Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Valerie Paskevich Publication_Date: 20010702 Title: Location of bottom photographs taken along the U.S. Atlantic East Coast as part of the Continental Margin Program (1963-1968, BPHOTOS) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 01-154 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01154 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/data/bphotos.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/htmldocs/data.htm Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: V. F. Paskevich Originator: L. J. Poppe Originator: M. E. Hastings Originator: J. C. Hathaway Publication_Date: 2001 Title: SEA-FLOOR PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN PROGRAM: A Pictorial Survey of Benthic Character and Habitats Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 01-154 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-154/ Description: Abstract: In 1962, Congress authorized the Continental Margin Program, a joint program between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to conduct a geological reconnaissance investigation of the continental shelf and slope off the Atlantic coast of the United States. As part of this program 464 photographs were collected at 378 stations from the Canadian border to the southern tip of Florida. Bottom photography was conducted at many of these stations in conjunction with sediment sampling for grain size, mineralogy, geochemistry, and biology. Those photographs have been scanned and are archived here to release a digital version of the historical dataset. Purpose: This ArcView shapefile contains the locations of bottom photographs taken along the U.S. Atlantic East Coast as part of the Continental Margin Program and may be utilized as a data layer in any Geographic Information System (GIS). Supplemental_Information: The bottom photographs in this gallery are especially important because they can be used to appraise bottom variability, faunal communities, and sedimentary processes around stations distributed over a wide geographic area. These photographs also document bedrock outcrops, boulder fields, and coarse gravelly areas where statistically meaningful samples could not be collected. It is precisely because of this inability to collect adequate gravel samples that this fraction is often under-represented in many sediment grain-size databases (Hastings and others, 2000). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1963 Ending_Date: 1968 Currentness_Reference: completion of the Continental Margin Program sampling Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.8167 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.9833 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.8500 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.4083 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:b2054b92-f420-4dcb-a8a5-a88c67c23f74 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center Theme_Keyword: Continental Margin Program Theme_Keyword: bottom photographs Theme_Keyword: surficial sediments Theme_Keyword: seafloor photography Theme_Keyword: marine photography Theme_Keyword: black and white photography Theme_Keyword: photograph locations Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information System Theme_Keyword: GIS Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: location Theme_Keyword: environment Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: navigational data Theme_Keyword: underwater photography Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: U.S. Atlantic East Coast Place_Keyword: continental United States Place_Keyword: east coast Place_Keyword: Atlantic Margin Place_Keyword: continental shelf Place_Keyword: North America Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0 Place_Keyword: US10 = Delaware Place_Keyword: US12 = Florida Place_Keyword: US13 = Georgia Place_Keyword: US23 = Maine Place_Keyword: US24 = Maryland Place_Keyword: US25 = Massachusetts Place_Keyword: US34 = New Jersey Place_Keyword: US36 = New York Place_Keyword: US37 = North Carolina Place_Keyword: US44 = Rhode Island Place_Keyword: US45 = South Carolina Place_Keyword: US51 = Virginia 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 (USGS) as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 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 Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of01-154/htmldocs/images/browse/thumb/bphotos.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image showing location and distribution of bottom photographs along the U.S. east coast Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of01-154/htmldocs/images/browse/bphotos.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image showing location and distribution of bottom photographs along the U.S. east coast Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: The locations associated with the bottom photographs were extracted from the surficial sediment database held at the USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center. Native_Data_Set_Environment: ESRI ArcView shapefile Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: S.J. Williams Originator: V.F. Paskevich Publication_Date: 2005 Title: USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attributes were extracted with the bottom photograph location from the East coast surficial samples database. Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set. Completeness_Report: This data set is complete inasmuch as it contains the location of those bottom photos that could be recovered from the archives at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Individuals should be careful when assuming precise positional accuracy because of the navigational equipment used to locate the bottom photography stations. Most of the stations were navigated with Loran-A; some near-shore stations were navigated by radar and line of sight. As a general rule of thumb, Loran-A had an average expected accuracy of 1 percent of the distance between the navigator and the onshore Loran stations (U.S. Coast Guard, 1949). Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: John C. Hathaway (comp.) Publication_Date: 1971 Title: DATA FILE: CONTINENTAL MARGIN PROGRAM ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES Edition: Vol. 2 Samples Collection and Analytical Data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe (ed.) Originator: C.F. Polloni (ed.) Publication_Date: 2000 Title: U.S. Geological Survey East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and Georeferenced Displays Edition: Vol. 2 Samples Collection and Analytical Data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 00-358 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-358/ Type_of_Source_Media: disk file Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1963 Ending_Date: 1971 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sd022395.db Source_Contribution: Data from report 71-15 were digitally transcribed to create a Paradox database. This database was the foundation of the USGS East Coast Sediment Texture database referenced as the Larger_Work_Citation in the Source_Information. Process_Step: Process_Description: The records pertaining to the bottom photos were extracted from the sediment database. