Remote Sensing Coastal Change Simple Data Distribution Service

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What does this data set describe?

Title: Remote Sensing Coastal Change Simple Data Distribution Service
Abstract:
The Remote Sensing Coastal Change Simple Data Service provides timely and long-term access to emergency, provisional, and approved photogrammetric imagery, derivatives, and ancillary data through a web service via HyperText Transfer Protocol to a folder/file structure organized by data collection platform and survey (collection effort) with metadata sufficient to facilitate both human and machine access. Data are acquired, processed, and published using standardized workflows. Each data type added to the service has a peer-reviewed metadata and data review of sample data generated with standardized methods to ensure compliance with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fundamental Science Practices (FSP).
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Ritchie, Andrew C., Triezenberg, Peter J., Warrick, Jonathan A., Hatcher, Gerald A., and Buscombe, Daniel D., 20230221, Remote Sensing Coastal Change Simple Data Distribution Service: data service DOI:10.5066/P9M3NYWI, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California.

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 2012
    Ending_Date: Present
    Currentness_Reference:
    ground condition
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: application/service
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • Andrew C. Ritchie
    • Peter J. Triezenberg
    • Jonathan A. Warrick
    • Gerald A. Hatcher
    • Daniel D. Buscombe
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
    Attn: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
    2885 Mission Street
    Santa Cruz, CA

    831-427-4747 (voice)
    pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

This data service supports coastal hazards research, management, and emergency response by providing timely access to photogrammetric imagery and derivatives collected by a variety of data collection platforms (DCPs), processed using documented photogrammetry and machine-learning techniques, and reviewed for quality using standardized procedures. Products for a given DCP include, at a minimum, digital images and/or image products intended for photogrammetric workflows, and may include derivatives and ancillary data, including, but not limited to, processed camera position and pose, camera and lens models, geospatial raster and vector data (for example orthoimagery/digital elevation models/triangulated irregular networks), point clouds, segmented images, and image labels in scalar, vector, and raster formats.
Imagery, derivatives, and ancillary data released through this data service are processed with documented standardized methods, reviewed for quality and accuracy in accordance with USGS Fundamental Science Practices (FSP), and accessed in a folder structure organized by platform, survey, and product, with associated metadata describing data structure and contents. Metadata and data structures are designed to provide access to the data at the most granular level possible to facilitate efficient manual or automated access to only the data needed or queried by users.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 2022 (process 1 of 1)
    Data service created
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted for this data service. See metadata for individual data collection platforms (DCPs) and associated data products for accuracy information on data products provided by this service.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Horizontal accuracy is dependent on product type. See DCP and specific data product metadata positional accuracy reports for additional details.
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
    Vertical accuracy is dependent on product type. See DCP and specific data product metadata positional accuracy reports for additional details.
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    Data are considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Additional imagery will be added as datasets become available. Users are advised to carefully read the rest of this metadata record and metadata records for relevant DCPs and associated data retrieved from this data service for additional details.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    No formal logical consistency tests were conducted on this data service.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints None.
Use_Constraints USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset and in products derived from these data. This information is not intended for navigation purposes.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    U.S. Geological Survey - CMGDS
    2885 Mission Street
    Santa Cruz, CA
    United States

    1-831-427-4747 (voice)
    pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? RSCC Simple Data Distribution Service
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 21-Feb-2023
Metadata author:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Attn: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA

831-427-4747 (voice)
pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
This page is <https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/pcmsc/DataReleases/CMGDS/DR_P9M3NYWI/RSCC_Data_Service_metadata.faq.html>
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