Text files of the navigation logged with HYPACK Software during survey 2015-001-FA conducted along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2015

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What does this data set describe?

Title:
Text files of the navigation logged with HYPACK Software during survey 2015-001-FA conducted along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2015
Abstract:
The Delmarva Peninsula is a 220-kilometer-long headland, spit, and barrier island complex that was significantly affected by Hurricane Sandy in the fall of 2012. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted cruises during the summers of 2014 and 2015 to map the inner continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula using geophysical and sampling techniques to define the geologic framework that governs coastal system evolution at storm-event and longer timescales. Geophysical data collected during the cruises include swath bathymetric, sidescan sonar, chirp and boomer seismic reflection profiles, grab sample and bottom photograph data. More information about the USGS survey conducted as part of the Hurricane Sandy Response-- Geologic Framework and Coastal Vulnerability Study can be found at the project website or on the WHCMSC Field Activity Web pages: https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/delmarva/, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-002-FA and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-001-FA. Data collected during the 2014 survey can be obtained here: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2016, Text files of the navigation logged with HYPACK Software during survey 2015-001-FA conducted along the Delmarva Peninsula, MD and VA by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2015: data release DOI:10.5066/F7P55KK3, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Sweeney, Edward M., Pendleton, Elizabeth A., Ackerman, Seth D., Andrews, Brian D., Baldwin, Wayne E., Danforth, William W., Foster, David S., Thieler, E. Robert, and Brothers, Laura L., 2016, High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-001-FA: data release DOI:10.5066/F7P55KK3, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.891075
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.156914
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.839169
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.999886
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 10-Jun-2015
    Ending_Date: 16-Jul-2015
    Currentness_Reference:
    ground condition; data were not collected on 20150628 (transition between Legs 1 and 2 of the survey).
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      This is a Vector data set.
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
      UTM_Zone_Number: 18 N
      Transverse_Mercator:
      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0
      False_Easting: 500000.0
      False_Northing: 0.0
      Planar coordinates are encoded using row and column
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.5
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.5
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters
      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.
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Not all files contain the same HYPACK strings, but this list represents all the HYPACK strings represented in the files. These are the original files, no corrections have been made to these files.
    The times recorded in the navigation file are in UTC. Keywords and the information they provide are as follows:
    FTP: The first record located at the top of the header used to identify the file format.
    VER: HYPACK version number.
    INF: General survey information filled in by the data technician. This typically contains the vessel name, agencies involved with the survey, and the location of the survey.
    ELL: Ellipsoid information. The name of the ellipsoid followed by the semi-major axis in meters and the flattening ratio.
    PRO: Project information record where TME indicates Transverse Mercator and the central meridian of -75 indicates UTM, zone 18.
    DTM: Datum transformation record
    GEO: Geoid model. Blank if not present.
    HVU: Horizontal and Vertical Units (meters)
    TND: Survey time and date in UTC.