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sd022395.db Process_Date: 20010305 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.xls Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: M.E. (Polly) Hastings Contact_Position: database 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 x2289 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: phastings@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The Excel spreadsheet was exported as an ASCII text file with tab delimited fields. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.xls Process_Date: 20010515 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.txt Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 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 file, stations.txt, was imported into ArcView to create a table. The table was then converted to an ArcView shapefile to be used as a GIS data layer. Also, at this time the ArcView legend file, bphotos.avl, was created and saved. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: stations.txt Process_Date: 20010608 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.dbf Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.shx Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.sbn Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.sbx Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.avl Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 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 ArcView shapefile was modified to add the field URL. This new field holds the relative path to the HTML formatted page containing the bottom photograph associated with the FIELD_ID for the data record. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.dbf Process_Date: 20010608 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bphotos.dbf Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 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: Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.32 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). Removed a bad link in the Identification_Information section to coastalmap. The distribution format name was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent. Process_Date: 20160608 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 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section. Process_Date: 20180720 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata. Process_Date: 20191118 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Process_Date: 20200908 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 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: 378 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: .17 Longitude_Resolution: .24 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: bphotos.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI 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: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Point Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shapefile point data Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIELD_ID Attribute_Definition: Field identifier - sample name or number as assigned in the field. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 24.4083 Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.8500 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: General geographic area to identify location of bottom photograph. The "area" is general enough to easily locate the area on a map. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate portion of position of bottom photo location. Value is recorded in decimal-degrees. South latitudes are recorded as negative values. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 24.4083 Range_Domain_Maximum: 44.8500 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .0001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate portion of position of bottom photo location. Value is recorded in decimal-degrees. West longitudes are recorded as negative values. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -81.8167 Range_Domain_Maximum: -59.9833 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: .0001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M Attribute_Definition: Depth or sounding in meters - Measured depth of water, in meters, overlying sediment at sample time. Depth value is not corrected for tides. Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 7 Range_Domain_Maximum: 4861 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: CRUISE_ID Attribute_Definition: Name or number of cruise on which sample collected. (text) Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEVICE Attribute_Definition: Sampling device used to collect the sample Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String Attribute: Attribute_Label: LITHOLOGY Attribute_Definition: General lithologic description of sample (text) Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String Attribute: Attribute_Label: NO_PHOTOS Attribute_Definition: number of photos taken at station (integer) Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 6 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: count Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: URL Attribute_Definition: URL (Uniform Resource Locator) link to HTML formatted page containing thumbnail(s) view of the bottom photograph for the given station. The HTML formatted page also includes links to a larger, browse image and the full-resolution bottom photograph. (text) Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Attributes include cruise identifier, depth of the sample, a text description of the recovered sediment sample, and the name and relative location of the associated bottom photograph. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Although this derived data set and its sources 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Shapefile Format_Version_Number: ArcView 3.2 Format_Specification: shapefile Format_Information_Content: The six files comprising the ArcView shapefile representing the Continental Margin bottom photograph locations and an ASCII version of the metadata file. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.03 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of01-154/data/bphotos.zip Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser. 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 available. Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: The Continental Margin bottom photograph locations overlay is available as an ArcView shapefile format. The user must have ESRI's ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. Access to the data and information contained on this CD-ROM was developed using the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) utilized by the World Wide Web (WWW) project. Development of the CD-ROM documentation and user interface in HTML allows a user to access the information by using a variety of WWW information browsers to facilitate browsing and locating information and data. To access the information contained on this disk with a WWW client browser, open the file 'index.htm' at the top level directory of this CD-ROM with your selected browser. This CD-ROM should be readable by a variety of operating systems including Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh and UNIX. Available_Time_Period: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2001 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20211116 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich Contact_Organization: U. S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator 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 USGS or the email is otherwise invalid. Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None