Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2009 Title: sidescan_trk_07007.shp - Tracklines of side-scan sonar data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA, 2007 (polylines) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2008-1195 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/2008/1195/GIS_catalog/Tracklines/sidescan_trk_07007.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin Originator: Elizabeth A. Pendleton Originator: David C. Twichell Publication_Date: 2009 Title: Geophysical Data from offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Eastern Mississippi Delta Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2008-1195 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/2008/1195/ Description: Abstract: In 2006 and 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey, in partnership with Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and the University of New Orleans, conducted geologic mapping to characterize the sea floor and shallow subsurface stratigraphy offshore of the Chandeleur Islands in Eastern Louisiana. The mapping was carried out during two cruises on the R/V Acadiana. Data were acquired with the following equipment: an SEA Ltd SwathPlus interferometric sonar (234 kHz), Klein 3000 dual frequency side-scan sonar, and an Edgetech 512i chirp subbottom profiling system. The long-term goal of this mapping effort is to produce high-quality geologic maps and geophysical interpretations that can be utilized to investigate the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and to identify sand resources within the region. Purpose: This data set contains tracklines for approximately 2000 km of side-scan sonar data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during a 2007 geophysical cruise offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20070610 Ending_Date: 20070622 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.292748 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.829453 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.725082 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.377308 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHSC Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: tracks Theme_Keyword: tracklines Theme_Keyword: sidescan sonar Theme_Keyword: side scan Theme_Keyword: ESRI polyline shapefile Theme_Keyword: WHSC field activity serial number 07007 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: location Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Louisiana Place_Keyword: Chandeleur Islands Place_Keyword: North Central Gulf Coast Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico Place_Keyword: Breton Island Place_Keyword: Gosier Island Place_Keyword: Curlew Island Place_Keyword: MRGO Place_Keyword: New Harbor Islands Place_Keyword: North Islands Place_Keyword: Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: The 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 originator of the dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: David C. Twichell Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Oceanographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2266 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dtwichell@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1195/images/sonar_trk.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Side-scan sonar tracklines offshore of the Chandeleur Isands, LA Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Version 2003 Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: W.W. Danforth Originator: T.F. O'Brien Originator: W.C. Schwab Publication_Date: 1991 Title: USGS image processing system: near real-time mosaicking of high-resolution sidescan-sonar data Series_Information: Issue_Identification: Jan. 1991 Publication_Information: Publisher: Sea Technology Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: William W. Danforth Publication_Date: 1997 Title: XSonar/ShowImage: A complete system for rapid sidescan-sonar processing and display. Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 97-686 Publication_Information: Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: V.F. Paskevich Publication_Date: 1992 Title: Digital mapping of sidescan sonar data with the Woods Hole Image Processing System software Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 92-536 Publication_Information: Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Valerie Paskevich Publication_Date: 1996 Title: MAPIT: An improved method for mapping digital sidescan sonar data using the Woods Hole Image Processing System (WHIPS) Software Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-281 Publication_Information: Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes were checked in a consistent manner. Logical_Consistency_Report: Any spurious data points were removed during processing. Completeness_Report: Navigation from all the sidescan sonar tracklines was used to generate this shapefile. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: These data were navigated with a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) mounted above the interferometric sonar head. Unless noted, all DGPS data are referenced to WGS84. The layback distance between towed sidescan sonar fish and the mounted GPS antennae were measured on the ship and corrected for these navigation data. Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: < 10 meters Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: The differential GPS is accurate within 1 to 2 meters. The layback of the towfish adds additional uncertainty due to changes in angle and scope of the tow cable in response to sea state and vessel speed Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20070610 Ending_Date: 20070622 Source_Contribution: Trackline acquisition at sea (2007): These sidescan sonar data were collected with a Klein 3000 dual frequency sidescan sonar towfish on the R/V Acadiana of Loreauville, LA. These data were acquired using SonarPro Software (version: none). Tracklines are spaced 100 to 125 m apart in the shore parallel direction. Process_Step: Process_Description: Navigation was extracted from the raw sidescan sonar data (*XTF format) in XSonar (version: none) using the 'demultiplex' function (Danforth and others, 1991). Navigation was exported as comma-separated text from XSonar for input into ArcGIS (version 9.2). Process_Date: 2006 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Wayne E. Baldwin 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 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2226 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wbaldwin@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: In ArcCatalog (version 9.2; Build 1420), navigation text was converted to a point feature class by right-clicking on the comma separated text file -- Create Feature Class -- from XY table. Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Wayne E. Baldwin 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 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2226 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wbaldwin@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: VAC Extras tool (version: 1.97 FeatConv - Points to Line v2; USGS in house software) was then used within ArcMap (version 9.2; Build 1420) to convert the navigation points to a trackline shapefile. The trackline shapefiles were edited to remove spurious fixes, and a length field was created and populated using 'Calculate Geometry', which can be accessed by right-clicking on the attribute field name in the table view. Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Elizabeth A. Pendleton 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 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2259 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ependleton@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: 395 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000 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: sidescan_trk_07007 Entity_Type_Definition: ESRI polyline shapefile Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: JD Attribute_Definition: Julian Day in which sidescan trackline data were collected Attribute_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: Year Attribute_Definition: Calendar year in which sidescan trackline data were collected Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute: Attribute_Label: Line Attribute_Definition: line and file number for corresponding sidescan sonar filename. This information is used during data acquisition, storage, and processing. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute: Attribute_Label: length Attribute_Definition: length of line segment in UTM Zone 16 N meters Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Wayne E. Baldwin 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 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700x2226 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wbaldwin@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: WinZip Format_Version_Number: 9.0 Format_Information_Content: This WinZip file contains a shapefile of sidescan tracklines offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA, and the associated metadata. File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 1.036 Mbytes Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1195/GIS_catalog/Tracklines/sidescan_trk_07007.zip Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded 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: This zip file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) polyline shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20090128 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Elizabeth A. Pendleton 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 x2259 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508)-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ependleton@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_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile