acquisition	HTML FAQ TEXT
data/seaboss/jpegs	location for the folders containing all the still photos acquired with the SeaBOSS system	HTML FAQ TEXT

seismic (data/seismic)

Filename	Description	Metadata
usfseismiclines.*	polyline shapefile indicating the tracklines along which seismic-reflection data was collected	HTML FAQ TEXT
allusf100sht.*	point shapefile of seismic shots every 100 shots	HTML FAQ TEXT
allusf500sht.*	point shapefile of seismic shots every 500 shots	HTML FAQ TEXT
seisimg.zip	WINZIP file containing all the JPEG images of the seismic-reflection profiles. This file is rather large, and it might be better to download images individually from the data/seismic/images folder.	HTML FAQ TEXT

Sidescan-Sonar Mosaics
Geographic Coordinate System
(data/sidescan/geographic)

Filename	Description	Metadata
area_a_geog.zip	TIFF mosaic from the northernmost portion of the study area (geographic coordinates)	HTML FAQ TEXT
area_b_geog.zip	TIFF mosaic from the central portion of the study area (geographic coordinates)	HTML FAQ TEXT
area_c_geog.zip	TIFF mosaic from the southernmost portion of the study area (geographic coordinates)	HTML FAQ TEXT
composite_geog.zip	composite TIFF mosaic of the study area (geographic coordinates)	HTML FAQ TEXT

Sidescan-Sonar Mosaics
UTM, Zone 17, NAD83
(data/sidescan/utm17)

Filename	Description	Metadata
area_a.zip	TIFF mosaic from the northernmost portion of the study area (UTM projection)	HTML FAQ TEXT
area_b.zip	TIFF mosaic from the central portion of the study area (UTM projection)	HTML FAQ TEXT
area_c.zip	TIFF mosaic from the southernmost portion of the study area (UTM projection)	HTML FAQ TEXT
composite_utm.zip	composite TIFF mosaic of the study area (UTM projection)	HTML FAQ TEXT

Visualization - MPEG animations
(data/visualization)

Filename	Description	Metadata
northsnip.*	short snippet of an MPEG animation from the northern portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
northpulley.*	MPEG animation from the northern portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
midsnip.*	short snippet of an MPEG animation from the central portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
centralpulley.*	MPEG animation from the central portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
southsnip.*	short snippet of an MPEG animation from the southern portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
southernpulley.*	MPEG animation from the southern portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
northpulley_ivs.*	Fledermaus scene with vertical SeaBOSS images in the northern portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
centralpulley_ivs.*	Fledermaus scene with vertical SeaBOSS images in the central portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT
southpulley_ivs.*	Fledermaus scene with vertical SeaBOSS images in the southern portion of the study area	HTML FAQ TEXT