    DEV 0: For survey 2015-001-FA: Indicates that lines collected with device designation 0 are lines of Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) collected with the ProFlex*** DGPS receiver. ***Note: this is mislabeled in the header as Hemisphere DGPS.***
    OFF: Device Offsets in the format "OFF dn n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6 n7" where dn = device number; n1 = starboard or port offset (positive starboard); n2 = forward or aft offset (positive forward); n3 = height (antenna) or depth (transducer draft) offset; n4 = yaw rotation angle (positive for clockwise rotation); n5 = roll rotation angle (port side up is positive); n6 = pitch rotation angle (bow up is positive); n7 = device latency in seconds. ***A change to the n3 offset occurred on JD 185 (file 001_1224.185) where the n3 offset for DEV 0 was changed from 0 to -4.2 and DEV 1 changed from -4.43 to -4.2. This change occurred after the GPS antenna offsets for DEV 0 and DEV 1 were remeasured and found to be both 4.2 m from the water line. This does not affect the data used for this survey.***
    PRD: Private Device Data, which has multiple formats depending on the type of device generating the data. KTD for is example is a Kinematic Tide Datum File.
    DDT: identifies the device that the computer clock is being synchronized to.
    DEV 1: For survey 2015-001-FA: Indicates that lines collected with device designation 1 are lines of Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) collected with the Hemisphere*** DGPS receiver. ***Note: this is mislabeled in the header as ProFlex DGPS.***
    DEV 2: Disabled for survey 2015-001-FA.
    DEV 3: Disabled for survey 2015-001-FA.
    LIN 2: planned line data follows
    PTS: planned line waypoints (easting and northing, UTM, zone 18N, meters)
    LBP: planned line begin point (easting and northing, UTM zone 18N, meters)
    LNN: planned line name
    EOL: end of planned line
    USR: user information
    EOH: end of header.
    The remaining elements have similar information in the first 3 columns. The first column will indicate the data type, the second column will indicate the device that recorded the information (0 for Proflex and 1 for Hemisphere DGPS) and the third column is the time tag (seconds past midnight) that is also sometimes referred to as the latency. The remaining information on each line is specific to the data type. Not all data types were recorded in each HYPACK file.
    POS: Position of the ship in the format "POS dn t x y" where dn=device number; t=time tag (seconds past midnight); x=easting; y=northing. On this cruise these values are in UTM, Zone 18 N, WGS84.
    QUA: Position quality information in the format "QUA dn t n m h sat mode" where dn=device number; t=time tag (seconds past midnight); n=number of values to follow; m = 10 minus HDOP (horizontal dilution of precision); h=HDOP; sat=number of satellites; mode=GPS mode (NMEA 0183 standard values) where 0 = fix not available or invalid; 1 = GPS fix; 2 = Differential GPS fix; 3 = GPS PPS Mode fix; 4 = RTK fix; and 5 = RTK Float. The last 3 values are decoded from GST message: standard deviation of latitude error (meters); standard deviation of longitude error (meters); Standard deviation of semi-major axis of error ellipsis (meters).
    RAW: Position information in the format "RAW dn t n lat long alt utc" where dn=device number; t=time tag (seconds past midnight); n=number of values to follow; lat=raw latitude in the format ddmmmm.mmmm. To convert to ddmm.mmmmm multiply by 100; long=raw longitude in the format ddmmmm.mmmm. To convert to ddmm.mmmmm multiply by 100; alt=antenna altitude above ellipsoid (meters); utc=GPS time in the format HHMM.
    MSG: Message string in the format "MSG dn t message" where dn=device number; t=time tag (seconds past midnight); message is the message sent from the device. During survey 2015-001-FA there were several different messages were sent from the GPS systems: $GPGGA, $GPVTG, and $GPRMC were standard throughout the survey. These message strings will be defined below.
    TID: Tide correction in the format "TID dn t dc" where dn=device number, t=time tag (seconds past midnight), dc = draft correction. ***considered unusable for this survey.
    GYR: Gyro data (heading) in the format "GYR dn t h" where dn=device number, t=time tag (seconds past midnight), h=heading.
    FIX: events marked manually by the user in the format "FIX dn t event_number" where dn=device number (typically 99 as there is no device for manual events); t=time tag (seconds past midnight); event_number=event number such as 1,2,3,4.
