Gulf of Mexico features names

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Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie Paskevich
Publication_Date: 19981007
Title: Gulf of Mexico features names
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: point digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2000-019

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Team

Other_Citation_Details:

The geologic interpretation of the Gulf of Mexico GLORIA data was taken from an image, Gulf_mex.rmp, available on the U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-15 CD-ROM. The image was created from the geologic interpretations of the GLORIA images that may be found in the paper atlases that were 500,000 and are referenced as U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1864-A,B (1987).

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0019
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-019/htmldocs/data.htm
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Valerie F. Paskevich
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:

Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation: ArcView data coverages

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data; vector data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2000-019

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested citation: Paskevich, V.F., 2000, Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation—ArcView data coverages: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-019, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0019 .

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0019
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-019/

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS overlay is a component of the U. S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center's, Gulf of Mexico ArcView GIS database. The Gulf of Mexico GIS database is intended to organize and display USGS held data and provide on-line (WWW) access to the data and/or metadata.

Purpose:

This ArcView shapefile an additional GIS overlay. It contains the names of various seafloor features (basins, slopes, knolls, ridges, etc.) for the Gulf of Mexico.

Supplemental_Information:

This ArcView shapefile was created from a Microsoft Excel spread sheet found at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric's National Geophysical Data Center's website. The information contained in the spread sheet was editted to include only those features that would pertain to the planned Gulf of Mexico Internet Map Server for the USGS, Woods Hole Field center. Therefore, this is not a complete listing as would be found from NOAA-NGDC.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.5
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.9167
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.00000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.50000

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:7e0329e6-f6cf-4455-ab0f-b653446fad49

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center
Theme_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico database
Theme_Keyword: feature names
Theme_Keyword: seafloor features
Theme_Keyword: ArcView
Theme_Keyword: shapefile

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: geographic names

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

Although this derived data set and it's lineage dataset have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-Thu 6:30am-3:30pm; Fri 6:30am-10:30am

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-019/htmldocs/images/browse/gomnames.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: GIF
Browse_Graphic_File_Type:

Undersea Feature Name Image based on http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ibcca/html/images.htm

Data_Set_Credit:

NOAA - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Marine Geology & Geophysics & World Data Center A for MGG

Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI Shapefile format

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: No information available from the original metadata.
Completeness_Report: No information available from the original metadata.
Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

No information was available in the original metadata. There was also no spatial reference section in the original metadata file, so one was added that is consistent with the other datasets in the publication, but may be incorrect with respect to the datum used.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration(comp.)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title:

International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ibcca/html/images.htm
Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ibcca/

Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: unknown

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA
Source_Contribution:

This ArcView shapefile was created from a Microsoft Excel spread sheet found at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric's National Geophysical Data Center's website. The information contained in the spread sheet was editted to include only those features that would pertain to the planned Gulf of Mexico Internet Map Server for the USGS, Woods Hole Field center. Edit 20250813: Although the link is to a NOAA site, there is a link from the main ibcca page to the Gazetter of Undersea Feature Names. The assumption is this might be the way the original author accessed the information.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Microsoft Excel datafile was downloaded from the NOAA-NGDC site and read into Excel. Records that did not contain a latitude/longitude coordinate for a feature name was deleted from the spreadsheet. The text fields containing the latitude and longitude coordinate of the seafloor feature were then copied and added to the spreadsheet as the first two fields. These fields were added so numeric latitude longitude fields recorded as signed decimal degrees could be created later. The modified spreadsheet was saved as a comma separated values text file.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ib1234gz.xls
Process_Date: 19990614
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.csv
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The comma separated values file was processed on a UNIX operating system to convert the first two text fields that contained the feature coordinates to numeric, signed decimal degree fields.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.csv
Process_Date: 19990614
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.txt
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The text file with geographic coordinates was read into ArcView as a table. Features locations that did not fall within the bounds of the Gulf of Mexico IMS were eliminated, and the remaining table information was converted to an ArcView shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.txt
Process_Date: 19990614
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: gomnames.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This metadata file was edited for inclusion in the CMHRP metadata inventory. These edits included but are not limited to converting the metadata from HTML to XML format; fixing the publication date; added additional information in the identification section such as adding the series information, larger work ctation as well as the online links. Added the ISO 19115 Topic Category and USGS Thesaurus and appropriate terms; added the full URL to the browse graphic; specified that the information was not available from the original metadata in some of the fields; moved the original citation to a source contribution and added additional information; duplicate elements that caused errors were combined into a single element when appropriate; updated the distribution liability with an FSP approved statement; added the online digital transfer option and links; updated the metadata date; provided a generic email and contact instructions in the metadata contact section; fixed all errors. No spatial reference information was provided with the original metadata file. A spatial reference section was added to be consistent with the other datasets in the publication. A persistent identifier (PID) was added to the metadata in the thesaurus section. (20250813)

Process_Date: 20250813
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine 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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 254

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: .005
Longitude_Resolution: .005
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: gomnames.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lon
Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of feature recorded in decimal degrees.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -97.5000
Range_Domain_Maximum: -79.91667

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat
Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of feature recorded in decimal degrees.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 23.50000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31.00000

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name
Attribute_Definition: Name of feature.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Type
Attribute_Definition:

Type of feature. List includes features such as bank basin canyon dome escarpment gap hill knoll mesa mound plain reef ridge seamount shelf shoal slope spur terrace trough valley

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition:

This field contains the latitude coordinate of the feature as a character field.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude
Attribute_Definition:

This field contains the longitude coordinate of the feature as a character field.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Code
Attribute_Definition: Code assigned by NOAA-NGDC. Origin and meaning unknown.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 223083
Range_Domain_Maximum: 231080

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Source
Attribute_Definition: Source of feature name.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Comments
Attribute_Definition:

Additional comments regarding the name and/or source of the seafloor feature name.

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
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 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

Gulf of Mexico features names: gomnames 20250813 edit: assumed to be based on Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names which was listed as a separate resource description

Distribution_Liability:

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: shapefile
Format_Information_Content: gomnames.dbf gomnames.shp gomnames.shx
File_Decompression_Technique:

No compression applied for individual components, zip compression for combining the files into a single download file.

Transfer_Size: 1

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-019/data/misc/gomnames.zip
Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-019/htmldocs/data.htm
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0019

Access_Instructions:

The first link is to download the ZIP file containing all the shapefile components, the second link is to the data catalog page where individual files can be selected, and the third link is to the DOI of the report.

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes

Recording_Format: ISO 9600
Compatibility_Information:

The user must have a system with a CD-ROM capable of reading an ISO-9660 standard CD-ROM disk. To browse the information contained on this disk, the user must also have a current version of WWW browser.

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

There are no technical requirements for downloading the data. However to use the ArcView shape files the user must have an ESRI software product or some other GIS program that allows importing of ArcView shapefiles.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20250813
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Computer Specialist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 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 U.S. Geological Survey.

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

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