McMullen, Katherine, 2007, H11320OUTLINE: Outline of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11320: Open-File Report 2007-1150, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1150/data/basemaps/outline/outline.zip>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1150/html/catalog.html>
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Twomey, E.R., Danforth, W.W., Haupt, T.A., and Crocker, J.M., 2007, Sidescan Sonar Imagery, Multibeam Bathymetry, and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Rhode Island Sound, off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island: Open-File Report 2007-1150, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.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 0.000000. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000000. 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.
Please credit Katherine McMullen, U.S. Geological Survey, for completing the interpretation.
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This GIS overlay is a component of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11320, Rhode Island Sound, GIS database and contains the outline of the sidescan sonar mosaic for the study area.
Person who carried out this activity:
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The entire sidescan sonar mosaic area is covered by this outline.
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
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- Use_Constraints:
- Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the originator of this dataset.
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Data format: | h11320outline.shp, h11320outline.shx, h11320outline.dbf, h11320outline.prj, metadata.txt and browse graphic (h11320outline.gif) in format SHP (version 3.2) ESRI polygon shapefile Size: 0.012 |
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