    KTC: Describes how HYPACK records water levels (tide corrections) when using RTK where “KTC dn t nv eh lh u kval offset draft final” where dn = device number, t=time tag (seconds past midnight, matches GPS position), nv=number of values, eh= WGS84ellipsoidal height (from GPS), lh= local ellipsoidal height (on local ellipsoid), u=undulation, kval= K value, offset= antenna offset, draft=draft correction, final=final tide ***considered unusable for this survey.
    The (National Marine Electronics Association) NMEA strings $GPGGA, $GPVTG, $GPRMC and $GPZDA are stored in the HYPACK file. These are defined as follows.
    $GPGGA is GPS fix data in the format "$GPGGA, t, lat, lath, long, longh, q, sat, h, a, M, alt, M, t2, refcheck" where t=time in UTC in the format hhmmss.ss; lat=latitude in the format ddmm.mmmmmm; lath= N or S indicating the latitude hemisphere; long=longitude in the format dddmm.mmmmmm; longh=E or W indicating the hemisphere; q=fix quality where 0=fix not available or invalid; 1=GPS fix; 2=Differential GPS fix; 3=GPS PPS Mode fix; 4=RTK fix; 5=RTK float; sat=number of satellites; h=Horizontal Dilution of Precision (HDOP); a=Antenna altitude above mean sea level (geoid); M= units of antenna altitude in meters; alt=height of geoid above WGS84 ellipsoid; M=units of geoidal height in meters; t2=time since last DGPS update; refcheck=DGPS reference station id and the checksum.
    Example: $GPGGA,160209.00,3806.336689,N,07505.875090,W,4,11,0.9,5.038,M,-36.840,M,1,0378*61 UTC Time = 160209.00 Latitude = 3806.336689 N Longitude = 07505.875090 W Fix Quality = 4 (indicates RTK) Number of satellites = 11 HDOP = 0.9 relative accuracy of horizontal position Altitude = 5.038 meters above mean sea level Height of geoid above WGS84 ellipsoid = -36.840 meters Time since last update = 01 Checksum = *61.
    $GPVTG is track made good and ground speed in the format "$GPVTG, true, T, mag, M, grsp1, N, grsp2, K, mode", where t=true course made good over ground in degrees, T= True, m=magnetic course made good over ground in degrees, M=magnetic, grsp1=ground speed, N=Knots, grsp2=ground speed, K=Kilometers per hour, mode=Mode indicator (A=Autonomous, D=Differential, E=Estimated, N=Data not valid).
    Example: $GPVTG,340.39,T,356.37,M,005.50,N,010.18,K,D*27 True course made good: 340.39 Magnetic course made good: 356.37 Ground speed (knots) = 5.5 Ground speed (kilometers) = 10.18 Mode=Differential
    $GPRMC is the recommended minimum specific GPS/TRANSIT data in the format "$GPRMC, hhmmss.ss, A, llll.ll, a, yyyyy.yy, a,x.x, x.x, ddmmyy, x.x, a, m*hh" where hhmmss.ss=UTC time fix, A=data staus (A=valid position, V=navigation receiver warning), llll.ll=latitude in the format ddmm.mmm, a=North/South, yyyyy.yy=longitude in the format dddmm.mmm, a=East/West, x.x=speed over ground in knots, x.x=track angle in degrees true, ddmmyy=UTC date of fix, x.x=magnetic variation degrees (Easterly variation subtracts from true course), a= E or W of magnetic varation, m= mode indicate (A=autonomous, D=Differential, E=Estimate, N=Data not valid), *hh=checksum.
    Example: $GPRMC,210134.00,A,3748.21357,N,07520.67408,W,4.66,201.72,130715,,,D*48 UTC time = 210134.00 Navigation receiver warning = A Latitude 37 deg. 48.21357 min North Longitude 075 deg. 20.67408 min West Speed over ground = 4.66 (kts) Course Made Good = 201.72 (deg True) Date of fix = 130715 (DDMMYY) mandatory checksum = D*48
    $GPZDA is UTC Date/Time and Local Time Zone Offset in the format "$GPZDA,hhmmss.ss,xx,xx,xxxx,xx,xx" where hhmmss.ss=UTC, xx=Day, 01 to 31, xx=month, 01 to 12, xxx=Year, xx=Local zone description, 00 to +/- 13 hours, xx=Local zone minutes description (same sign as hours), checksum.
    Example: $GPZDA,173357.00,28,04,2007,,*69 UTC= 173357.00 UTC day = 28 UTC month = 04 UTM year = 2007 Local zone hours = null Local zone minutes = null Checksum = *69
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
    The definitions of the HYPACK strings were acquired from the HYPACK software manual available from: http://www.hypack.com. The definitions of the NMEA strings were obtained from: http://home.mira.net/~gnb/gps/nmea.html, http://www.nps.gov/gis/gps/NMEA_sentences.html, http://www.nps.gov/gis/gps/NMEA_sentences.html, http://www.hypack.com/new/portals/1/pdf/sb/09_11/The%20KTC%20Record%20in%20HYPACK.pdf.

