Seth Ackerman
2006
Survey lines of the video and photos from the mini-SEABOSS sampling system acquired in Boston Harbor and approaches (surveylines_vid)
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2006-1008
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061008
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/gis/datazipped/surveylines_vid.zip
Ackerman, S.D.
Butman, B.
Barnhardt, W.A.
Danforth, W.W.
Crocker, J.M.
2006
High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts
Open-File Report
2006-1008
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/
These data are the trackline from the seafloor photograph and video survey conducted September 2004 using the mini-SeaBOSS sampling system on the R/V Rafael in Boston Harbor and the harbor approaches, Massachusetts. This data accompanies approximately 170 kmĀ² of sidescan sonar data that were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ship Whiting in 2000 and 2001 and reprocessed by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
These data were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) branch as part of their periodic hydrographic mapping for nautical charting. The raw datasets were provided by NOAA to the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Woods Hole, MA as part of a cooperative agreement to provide high resolution bathymetry and backscatter intensity maps and digital GIS information for resource management, scientific research, industry and the public.
20000919
20011030
ground condition
None planned
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42.269318
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:0d013fb6-6dfe-49f3-a839-63b363348ad3
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
RV Rafael
ArcView Shapefile
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
CZM
bottom photographs
bottom photos
photo
seafloor
bottom video
video
tracklines
survey lines
ground-truth
stations
sea floor
Field Activity Number 04019
small SEABOSS sampler
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
National Ocean Service
NOS
NOAA Ship Whiting
Hydrographic Survey
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
location
USGS Thesaurus
navigational data
underwater photography
geospatial datasets
None
Massachusetts Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Boston Harbor
Nahant
Boston
Hull
Hubline
Boston Harbor Islands
General
Seafloor
sea floor
None
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.
Seth Ackerman
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2315
508-457-2310
seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
All attributes were checked in a consistent manner
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
Complete
Navigation was by differential GPS; positional accuracy to less than 10 m.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
unknown
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Information unavailable from original metadata.
20040914
20040917
ground condition
Information unavailable from original metadata.
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Geographic location was extracted from the survey vessel navigation string at a 1 second interval during post processing. MINI SeaBOSS sampler was lowered of Starboard side of survey vessel and lowered to seafloor. Vessel and sampler then drifted with wind and tide. Bottom Photographs, video fixes and location of the sediment sample is recorded as survey vessel navigation which could different by 2-5 meters depending on bottom currents, tide, and wind.
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Seth Ackerman
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Geologist
mailing and physical address
c/o U.S. Geological Survey
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2315
508-457-2310
seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
The text file of 1 second navigation fixes was parsed with an awk script to include only navigation fixes from when the sampling system was "on station." A written log was kept during surveying to mark the start and end time on each target station. The shapefile was created in ArcView 3.3 from the ASCII comma-delimited files of on station navigation fixes.
unknown
Seth Ackerman
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Geologist
mailing and physical address
c/o U.S. Geological Survey
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2315
508-457-2310
seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.36 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.). The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. Removed the raster object information. Minor fixes to the attribute format for some attributes were needed. Removed an invalid link from the distribution section. 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.
20170201
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
An error was fixed in one of the originator names.
20180129
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata.
20191118
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200908
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
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surveylines_vid
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FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
STA
Station Number
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Seth Ackerman
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Geologist
mailing and physical address
c/o U.S. Geological Survey
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2315
508-457-2310
seth.ackerman@state.ma.us
Downloadable Data
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ESRI Polyline Shapefile
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/gis/datazipped/surveylines_vid.zip
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/html/appendix1.html
DVD-ROM
UDF
None
These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Shapefile format. The user must have software capable of importing and processing the data file.
20240318
Seth Ackerman
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Geologist
mailing and physical address
c/o U.S. Geological Survey
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2315
508-457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318)
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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