Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
Multibeam backscatter data collected off southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey during USGS Field Activity 2018-001-FA, using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echo sounder: includes the GeoTIFF image 2018-001-FA_T20P_Backscatter_2m.tif, world file 2018-001-FA_T20P_Backscatter_2m.tfw, browse graphic 2018-001-FA_T20P_Backscatter_2m_browse.jpg, and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) metadata files (2018-001-FA_T20P_Backscatter_2m_meta.xml)
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. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and have been processed successfully on a computer system at the 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. The USGS or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, firm, or product 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: GeoTIFF
Format_Version_Number: Global Mapper (version 19)
Format_Specification: 8-bit GeoTIFF file
Format_Information_Content:
GeoTIFF image file derived from MBES backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center during survey 2018-001-FA and the associated metadata.
File_Decompression_Technique: Use any zip decompression utility (e.g. 7zip, Keka, WinZip)
Transfer_Size: 253
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Access_Instructions:
The first link is to the page containing the data. The second is a direct link to download all data available from the page as a zip file. The final link is to the publication landing page. The data page (first link) may have additional data access options, including web services.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: WMS
Format_Information_Content:
Image of 2018-001-FA_T20P_Backscatter_2m.tif provided through a WMS (web mapping service).
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Access_Instructions:
The first link in the network resources accesses the data through a mapping service, the second is to the page containing the data, and the third link is to the publication landing page.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of viewing GeoTIFF files.