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • U.S. Geological Survey
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Edward M. Sweeney
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Physical Scientist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, Massachusetts
    USA

    508-548-8700 x2256 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    emsweeney@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

These raw navigation data are provided as an archive of the navigation data files acquired during USGS survey 2015-001-FA along the Delmarva Peninsula. Survey 2015-001-FA was conducted aboard the M/V Scarlet Isabella. HYPACK software (versions 13.0.9.21, 14.0.9.47 and 15.0.9.71) was used to log these data.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
    raw hypack navigation (source 1 of 1)
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2016, raw HYPACK data.

    Type_of_Source_Media: disc
    Source_Contribution:
    Raw navigation data were saved in HYPACK format (www.hypack.com). File name convention is LLL_TTTT.DDD, where LLL is the HYPACK line number, TTTT is the 24 hour time for the beginning of the file, and DDD is the Julian day (JD). Two files (042_2233_0001.173 and 012_2101_0001.194) were created after pausing the HYPACK data collection, indicated by '_0001' after the 24 hour time stamp. Times were recorded in UTC (Coordinate Universal Time). During survey 2015-001-FA, HYPACK versions 13.0.9.21, 14.0.9.47 and 15.0.9.71 were used.
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 16-Jul-2015 (process 1 of 4)
    Raw HYPACK navigation files were transferred from the navigation acquisition computer to a centralized data server on the survey vessel for accessibility and archival. The filenames are in the format of linenumber_starttime.julianday. For example, filename 004_1623.180 represents planned survey HYPACK line number 004, start time 1623 and Julian Day 180. Times are recorded in UTC (Coordinate Universal Time). Filenames that start with 000 have no geophysical data line associated with them because they were logging navigation associated with sediment samples and bottom photographs. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: Edward M. Sweeney
    Physical Scientist
    384 Woods Hole Rd.
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2256 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    emsweeney@usgs.gov
    Date: 19-Apr-2017 (process 2 of 4)
    The online links to the data were updated to reflect the new server hosting the data. Additionally, other small edits could be made to the metadata, such as modifying http to https where appropriate. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
    Date: 20-Jul-2018 (process 3 of 4)
    USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
    Date: 08-Sep-2020 (process 4 of 4)
    Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
    Pendleton, Elizabeth A., Ackerman, Seth D., Baldwin, Wayne E., Danforth, William W., Foster, David S., Thieler, E. Robert, and Brothers, Laura L., 2015, High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-002-FA: data release DOI:10.5066/F7MW2F60, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

    Online Links:


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

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    All attributes were checked in a consistent manner. Please note that DEV 0 and DEV 1 are mislabeled in the header - DEV 0 is the ProFlex GPS and DEV 1 is the Hemisphere GPS (these are mislabeled unintentionally in the opposite way).
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Real-Time Kinematic Global Positioning Systems (RTK-GPS), Differential GPS (DGPS) and Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) enabled GPS data were collected during survey 2015-001-FA using an Ashtech ProFlex 800 (ProFlex), Applanix Wavemaster POS MV, and Hemisphere DGPS. Positioning data from the ProFlex and Hemisphere sensors were logged using HYPACK navigation software (www.hypack.com). These data were incorporated into the geophysical data during acquisition and logged to these HYPACK files in the event that post-processing the horizontal and vertical positional information was necessary. The DGPS horizontal positional accuracy is estimated to be within 3-5 m; WAAS enable GPS accuracy is estimated to be less than 3 m and the accuracy of RTK-GPS is estimated to be less than 1 m.
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
    Differential GPS (DGPS) and WAAS enabled GPS height data (referenced to the WGS 84 ellipsoid) were recorded using navigation software from HYPACK, Inc. (www.hypack.com). Vertical accuracy of WAAS enabled GPS is estimated to be within 2 m (at 95 percent confidence), but may be as much as 4 to 12 m in some locations. Therefore, vertical measurements recorded in HYPACK MSG, TID, and KTC data strings during cruise 2015-001-FA should be considered unusable for vertical referencing in this shallow water environment. RTK-GPS vertical data were not collected in HYPACK because the KVH Industries marine satellite system for the ProFlex was not functioning during the survey. However, RTK-GPS height data (less than 1 m accuracy) were recorded with an Applanix POS MV motion system and piped directly to the BathySwath acquisition system without being recorded to HYPACK.
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    These files represent all the navigation recorded by the HYPACK software during USGS survey 2015-001-FA along the Delmarva Peninsula.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    These are the original files recorded by the HYPACK navigation software. These data were checked but no modifications or corrections have been made to these files.

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:
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.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    Edward M. Sweeney
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Physical Scientist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, Massachusetts
    USA

    508-548-8700 x2256 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    emsweeney@usgs.gov
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? USGS data release 2015-001-FA contains raw HYPACK navigation files collected from the Delmarva Peninsula area (2015-001-FA_HYPACK.zip). The zip file contains 251 raw HYPACK files that serve as a navigation archive and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) metadata files (2015-001-FA_HYPACK.xml) in four standard formats.
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    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.
  4. How can I download or order the data?
  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?
    These data are available as ASCII text files. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of viewing text files and parsing the HYPACK navigation strings.

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 19-Nov-2021
Metadata author:
Edward M. Sweeney
U.S. Geological Survey
Physical Scientist
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
USA

508-548-8700 x2256 (voice)
508-457-2310 (FAX)
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid.
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

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